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Circle #124 on information card.

Commission, the German safety agency BIA, and the French safety agency INRS.

Not one of those manufacturers or safety agencies has identified any issue that questions the viability of the SawStop technology. To the contrary, as far as we are aware, all of those entities have concluded that the SawStop technology will make saws safer.

Unfortunately, most manufacturers have not yet decided to move forward with SawStop. In the meantime, because we do not know when or whether manufacturers will move forward, we have decided to build and market our own table saw.

We hope to have it at IWF in Atlanta this August, and to take orders at that show. At present, that seems like the only sure way to get SawStop out there. In any case, even if we never make a penny at the end of the day, if SawStop or something like it is adopted on saws and people are no longer being maimed on a regular basis, we will be proud to have started the ball rolling that leads to such a good result for woodworkers.

Stephen F. Gass, president SawStop LLC Wilsonville, Oregon

Why SawStop is a Bargain at $150

Sure, $150 is a lot to add to the price of a contractor saw, and I like to think I'll never actually need this device — but I'm sure anyone who has lost a finger or hand to a table saw would gladly pay $150 to have it back. To me, it's like an air bag or a fire extinguisher — something that I'll probably never need, but that might be extremely important one day. PW

Andy Stephens via the internet

CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

In our article on rehandling a chisel in the February 2002 issue, we stated that some chisels have been formed by casting.Actually, no chisels (to our knowledge) are cast; those shown as cast in the photographs are likely drop-forged.

In our article on the Pennsylvania Spice Box (December 2001 issue) the diagram of the base scroll pattern on page 55 should read: "One square= V2¹"'

10 Popular Woodworking April 2002