At the price they sell it for, it gotta be a top of the line tool. So that people who can afford one want it not necessarily for the safety factor, but for the overall quality of it. And then there's the fact that given its price, it is far more likely to find its way to pro shops where saw is likely to be used by more than just the owner - and brake+blade is cheaper than the liability cost.
Contractor versions, however, might take some time reaching the market. If they simply make it a superior machine at a premium price the way they did it with the big model, they'll price themselves out of the target market. Means they gotta choose real careful about what goes in and what is left out, so that the saw offers ample reasons beside safety to choose it over others, while remaining competitive price-wise. Ah yes, and hobbyists who 'did fine till now without this brake thing' will be wary of a potential $100+ false positive until big saw have had time to establish a firm track record. Including an extra brake with the saw, lowering brake price to $30-40 and making sure Home Depot/Lowe's sells them would go a long way towards saw's acceptance.
I would still not be getting it. Knowing me, it'd take a siren and several strobes to remind me to switch the safety off before every cut when cutting PT or aluminum or other things like that. Oh yes, the warning likely works off material contacting the table - meaning a sled-type jigs will foil it.
Oh, and I wonder how Freud's teflon-coated blades fare in the saw. From the looks of them, the coating might prevent electrical contact between blade and arbor. Suppose one would have to remember to file/sand the coating off near arbor hole before putting in that new Fusion.
Contractor versions, however, might take some time reaching the market. If they simply make it a superior machine at a premium price the way they did it with the big model, they'll price themselves out of the target market. Means they gotta choose real careful about what goes in and what is left out, so that the saw offers ample reasons beside safety to choose it over others, while remaining competitive price-wise. Ah yes, and hobbyists who 'did fine till now without this brake thing' will be wary of a potential $100+ false positive until big saw have had time to establish a firm track record. Including an extra brake with the saw, lowering brake price to $30-40 and making sure Home Depot/Lowe's sells them would go a long way towards saw's acceptance.
I would still not be getting it. Knowing me, it'd take a siren and several strobes to remind me to switch the safety off before every cut when cutting PT or aluminum or other things like that. Oh yes, the warning likely works off material contacting the table - meaning a sled-type jigs will foil it.
Oh, and I wonder how Freud's teflon-coated blades fare in the saw. From the looks of them, the coating might prevent electrical contact between blade and arbor. Suppose one would have to remember to file/sand the coating off near arbor hole before putting in that new Fusion.
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