A Band Saw uses a blade made of a continuous band of metal with teeth along one face to cut material. The Mitre Saw is a saw used to make precise crosscuts and miters in to a piece.Buying a Band Saw

Buying a band is often the first major purchase made for a workshop. Knowing your long-terms needs, and exactly what requirements you will have, increases the likelihood you will purchase the correct saw.

Band Saw Tips

Tips for getting the most out of your band saw.

Cutting with a Band Saw

Learning to use a band saw correctly will allow stronger, sharper cuts while increasing your efficiency with the tool. A band saw can be very versatile tool in the right hands. Learn the band saws strengths and weaknesses to get the most of the tool.

Band Saw Blades

Properly maintaining and storing the blades of a band saw allows getting the most out of the saw. The versatility of the band saw comes from the various type of blades. Identifying the correct blade for each job is a significantly important task.

Miter Saw

Understanding exactly what a miter saw will do will help you decide if a miter saw is a must have tool for your shop or just a convenient extra item. A miter saw can definitely a powerful useful tool, but for many it is a rarely used tool.

Using a Miter Saw

The Miter Saw is a precision cutting tool and must be used correctly to get the optimal output for you project. Understand exactly what you are doing with the saw and you will increase your output while making the best possible cuts.

Band Saw Tool School

Although a band saw is rarely the first stationary power tool purchased for a shop, it is one of the most versatile. A scroll saw cannot only be used for fun craft work, but also for cutting decorative mouldings and other furniture and cabinetry pieces. A band saw can be used to cut curves, even in thick lumber, such as in creating cabriole legs, to rip lumber and to crosscut short pieces. The most common use for the band saw, however, is in cutting irregular shapes. The second most common use is in resawing or ripping lumber into thinner slabs. A band saw also makes the smoothest cuts and, with the appropriate blade, can be used to cut materials other than wood, including metal.

Band Saws - How Much Saw Do You Need?

When looking to cut precise curves in wood, in most cases there is no better tool to choose than the band saw. That being said, a quality band saw will do a lot more than just cut curves. They are great for cutting tenons and some smaller rabbets, for ripping small pieces of stock and for resawing thin strips from larger pieces of wood. There are two main types of band saws, floor-standing cabinet models, and units that are shorter, for mounting either on a dedicated stand or on a bench top. Cabinet models are typically built for professional use, whereas the smaller units are better suited for the home-based woodworker. The cabinet models have have more features and larger motors, and usually feature a stronger frame which leads to more consistent cutting. That isn't to say, however, that one cannot get professional results from a bench-mounted band saw.