This is SawStop, it's a saw that could save you from a serious injury. It works just like any other table saw, but stops immediately when in contact with flesh. It works using the electrical ...

Most of us have probably by now seen the SawStop brand of self-stopping table saw, which detects when something meatier than wood has the bad taste to touch the spinning blade, more or less ...

Since the paper is minimally conductive, a SawStop couldn’t save someone from a lack of caution. The blade finally meets its match half way through a half-inch thick piece of wood scrap.

splurge on safety with a SawStop,” says editor, Ethan O’Donnell. “Often, people attribute the high price of these saws to their safety mechanisms, which prevent the blade from causing severe ...