[aigel]

Especially if you rely on an able set of hands to earn your living, you should be excited about safer tools. We'd still be running "widow makers" like a third world country if we'd go with some of the opinions voiced in this thread. Of course, one can overdo things as well, where the tools become useless. I don't see that with the tool here. The table saw is reasonably priced for a professional machine and it retains 100% of its use. If I had to buy a saw for my business, I would much rather pay a little extra and know that I won't have guys home for 6 weeks of recovery, coming back with a finger missing.

Just my two cents ...

George