There’s no easy way to cut steel. By now, we’ve cut it with every tool imaginable, including circular saws, cold chisels, band saws, hack saws, torches, jig saws, and an industrial machine called a ...

At just over 50 pounds, the chop saw is fairly portable while also being sturdy, though the pressed-steel base isn’t quite as ...

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Forty years ago, the abrasive disk chop saw flooded into farm shops across the country. Compared to using either a hack saw or an acetylene torch to cut dimensional steel, the chop saw was an easy ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The terms 'Chop Saw' and 'Miter Saw' are often used interchangeably, but this isn't quite correct. It's like calling a pencil a pen; it's easy ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Metal isn’t hard to cut, and a hacksaw isn’t difficult to use. That’s not our opinion ...

There’s no reason to use a hacksaw in a modern farm shop. Cutting metal on a farm often used to involve either an oxy-acetylene torch, a hacksaw or tin snips. If a shop was “high-tech,” it might have ...

If you’re doing a lot of metal working, a chop saw is a great tool to have. It’s an easy and quick way to do a lot of neat, clean accurate cuts. [Making Stuff] wanted to do just that, but didn’t have ...

If you've visited your local Harbor Freight store lately, you know the family-owned tool retailer is stocking devices to help DIY home enthusiasts tackle just about any project that might come their ...