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Saw Resources & Tips

Looking to learn more about the various types of saws available? Here you will find tips and guide to various types of specialty saws. Start by choosing an article from the list below.

Eight Things you Don't Want to Cut from Bridge Saws

Bridge saws are the essential saws in manufacturing of products made of stone. This large saw can provide accurate cuts in slabs of material such as marble at a faster production rate than manual handsaws. When a company is considering t he purchase of a bridge saw, it has several features to check ...

You Can Build Your Own Circular Saw Table

Since circular saws are the portable version of a table saw, they are not meant to be fixed to a table. However, the portability can be a disadvantage if you are trying to make precision cuts such as miters or other angles. To help you make more accurate cuts, you can build a circular saw table in y...

Table Saws for All Levels from Craftsman

Craftsman is a brand name made exclusively for Sears. Wood working tools were added to their line of power tools in 1926. Several companies actual have made the tools for the brand name. You can tell which company made the tool based on the prefix of the model number on the older tools. Craftsman ...

Convenient or Useless? Electric Pole Saws

A pole saw is just what it sounds like: a saw attached to the end of an extension pole. What is a pole saw used for? Pole saws are used to trim and remove tree limbs, tall hedges or bushes, shaping topiaries, and pruning/trimming trees. Who can benefit from using a pole saw? Professionals as well as...

Power Hack Saw

When you have circular material to cut, as in round stock or thick walled tubing, the tool to use for it is a power hack saw. A power hack saw has a vise bed to fasten the stock to and a reciprocating blade that lowers onto the stock to perform the cut. Between the vise holding your round stock an...