Acsh.org

Thinking Out Loud: Cutting Through the SawStop Debate over Table Saw Safety

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 ...
Hackaday

Homemade SawStop Attachment Is Just About As Sketchy As It Sounds

TL;DR — when [Colin Furze] is your “safety inspector,” you really should be reconsidering your project goals. Most of us have probably by now seen the SawStop brand of self-stopping table saw, which ...
Ohsonline.com

SawStop to Dedicate Patent to Public Amid Proposed Safety Rule for Table Saws

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 ...
LAist

After years of trying, the U.S. government may finally mandate safer table saws

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. One day about 20 years ago, Tom ...
The Daily Dot

‘Allowing fingers to be cut off’: Democratic rep faces backlash over opposition to finger-detecting technology in table saws

House Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) posted a video to X on Wednesday explaining why she’s opposing a rule that would mandate finger-detection technology for table-saws, which could ...
Alaska Public Media

After years of trying, the U.S. government may finally mandate safer table saws

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 ...