Most table saw manufacturers cite cost as a primary reason they haven't adopted the technology, since the safety brake could add between $100 and $200 to the price of a saw. Related NPR Stories ...

Table saw safety comes at a price. Exactly how much the safety brake would add to the price of a saw is unclear. An entry-level SawStop retails for $899.

With safety as my main concern, I opted for the SawStop Table Saw, which fit perfectly in my small garage workspace.After a few months of testing and working on projects like shelves, plant stands ...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has tried to force protection systems on table saws for many years. The industry, in general, opposes them as unnecessary and expensive. The controversy is ...

SawStop holds over 100 patents, many directly related to the safety mechanism. Its table saws cost several hundred dollars more than the most popular competing models, and sometimes more than ...

Legislation that aims to block a Consumer Product Safety Commission ruling requiring active injury mitigation (AIM) technology for table saws was introduced May 1. Photo By SawStop WASHINGTON, D.C.

Dust Collection and Safety Features. All table saws have a dust port exiting the back of the saw. It can be connected to dust collection, like a shop vacuum, however, most just shoot straight out.

Table Saw. These tools are dangerous enough to have their own specialized accident litigators: The Table Saw Attorney.With a 10-in. blade spinning at about 3500 rpm and an outside edge humming ...

Those kinds of injuries are all too common: Each year, more than 67,000 workers and do-it-yourselfers are injured by table saws, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (PDF ...

Table only has to be as big as the stock, not twice as long for safe motion as with a table saw. Balancing the stock and moving it on that table is asking for trouble and sloppy cuts.