<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> It's taken a good part of my career to figure out that I need to have the best tools possible if I want to do high level work. I'll never forget Laroy Edwards telling me that if you have the right tool, the customer pays for it. If you don't have the right tool, you pay for it. Ironically, he himself was a victim of a table saw blade =8-O (long before SawStop). Tom Cole David Andersen wrote: <blockquote cite="mid6D67944C-8472-47E4-8B63-AA411A19A592@davidandersenpianos.com" type="cite">Ya know.....that's the thing. I don't want to pile on James here, but  this penny-wise and pound-foolish attitude is really pretty  destructive, both to personal success and the perception of the craft  in general. Every successful person I've ever met, in any field,  knows how to risk some capital sometimes, knows how to buy quality  tools and supplies, knows that a scarcity mentality leads to...scarcity. David Andersen On Mar 29, 2007, at 11:39 AM, Cy Shuster wrote: <blockquote type="cite">It's not that expensive.  The replacement brake cartridges are  under $100: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sawstop.com/products-cabinet-saw-pricing.htm">http://www.sawstop.com/products-cabinet-saw-pricing.htm</a> What's the minimum cost if your hand hits a typical blade? --Cy-- ----- Original Message ----- <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite">Once the thing activates most of the mechanism has to be replaced  and that costs many $$$. James James Grebe </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html>