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General Workshop Discussion
Buying Advice | Tool Reviews
Thinking of getting a Makita 2704... Or is there better for the money?
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<blockquote data-quote="Inspector" data-source="post: 1575812" data-attributes="member: 1810"><p>My perspective as a SawStop owner for a dozen years, when they only had the big cabinet saw. I don't feel your criticism is fair or informed.</p><p></p><p>There is far more to the mechanism than 50pounds worth of parts. Many millions to develop a reliable system and many more to create the company, set up production in Taiwan and bring them to market and support them. If you ever looked under the hood you would see they are completely different than any other saw and the brake isn't just a little add on hence the higher costs. There may be some corporate greed in there but name any similar companies that aren't. Are Felder, Hammer, Festool or Mirka really that far advanced and better that they are worth as much as they charge? When Bosch got spanked in the US law courts by a guy that lost a number of fingers on one of their jobsite saws they brought out the Bosch REAXX. Unfortunately for them they violated the SawStop patents and the US courts stopped them from selling in the USA. They were sold here but SawStop didn't bother stopping them in our small market. They were sold in the $2,000Cad range which was the same as the SawStop jobsite saw. Corporate greed too? They didn't sell well and have all but disappeared here. Not sure Bosch even sells them any more. Until SawStop's patents and there are a lot of them, run out you are not likely going to see a competitor. The parent company of Festool bought up SawStop and that's why they have a version which uses the exact same brake cartridge as all the SawStop models. You may not like it but that's how it is. Either pony up or use all the tried and true safety practices until the marketplace changes.</p><p></p><p>Pete</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Inspector, post: 1575812, member: 1810"] My perspective as a SawStop owner for a dozen years, when they only had the big cabinet saw. I don't feel your criticism is fair or informed. There is far more to the mechanism than 50pounds worth of parts. Many millions to develop a reliable system and many more to create the company, set up production in Taiwan and bring them to market and support them. If you ever looked under the hood you would see they are completely different than any other saw and the brake isn't just a little add on hence the higher costs. There may be some corporate greed in there but name any similar companies that aren't. Are Felder, Hammer, Festool or Mirka really that far advanced and better that they are worth as much as they charge? When Bosch got spanked in the US law courts by a guy that lost a number of fingers on one of their jobsite saws they brought out the Bosch REAXX. Unfortunately for them they violated the SawStop patents and the US courts stopped them from selling in the USA. They were sold here but SawStop didn't bother stopping them in our small market. They were sold in the $2,000Cad range which was the same as the SawStop jobsite saw. Corporate greed too? They didn't sell well and have all but disappeared here. Not sure Bosch even sells them any more. Until SawStop's patents and there are a lot of them, run out you are not likely going to see a competitor. The parent company of Festool bought up SawStop and that's why they have a version which uses the exact same brake cartridge as all the SawStop models. You may not like it but that's how it is. Either pony up or use all the tried and true safety practices until the marketplace changes. Pete [/QUOTE]
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