For woodworkers, the table saw stands as both a revered tool and a potential danger. One saw, SawStop, uses an innovative technology to prevent the saw from cutting more than wood. The feds are now ...

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One day about 20 years ago, Tom Noffsinger experienced every woodworker's worst nightmare: One final cut on his table saw before knocking off for the day turned into a trip to the emergency room. It ...

Apparently ending decades of efforts to require SawStop-style flesh-sensing safety devices on table saws, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission quietly dropped a proposed rule that had ...

Power tool manufacturer SawStop has pledged to make its U.S. Patent 9,724,840 publicly available upon the effective date of a new rule mandating safety technology on all table saws. According to a ...

If you ask around a wood shop, most people will agree that the table saw is the most dangerous tool around. There’s ample evidence that this is true. In 2015, over 30,000 ER visits happened because of ...

There are more than 30,000 injuries caused by table saws each year. But there’s a way to prevent those injuries, and that technology might be mandated by the US government. A table saw is a popular ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of the go-to essential tools in a woodworker's shop is the versatile table saw. One of the advantages is the ability to make accurate and ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Even if you're fortunate enough to own or work at a professional workshop equipped with industrial table saws, you'll likely find the need for ...

Tom Noffsinger stands in his garage workshop, where he uses a SawStop table saw for woodworking at his home in Raleigh, North Carolina. About 20 years ago, Noffsinger had a table saw accident and ...