A man who lost an index finger and parts of other fingers while operating a Ryobi table saw was awarded a new trial last week by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Electrified plywood in shocking video, a sawmill reopens following devastating combustible dust explosion, and Redbook's hottest wood species report were in the wood industry's most viewed reports this week.

SawStop inventors notch another wood cutting safety related patent - this one for devices that disable the protective mechanism when the saw blade is not in use - awarded to SD3 LLC's team that includes SawStop co-founders Stephen Gass and David Fulmer.

Northwest Hardwoods invites professional cabinetmakers to enter alder project in its sweepstakes and win a 10-inch SawStop industrial cabinet saw. The winner will be announced at AWFS 2013 woodworking show in Las Vegas.

Northwest Hardwoods is launching a sweepstakes featuring a prize of a SawStop industrial table saw. Professional cabinetmakers entering sutainable alder projects are eligible to win.

Kehoe Custom Wood Designs owner Joe Kehoe testified in May in support of California's Table Saw Safety Act. The bill did not come to a vote before the state senate adjourned.

California's controversial Table Saw Safety Act, which breezed through the Assembly in a 64-4 vote, is dead - for now at least - after the Senate failed to bring the bill up for a vote.

Nothing quite like a photo of a politician, posing as if he’s about to feed a board through a table saw - his tie dangling from his neck - to stir the emotions of woodworkers.