[Making Stuff] wanted to do just that, but didn’t have a chop saw lying around. Instead, an old Stihl chainsaw was placed on the bench, and hacking ensued (Youtube link, embedded below).

A miter saw is an essential tool for any woodworker, letting you make precise, repeated cuts at various angles and lengths. Traditional miter saws have one limitation: They can only cut boards up ...

If a shop was “high-tech,” it might have a metal cutting bandsaw or abrasive-disk chop saw. In recent decades plasma cutters appeared in some farm shops to take slicing metal to a higher level.