alt Hacker News> why does it appears as if this isn't much of a thing outside of the US?
American hobby woodworkers all have huge two- or three-car garages giving them the room needed to store and use gigantic machines like table saws. Such large homes are unusual in Europe, and mostly owned by people who don't work with their hands.
European hobby woodworkers don't lose their fingers to table saws because they're using circular saws instead.
I suspect America also has a lot more woodworkers; many of their buildings have wood frames, wood siding, and bitumen-over-wood roofs.
Homes as large exist all over Europe. Get into the cities where most people live and apartments don't have enough space, but just outside there are plenty of people with large houses. (they often have tiny garages though which doesn't leave enough space for a saw like this) In the US people live in apartments without enough space for a table saw as well, but houses with large garages are common (apartments often have garages, but they are too small for these saws and usually lack power). In my experience apartments in Europe are bigger than in the US but I've haven't seen enough apartments in Europe to be confident in that.