Thread: Festool bought SawStop

Might be a few issues with putting the saw stop in a XXXXXXXL systainer

Does this mean a 6000% price hike is imminent?

Most likely,or more

Even Festool couldn't make the SS any more expensive.

Originally Posted by Chris Parks

Even Festool couldn't make the SS any more expensive.

Wana bet

Originally Posted by Bohdan

Wana bet

Haha. It will be interesting to see. I couldn't imagine anyone paying even more for a sawstop than current prices... but maybe if they change the colours to green and black.

I can't imagine that they would bump the price up to much, as i feel that they are quite pricy currently.

Any more price rise, then looking at a Hammer saw becomes more attractive.

I wouldn't be surprised if the owners of Festool, start thinking about another company to buy.

Felder group would be a guess, as adding stationary machines would add to their wood machinery range.

Also, implementing the saw stop brake saftey features into a European made machine capable of industrial work could prove to be a game changer for work health and safety.

First the Shaper Router - https://shapertools.com/ and now this.

Hardly surprising. With the patent on the SS its INCONCEIVABLE that one of the big brands didnt try to offer a YYUUUGGGEEE cheque to SS. HUGE. Seriously HUGE.

The bizdevs at Festool are smart and the other very very very very dumb....

Its an absolute no brainer.

Originally Posted by woodPixel

First the Shaper Router - https://shapertools.com/ and now this.

Hardly surprising. With the patent on the SS its INCONCEIVABLE that one of the big brands didnt try to offer a YYUUUGGGEEE check to SS. HUGE. Seriously HUGE.

The bizdevs at Festool are smart and the other very very very very dumb....

Its an absolute no brainer.

Wow, that shaper router amazing machine, id like to know how much the tracking/visual tape is..

but id love one of these, it would be a handy tool to have, and i wish id never seen this


I can see Festools thinking with the saw stop purchase, those patents will come handy.

I could see the EU pushing in the near future for safer conditions in the Work Force, Schools and Technical colleges.

Very smart play, even smarter if they pick up Felder or partner up with them to produce, panel saws, band saws, jointers with this saw stop technology.

make sure you have room for a supersize systainer lol

Anyone have any updates on the Bosch alternative?

Apparently the patents on the SS start ending in the nearish future but not all of them as they were staged over a period of time. Festool as a rule do not publish their business intentions and plans they just do it. Bosch got a huge back hander from the US courts over their version which surprised a lot of people but then the SS boss was a patent attorney so that is not surprising.

the SS patents are due to run out soon, so i would imagine that Festool apply for and would get an extension.

I was surprised that Bosch got bent over, from what i understand is that there design is better than SS.

But America is America.

I would be happy to pay a few hundred dollars (maybe up to $300/$500?) premium for a saw with this tech, all else being equal, if i was spending around $5k for a saw, but that's about it. I always wondered how much of the saw stop price was due to the safety feature and how much due to the rest of the saw. I can definitely see the motivation to pay a large premium for this in a work/school setting though; that's where the money would be for festool to push this feature imo.