Comment by mey
7 months ago
At scale the cost will come down. The actual tech is remarkably simple (which is a compliment to the design and engineering). The saw blade is wired up in such a way that it becomes a capactive touch sensor. When tripped a sacrifical brake is blasted into the blade that causes it stop and drop into the table.
It isn't going to cost 10x.
The modules are expensive, and it destroys the blade, which can be very expensive when using real industrial ones meant to be resharpened.
Personally I've had a very poor experience using a sawstop, as well as witnessing it cause younger guys to get overly confident
It's expensive because of the patent holders, not the technical complexity.
When the government mandates it there's no reason not to increase the price, just like how college tuitions rose exponentially when the government guaranteed the loans.