The New York Times

How Much Would You Pay to Make Sure You Never Sawed Off a Finger?

Ben Blatt is a reporter for The Upshot and an amateur woodworker who once received stitches for a band saw injury. What’s it worth to you to minimize the risk of cutting off a finger? $300? $600?
The Daily Dot

‘Allowing fingers to be cut off’: Democratic rep faces backlash over opposition to finger-detecting technology in table saws

House Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) posted a video to X on Wednesday explaining why she’s opposing a rule that would mandate finger-detection technology for table-saws, which could ...
The Herald-Mail

Can new technology save the digits of a woodworking klutz?

Here’s an attention-grabbing headline from The New York Times: “How Much Would You Pay to Make Sure You Never Sawed Off a Finger?” At first I assumed this was a story about the latest GOP fundraising ...
Acsh.org

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 ...
Business Wire

SawStop Makes Woodworking Safer with Finger-Saving Table Saw Designed In SolidWorks And COSMOS

Oregon company makes ‘smart’ saws that can tell the difference between wood and hands CONCORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A small Oregon company is changing woodworking professionals’ jobs with a table ...
NPR

Regulators Consider Safety Brakes For Table Saws

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 ...