While both tools are capable of cutting both materials with the right blade, which tool you should choose depends on the ...

Discover how to transform a standard hand saw into a high-performance multi-blade saw, inspired by a simple paper cutout.

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Another industry first: bringing table or miter saw high finish performance to a 7 1/4" circular saw. Get sandpaper-like finishes on all crosscuts in oak, pine, melamine, veneer plywood and delicate ...

Many people disdain the 7-1/4-inch circular saw. They say that it’s only good for cutting lumber for house framing or concrete forms. While the saw is ideal for those purposes, you can also use it to ...

"Some of the pieces were rather large to try to heft into the kind of vertical rack recommended by Ole Wik, so I devised a much simpler temporary version." Just over a year ago we featured an Alaskan ...

When cutting wood, it is important to be safe and accurate. To stay safe, the correct technique must be used when using cutting tools. A technique is a way of carrying out a particular task. To be ...

The beauty of this column is that we're not limited to stories emanating from automotive boneyards. If there's a cheap way to convert something like an inexpensive, wood-cutting bandsaw into a pricey ...

Roy Underhill shows how you can make your hand saws sing when you sharpen them right. Using giant model rip and crosscut saws, RoyUnderhill shows how you can make your hand saws sing when you sharpen ...

Anyone who has ever had a paper cut (read: "everyone") knows how deceptively sharp paper can be when it hits you at just the right (read: "wrong") angle. But does that mean that a disc of paper ...

A video that puts a paper blade to the test will leave you with a newfound respect for the sheets in your printer tray. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co ...