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 ...

Ben Blatt is a reporter for The Upshot and an amateur woodworker who once received stitches for a band saw injury. What’s it worth to you to minimize the risk of cutting off a finger? $300? $600?

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 ...

Need to swap out your table saw blade but not sure where to start? In this quick and easy guide, I’ll show you how to safely ...

On Wednesday, the FTC issued an advisory to the Trump administration to scrap a proposed rule by the Consumer Product Safety Commission to force saw manufacturers to use an automated finger-detection ...

Of all the tools in a woodworking shop, the table saw is probably the most dangerous. The Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates the saws send more than 30,000 people to the emergency room each ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A table saw is one of the most useful and versatile tools in any ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A table saw is a very useful tool for any woodworker. It makes it easy to get long, complex angled cuts that would be difficult to perform ...

When your woodworking projects demand clean edges and precise, repeatable cuts, a table saw is the tool for the job. While handheld cutting tools like circular saws and jigsaws certainly have their ...