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Op didn't mention businesses so why are you? Plenty of regular people own them as well, woodworking is a very popular hobby.

>Even for purely private usage - if you can't afford to buy a SawStop saw, then rent one.

Dunno why some people decide they get to nanny everyone else. There's plenty of other dangerous tools (when misused) to come after next if you go down this path.

The op here is right, the most likely path is rigging a circular saw into a table saw from some internet tutorial. People have done worse to save less.

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> Dunno why some people decide they get to nanny everyone else. There's plenty of other dangerous tools (when misused) to come after next if you go down this path.

We mandate safety features on plenty of dangerous machinery, most importantly cars - seatbelts, airbags, brake anti-locks, lane-keeper assists... or we ban stuff entirely, even if it is completely safe to use when one has the proper equipment and knowledge like asbestos.

The key thing is 30.000 accidents a year. Each of these probably costs society around 50k, and that's just the medical cost, not to account for (permanent) loss or reduction of income.

I agree that some will rig up completely unsafe "alternatives" but honestly, doing that rather than renting a safe saw for a dozen bucks... those people at least know of the danger.

The people doing unsafe shit around table saws already know the danger today. So let them take the risk, and deal with the consequences.

This isn’t realistic. Table saws are central to many hobbyist workshops and good table saw weigh several hundred pounds. Renting a table saw is far too inconvenient for most.

43000 people die in car accidents a year, why not enforce a 15mph speed limit? That's gotta reduce the number of deaths.

>I agree that some will rig up completely unsafe "alternatives" but honestly, doing that rather than renting a safe saw for a dozen bucks... those people at least know of the danger.

You can't rent a table saw for a dozen bucks lol. Especially not with a safety saw blade.

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