When I started getting more into woodworking, I began with tools that were a hodgepodge of my late father's hand-me-downs and lower-quality or used items. One find was an ancient Skil table saw that ...

Apparently ending decades of efforts to require SawStop-style flesh-sensing safety devices on table saws, the U.S. Consumer ...

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 ...

“We invest heavily in safety innovation, and our patents have real value. Even so, we will not allow this patent to be an obstacle to a safer future. To that end, SawStop is prepared to dedicate this ...

For people already familiar with the world of power tools, you've likely heard all about SawStop table saws. If you haven't, SawStop saws are able to automatically detect when an appendage is about to ...

SawStop brings 20 years of proven safety to new customers with the release of its smallest, most portable saw TUALATIN, Ore., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SawStop today announced the upcoming launch ...

Perhaps you have a SawStop table saw or have seen a demo. With SawStop, the blade stops instantly on encountering human flesh. I recall seeing a demo at NIWeek 2005, in which National Instruments used ...

A decade ago, Stephen Gass walked away from a lucrative gig as a Portland patent lawyer to hawk his new invention: a device he believed could save thousands of people from losing their fingers to ...

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 ...

At first glance, SawStop seems like a hacker’s dream. A garage tinkerer comes up with a great idea, builds a product around it, and the world becomes a better place. As time has gone on, other ...