TUALATIN, Ore. — SawStop, manufacturers of one of the wood industry’s most widely used safety technologies, announced that one of its key patents will, in the future, be made open to the public. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Medina, MN – Rockler Woodworking and Hardware has added the SawStop Jobsite Tablesaw to its product selection. It is the first fully portable compact table saw to feature SawStop's innovative safety ...

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Power tool manufacturer SawStop has pledged to make its U.S. Patent 9,724,840 publicly available upon the effective date of a new rule mandating safety technology on all table saws. According to a ...

Discover how the SawStop circular saw redefines safety in woodworking. This video demonstrates the unique blade-stopping system, featuring advanced flesh-sensing technology and a rapid braking ...

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 ...

In 2002, a startup named SawStop demonstrated a table saw that could miraculously cut through wood, but stop itself dead (video below) as soon as its spinning blade touched skin. The mechanism was ...