Driven to protect, engineered for woodworkers. Our story SawStop is more than a company, it is a promise made over twenty years ago to every woodworker. The story began in 1999 when Dr. Steve Gass, a lawyer, Doctor of Physics and passionate hobby woodworker, had an idea that would change woodworking safety forever. He imagined a table saw capable of sensing danger and stopping before it could cause harm.

His vision became reality in 2000 and has since saved thousands of fingers. What started as an experiment quickly grew into a movement for safety and innovation. The company’s groundbreaking Active Injury Mitigation (AIM) technology detects contact with skin and stops the spinning blade in less than five millise ...