Gass is a patent attorney.
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SawStop Legislation
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Here's the file history, if anyone is interested.
Depends on your definition of safely, but this tool is much easier to deal with than an accessory table.
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GR ripper is a very good push block. For times my 2 x 4 or thin push block don't work. There is a Chinese identical clone. The only push blocks that I consider dangerous are the hard plastic sticks that come with a lot of tools. On a TS, if the blade hits it, it grabs, shatters, can pull your hand or send shrapnel your way. A sled with a hold down and a magnetic top sheet/vacuum port is even safer.
Mike, SS has dozens of patents with different expirations and as any good patent attorney can write up, small details can be changed over time to give extended periods. The one of generically using electronics "flesh sensing" is the one that was blocking other manufacturers. I believe this is the one they offered, under OATH testimony, to open if the regulations took place. Only if it took place.
Yes Gass is a patent attorney. He is also a woodworker and an inventor. That does not make him, or SawStop, or Festool, or Gottlib-Stoll evil. They are in business. One goes into business to make money. He had a brilliant idea and acted on it. OEMs at the time turned him down. So he risked it all and started his own company. Originally Harvey made some of his saws. ( IPS) Not sure who does now.
Mike, SS has dozens of patents with different expirations and as any good patent attorney can write up, small details can be changed over time to give extended periods. The one of generically using electronics "flesh sensing" is the one that was blocking other manufacturers. I believe this is the one they offered, under OATH testimony, to open if the regulations took place. Only if it took place.
Yes Gass is a patent attorney. He is also a woodworker and an inventor. That does not make him, or SawStop, or Festool, or Gottlib-Stoll evil. They are in business. One goes into business to make money. He had a brilliant idea and acted on it. OEMs at the time turned him down. So he risked it all and started his own company. Originally Harvey made some of his saws. ( IPS) Not sure who does now.
Not exactly. The "small details" must be patentably distinct from the previous claimed invention(s), and the "extended period" only applies to the new content. Gass' patent is different in that it received a patent term extension because of the litigation.
For hopefully obvious reasons, I don't consider patent attorneys evil since I am one.
I own a SawStop and would not own any other brand that does not include the flesh-sensing technology.
There are alternatives to SawStop technology
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It takes just a few minutes of watching HGTV or YouTube/Instagram or stopping at a construction site to see people not using eye/lung protection, blade guards, splitters, ripping fences or miter gauges on their worksite table saws. I really don't think they're going to buy and use $60 aftermarket pushblocks.Depends on your definition of safely, but this tool is much easier to deal with than an accessory table.
GRR-RIPPER 3D Pushblock (GR-100) | #1 Best-Selling Table Saw Push Block
The world's safest pushblock for use with table saws, router tables, band saws, and jointers. Make ultra accurate cuts with one hand, protect fingers, and prevent kickback. No other pushblock offers this level of precision, control, and safety.
As far as ripping thin strips with a tracksaw safely without a special table...here are multiple ways it can be done:
We have a couple of these in the raffle that you could win for only $5Depends on your definition of safely, but this tool is much easier to deal with than an accessory table.
GRR-RIPPER 3D Pushblock (GR-100) | #1 Best-Selling Table Saw Push Block
The world's safest pushblock for use with table saws, router tables, band saws, and jointers. Make ultra accurate cuts with one hand, protect fingers, and prevent kickback. No other pushblock offers this level of precision, control, and safety.
I've used them since they were released on my '80s Unisaw.
That will go great with the SawStop I won a few years ago
