And then what if the device doesn't work in the first place? My wife was involved in a fairly serious car accident about 2 years ago where no one was hurt but there was pretty serious car damage. The air bag never deployed. Could it be that the air bag ( or SawStop) could lend one a false sense of security? All more food for the blood sucking lawyers I'd say when all we have to do is realize that it is a dangerous machine and learn to be careful. Add it if you like but if you make it mandatory you open the door to all this legal junk and more. Greg Newell At 08:39 PM 12/23/2004, you wrote: >James, > >At 03:24 PM 12/23/2004, you wrote: >>I wonder how many people redo the airbag in their cars once they have fired>? > >Considering the percentage of plastic in most modern cars, and the fact >that the airbags do not deploy until: a.- the car is moving (at least) 25 >MPH; and, b.- the system detects a sufficiently rapid change in velocity >(usually deceleration), I think you'd discover that in most cases where >the airbags have deployed, the car itself has suffered pretty major >damage, if not been "totaled". So, the answer to your question might very >well be that they do not redo them, at least not on any regular basis, >simply because the net result of the conditions in which the airbags >deploy mean that the car is damaged (for insurance purposes) beyond repair. > >Whether or not that might be indicative of what might happen with table >saw splitter guards and/or blade-stopping devices will have to wait for >some genius to manipulate enough actuarial tables. > >The problem with disabling any kind of "safety" equipment (much of which, >it seems to me, introduces as much chance for injury as it protects >against), is that one can wind up uninsured. That is, if you take off >and/or disable such a system; and you (or, worse, someone else) is >injured, your insurance company can call foul, and legally refuse to >pay...in CA, at least, your actions might be considered fraud, and >themselves be criminally actionable. YMMV. > >Best. > >Horace > > > > >>James Grebe >>Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair >>Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups >>(314) 608-4137 >>WWW.JamesGrebe.com >>1526 Raspberry Lane >>Arnold, MO 63010 >>BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! >>pianoman@accessus.net >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net> >>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >>Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 9:26 AM >>Subject: Re: SawStop safety table saw >> >> >>>A good point Jim. I wonder how many do have the splitter still installed >>>with the anti kick back fingers too! Truth is that while they were good >>>ideas they became a pain in the butt to use. I figure this new system >>>will become a pain in the butt too and then cause people to disable it >>>as well but not before someone makes their profit on a MANDATORY system. >>>Sheesh! >>> >>>Best, >>>Greg Newell >>> >>> >>>At 07:03 AM 12/23/2004, you wrote: >>>>I wonder how many of us who have table saws still have the >>>>splitter-blade guard still installed as the saw came originally? >>>> >>>>There must be a cheaper , better way that does not disable the saw that >>>>cost mucho denero. >>>>Jim >>>>James Grebe >>>>Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair >>>>Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups >>>>(314) 608-4137 >>>>WWW.JamesGrebe.com >>>>1526 Raspberry Lane >>>>Arnold, MO 63010 >>>>BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! >>>>pianoman@accessus.net >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>> >>>Greg Newell >>>Greg's piano Forté >>>mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell Greg's piano Forté mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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