Re: Altendorf, The inventor of the slider
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John,?
Paying for any higher end tool requires a different philosophy than the big-box retail?tool buyers.?
Paying for safety gear is just another philosophical choice - long-term cost/risk mitigation savings vs.? short-term profit margin increases...if you are just referring to economics and not moral or ethical reasons for the decision.
My bet is that these kinds of safety advancements being pioneered will become regulatory mandates or insurance underwriting mandates. It will push the industry forward with a higher level of safety, while making all new equipment more expensive with?the required safety features. Society will be better for it because long term medical costs and disability will be reduced by more, just by the measure of economics and not including considerations for morality/ethics. It will never affect the renegades so long as they can avoid the added costs, but those guys will diminish by attrition. I give it it 20 years.?
On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 7:21?AM Mike Leiferman < leiferman@...> wrote: I bought a 64 Chevelle from the original owner in the late 90¡±s.? She had the original window sticker. ?only bought ?two options: ?powerglide automatic and seat belts.? Think it had 40k miles.? Mostly to church and the grocery store. On Feb 28, 2023, at 6:08 PM, Brian Lamb <blamb11@...> wrote:
?A commercial shop with employees might very well be able to justify this type of saw given the decrease in insurance rates. One lost finger or hand could easily cost hundreds of thousands in claims.
As for volume, it¡¯s like anything else, quote 20 pieces vs. 100 pieces vs. 1000 pieces and the whole adoption of the technology becomes infinitely more affordable. Will it ever trickle down to all saws, I doubt it, but then some folks never thought seat belts and airbags would be in all cars either. It will most likely depend upon how many lawsuits come along as to how quick the safety approach wins out.
$75k is a lot of money. I¡¯m curious - how many of the people in this group who make a living in woodworking can justify that kind of outlay?
As far as volume goes, these features have to come on mass-market machines in order to get volume. Even the Hammer brand probably does not have enough volume to justify developing a less costly but still reliable version.
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John Hinman
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