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Thinking Out Loud: Cutting Through the SawStop Debate over Table Saw Safety

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 ...
NBC4i

SawStop To Dedicate Key U.S. Patent to the Public Upon the Effective Date of a Rule for Table Saw Safety Technology

TUALATIN, OREGON, UNITED STATES, February 28, 2024 / EINPresswire.com / -- Today, in response to proposed rulemaking regarding table saw safety by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), ...
Ohsonline.com

SawStop to Dedicate Patent to Public Amid Proposed Safety Rule for Table Saws

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 ...
Woodworking Network

CPSC drops plan to require table saw safety devices

Apparently ending decades of efforts to require SawStop-style flesh-sensing safety devices on table saws, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission quietly dropped a proposed rule that had ...
Woodworking Network

SawStop to release patented technology to public

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 ...
WOSU Public Media

After years of trying, the U.S. government may finally mandate safer table saws

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 ...