WESA

'Planet Money': What does it take to make table saws safer?

Of all the tools in a woodworking shop, the table saw is probably the most dangerous. The Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates the saws send more than 30,000 people to the emergency room each ...
NPR

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 ...
Engineering News-Record

Safety Commission Drops Planned Consumer Table Saw Rule

A carpenter using a table saw recently without numerous safety and hazard abatement features, such as a blade guard, a splitter or a riving knife. The CSPC rules would have required blade-sensing ...
Alaska Public Media

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

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 ...