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 ...
Adding a table saw to a power tool collection opens up a whole new realm of woodcutting possibilities, mainly offering the ...
On April 25, 2025, a person was cutting wood on a table saw on campus. After several cuts, they shut off the table saw, but while the blade was still spinning, they attempted to remove a piece of wood ...
Power tools make construction and maintenance work faster, easier, and—let’s face it—a whole lot more fun. Who wants to wrestle with a manual screwdriver when a power drill gets the job done in ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON, DC — The National Consumers League (NCL) said it strongly opposes the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recommendation to roll back proposed safety standards for table saws. According to ...
If you ask around a wood shop, most people will agree that the table saw is the most dangerous tool around. There’s ample evidence that this is true. In 2015, over 30,000 ER visits happened because of ...
A Kelowna business has been fined just under $10,000 after an employee was injured on the job. Industrial Plastics at 1934 Windsor Road was fined $9,850.17 on Oct. 23 by WorkSafeBC after an incident ...
When it comes to investing in new power tools, hand tools, or equipment, Ryobi is one of the best brands to consider for your next DIY project. It makes a vast array of products, including but ...