Court Documents: Osorio Wasn't Using the Guard or Rip Fence
Ã?© As are all of our blog posts, this story is protected by copyright; Popular Woodworking Magazine, 2010. If you’re a woodworker, you know about the landmark lawsuit , Carlos...
Table Saw Safety Survey
Table saw safety has been a hot news item lately, and as we worked on this story it became apparent that the numbers being published regarding the prevalence of injuries...
Actual Table Saws in Use: A Numbers Game
We’ve all been following the lawsuit where a jury awarded a Massachusetts man $1.5 million dollars for an accident he had while using a Ryobi table saw. (Need to catch...
SawStop Safety System Saga Steams Forward
Blade-braking technology is a vital part of the table saws from SawStop , the ability to stop a spinning blade in 1/100 of a second is what put the company...
SawStop’s Dust Collection. Dang.
In journalism school they teach you this about skepticism: “If your mother says she loves you, then you better find a way to confirm it.” And so I was a...
A Close Look at the New SawStop Professional Cabinet Saw
Thursday was my day at AWFS 2009 to stop by SawStop and catch up with Mark Pennington, marketing director. He shared a few things about SawStop’s new Professional Cabinet Saw...
SawStop Tackles Table Saw Issue #2
SawStop has done it again. First, the company developed and integrated a safety system to keep woodworkers from being maimed by a spinning saw blade. Now the group at SawStop...
SawStop Contractor Saw: Assembly
If there’s a tool out in the woodworking arena that garners more attention these days than SawStop, someone please bring it to my attention. I see scads of responses on...
SawStop Unveils a Less Expensive Cabinet Saw
In a move that will surely tighten the competition in the table saw market, SawStop announced plans to introduce a less expensive version of its cabinet saw that will use...
Getting in Touch With Our Inner Europe
I think I was in the DeWalt booth when I suddenly felt the tide turn. One of the company’s product managers was explaining the new guard on the DeWalt jobsite...
And Where Do You Put Your Hand?
One of my favorite woodworking books is Cabinetmaking and Millwork by John L. Feirer. I listed it as one of my three choices for “Must Have Woodworking Bibles” in the...
