Federal regulators are moving closer to implementing new safety standards for table saws. Every year, several thousand Americans cut off their fingers using the tools. Engineers at the Consumer ...
A table saw isn’t just another tool—it’s the one that decides whether your work looks intentional or as if you were guessing. I’ve spent enough time on job sites and in workshops to know the ...
As table saws get more high-tech, there's a ridiculously low-tech solution that can make that saw even safer. Here's what it ...
A carpenter using a table saw recently without numerous safety and hazard abatement features, such as a blade guard, a splitter or a riving knife. The CSPC rules would have required blade-sensing ...
My first experience with a table saw involved propping up an old benchtop model on a painter’s bench. A squeeze clamp in the front kept the thing from moving forward as I pushed lumber or trim through ...
June 10, 2011, Update: The Consumer Product Safety Commission has directed its staff to draft new safety requirements for table saws, NPR has learned. Table saws are the country's most dangerous ...
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 ...
CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Power Tool Institute (PTI) has launched a Spanish version of its Table Saw Safety video which is available on both the PTI Website (www.powertoolinstitute.com) and its ...
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 ...
Safety standards for table saws may soon get more stringent in the state of California. A bill under consideration in the state Legislature would require "injury-mitigation technology" to be built ...
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