but there’s no need to break a sweat when today’s powered metal-cutting saws make quick work of the task. Sure, a hacksaw can tackle occasional small jobs, but for larger pieces, or if you cut ...

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.

Stihl says its TS440 Cutquik cut-off machine is the first cut-off saw in the world with a blade ... “It has a clutch drum with a steel band wrapped around it,” Techow explains.