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SawStop Professional Table Saw—Performance and Safety for Your Home Shop - Video
The SawStop PCS table saw, the choice for craftspeople and home-shop pros, offers superior performance, SawStop safety, and motor options of 1.75 HP or 3.0 HP. Learn more about this professional 10" table saw, its features, and its options, in this video.

SawStop Industrial Table Saw—Heavy-Duty for High Demand Environments - Video
SawStop's Industrial Table Saws are their heaviest, most powerful, saws available. Heavy-duty, for high demand shops. Power options from 3.0 HP to 7.5 HP. Learn more about the SawStop ICS™ line of table saws in this video from SawStop.

SawStop Compact Table Saw—Only 68lbs! - Video
SawStop’s smallest, most portable table saw yet – with everything you’ve come to expect from a SawStop. This Compact Table Saw is packed with features that bring power, precision, cut capacity, and safety to every job site. And it weighs only 68-lbs! Learn more in this video!

SawStop Table Saw Safety System - How It Works with Video
SawStop's table saw safety system is amazing—and saves many woodworkers from horrific injuries and in some cases the loss of a finger or thumb. But how does it work? It reacts quickly, stopping the saw blade in less than 5 milliseconds! Read on to find out how.

Great Gear: Clever Design Aids
When I teach turning classes, one of the questions that comes up a lot is: “How do you make things look right proportionally?”

Great Gear: Easy and Accurate
While the Micro Fence Edge-Guide has been improving router functionality for 30 years, I only discovered it a year ago.

Tool Reviews: A Little Lathe Big on Charm
King Canada has introduced the KWL-813VS, a pen lathe from King Industrial, for entry-level turners.

Tool Reviews: A dynamic duo for dressing lumber
Laguna tools introduced a new lineup of jointers and planers in 2021. As part of this launch, they’ve redesigned their machines and reworked their cutterheads—the QuadTec I (segmented) and ShearTec II (spiral).

Tool Reviews: Good Vibrations from a Smooth Operator
Bosch has revamped its line of random orbit sanders for better dust collection and decreased vibration without sacrificing performance.

Great Gear: One-Step Drilling
Some obsessive-compulsive part of me appreciates the assembly line setup of using a series of handheld drills to bore the necessary holes for screws; one drill each for pilot hole, clearance hole, and countersink.