Let’s be honest. When it comes to operating miter saws, these tools kick dust out the back like a spray paint can. Most of us have accepted this quirk as-is, but not [Inspire Woodcraft] who’s ...

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.

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 ...