California Considers Table Saw Law
California assembly member Das Williams has introduced a proposed law that would make the sale of new table saws without active injury mitigation technology, illegal. As written, the law would...
Submit Your Comment on Proposed Table Saw Rule
The US Consumer Products Safety Commission is considering new safety regulations for table saws, based on a petition asking for a requirement that table saws should be equipped with a...
CPSC Table Saw Rules: Emotion vs. Numbers
The Consumer Product Safety Commission will be accepting public comments on a proposed rule to improve table saw safety. Comments will not be accepted by e-mail, but will be accepted...
Table Saw Verdict Upheld, CPSC Commisioner’s Statement
Two items are in the news today in the ongoing story about table saw injuries. In Boston yesterday, the US Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling in the...
CPSC Votes to Begin Table Saw Rules Process
By a unanimous vote, the Consumer Product Safety Commission voted today to begin the formal process of creating new rules to reduce table saw injuries, according to this story in...
Public Comments Next Step in Table Saw Safety Rules
The Consumer Products Safety Commission will meet on October 5, 2011 to decide whether or not to continue with an “Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” to address table saw blade...
New CPSC Report: Human Factors in Table Saw Safety
Note: Executive editor Robert W. Lang was quoted in this article in USA Today. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a new report on table saw injuries, and...
Safety Rules for Tablesaws: the PTI POV
There are a couple of techniques I use to sort out thorny and complicated issues; follow the money and check the math. I also try to remember that my little...
New Table Saw Safety Regs – PTI Speaks Up
Over the past few weeks, the debate over proposed Consumer Product Safety Commission regulations for table saw safety has been in the news. Curiously, the reason for it being in...
SawStop Cabinet Saw
What we like (and dislike) about this revolutionary machine. By the Popular Woodworking staff Pages: 86-87 From the October 2005 issue #150 Buy this issue now A safe table saw...
Table Saw Injuries-What is the Real Cost?
© As are all of our blog posts, this story is protected by copyright; Popular Woodworking Magazine, 2011. The costs of any hazard are central to the question of whether...
Tool Test: SawStop’s ‘Tweener’ Saw
SawStop introduces its Professional Cabinet Saw to round out your table saw choices. By Glen D. Huey Page: 28 From the December 2009 issue #180 Buy this issue now When...
