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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you ask around a wood shop, most people will agree that the table saw is the most dangerous tool around. There’s ample evidence that this is true. In 2015, over 30,000 ER visits happened because of ...

A longer version of this story appears at FairWarning. Gerald Wheeler caught the hot dog demonstration at the International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta in 2002. A man took an Oscar Meyer wiener and ...

Q: I try to do some home improvement projects myself, but many require the use of a table saw. My father hurt himself badly with one many years ago. Do you have a list of safety tips for using one? A: ...

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 ...

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 ...