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 ...

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 ...

When you think of cutting-edge technology, power tools don't generally come to mind. Take the table saw: Many woodworkers are using 30-year-old saws in their wood shops and, among the major tool ...

Re: "We have the technology to save fingers -- The free market argues against requiring table saw brakes, says Kathleen Parker," Saturday Viewpoints. Here we go again; we don't know what's good for us ...

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Tom Noffsinger stands in his garage workshop, where he uses a SawStop table saw for woodworking at his home in Raleigh, North Carolina. About 20 years ago, Noffsinger had a table saw accident and ...

Federal regulators are moving closer to implementing new safety standards for table saws, which injure thousands of users each year. One possible... Federal regulators are moving closer to ...