dado

That directive mandates a stopping time for the blade which wouldn't be possible with the same saw with a dado blade, a dado stack has more inertia.

It takes 3 minutes to swap out the normal saw stop cartridge and put the one in for dado blades.

You forgot the laser-guided dado cutter, and the telescoping illuminated wet-dry vac with AM/FM radio.

Windows is framing, doors is architrave, floors is skirting board, ceiling is coving, halfway up a wall is a dado rail and 3/4s+ up is a picture rail.

I was using a dado stack, and it did a number on the carbide teeth of the blades.

That directive is from 2006, dado stacks weren't in wide use before that either.

Why are Dado Blades Illegal in Europe and Is It Safe to Use Them?

Setting up the thickness and putting the dado stack on takes twice as long.

Really, I should have sacrificed a crosscut sled for dado usage, but it really chews them up.

An interesting coincidence is that the first fabless semiconductor company, Chips and Technologies, was also founded in 1985, by Dado Banatao and Gordon Campbell.

A better comparison than seatbelts would be the european regulations around dado blades, which as I understand are fairly unpopular.

I once put all four fingers of my left hand into a dado blade on my table saw due to kickback.

The 10” replacements cost over $200, and the 8” dado would require buying a new stack… around $250.

Or as they say around here "A caballo dado, no se le ve colmillo".

When I swap my regular 10" blade for an 8" dado stack I have to change the brake cartridge which only takes an additional minute.

But you're perfectly free to import a saw that can do this yourself, or modify and use an existing saw, or even start a niche "dado saws with EU stopping times" manufacturer.