Cabinet Table Saw Anatomy Expert Overview

This document, created by woodworking tools expert, Les Winter, P.E., is intended to promote a technical dialog involving the components of a cabinet table saw. Details in this document may vary from the equipment in your case.

Table Saw Injuries

A table saw cuts wood with a circular blade whose teeth are moving, in the direction of the operator, at over one hundred miles per hour. These create several hazards: they can cut and sever fingers and hands, they can lift up and throw a workpiece back at the operator at high speeds (“kickbacks”), they can propel saw dust, splinters, chunks of wood and even broken saw blade teeth at the operator’s eyes. We are regularly retained to investigate injuries involving the use of table saws. The illustration below depicts a cabinet style saw, which would commonly be found in the workshop of woodworking enthusiasts as well as commercial and light industrial applications. Common manufacturers associated with this style of saw include Delta, Powermatic, Jet, Saw Stop, or others.

Woodworking Tools Investigations

Our experts are regularly retained in casework involving lacerations, amputations, and deaths that are associated with the use or misuse of saws and other woodworking tools. The scope of our investigations can include equipment operation and maintenance as well as various safety features, such as guards, protective equipment, and flesh sensing technology units (sawstop). For more information visit our Woodworking Tools practice page.

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Les Winter, P.E.

Woodworking Machinery Expert & Electrical Engineer

Les Winter is a professional engineer who specializes in table saw, miter saw, band saw, circular saw (“skilsaw”) and other woodworking machinery-related injuries. As a professional… read more.