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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 ...
Health impacts of sawdust. Any type of woodworking that involves cutting, either by hand or machine, releases sawdust (or wood dust). Because fine sawdust can float through the air, it can be easily inhaled without proper protection, leading to damaging injuries to a woodworker's skin and lungs. Sawdust is also an IARC group 1 Carcinogen.
Table saw. A table saw (also known as a sawbench or bench saw in England) is a woodworking tool, consisting of a circular saw blade, mounted on an arbor, that is driven by an electric motor (directly, by belt, by cable, or by gears). The drive mechanism is mounted below a table that provides support for the material, usually wood, being cut ...
Disston Saw Works was an American company owned by Henry Disston that manufactured handsaws during the mid-19th to early 20th century in the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia. The company was initially named Keystone Saw Works and then Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. Two successor companies are said to still be around, Disston Precision is still ...
December 24, 2016. (2016-12-24) Classic Woodworking (previously Rough Cut: Woodworking with Tommy Mac and Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking) is a woodworking television show hosted by woodworker Tom McLaughlin that is produced by WGBH Boston in partnership with Fine Woodworking. The show is distributed by American Public Television.
Category. : Woodworking hand-held power tools. This category is for hand-held power tools used in woodworking, where the tool is moved over the work. For larger power tools or machines that are stationary, see Category:Woodworking machines. For hand-powered tools, see Category:Woodworking hand tools.
The most common type of bench hook is made from three pieces of wood joined together: [2] The bed, being anywhere from 7–9 inches (180–230 mm) wide and 5–12 inches (130–300 mm) long depending on preference. [4][5][2] The workpiece sits atop the bed, and the bed protects the workbench from the saw. The first stop, also called the fence ...
2. (n.) Any tool used for drilling holes, such as a chisel used in combination with a mallet. Decay in timber caused by fungal growth, usually in a moist, stagnant, poorly ventilated atmosphere. A system used to capture wood dust from woodworking machines such as a table saw, miter saw, router, planer, or jointer.