SawStop

SawStop
IndustryManufacturing
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
HeadquartersTualatin, Oregon, US
Key people
Steve Gass, David Fanning, and David Fulmer (cofounders)
ProductsTable saws
OwnerTTS Tooltechnic Systems Holding AG (Germany)
Websitewww.sawstop.com

SawStop is an American table saw manufacturer headquartered in Tualatin, Oregon. The company was founded in 2000 to manufacture table saws that feature a patented automatic braking system that stops the blade upon contact with skin or flesh.

Table saws are "by far the most dangerous woodworking tool."[1] The operator holds the wood, rather than the saw, making it easy to guide both fingers and wood into the saw. In the United States roughly 10 table saw finger amputations occur every day.[2][3][4]

SawStop is safer because of its automatic braking feature, but it is still a dangerous machine and must be used with great care. For example, woodworker Rex Krueger did not lose his finger, however, he had a painful experience requiring treatment in a medical emergency department.[5]

Saw Stop table saw used at former TechShop in Redwood City California
  1. ^ Chris Arnold (August 10, 2017). "Despite Proven Technology, Attempts To Make Table Saws Safer Drag On". NPR. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
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  4. ^ Chung, Kevin C.; Shauver, Melissa J. (2013). "Table saw injuries". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 132 (5): 777e–783e. doi:10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182a3bfb1. PMC 4154236. PMID 24165629.
  5. ^ Rex Krueger (2018). "My table-saw injury". YouTube. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.