Band saws are well-suited for cutting irregular shapes. Wire sawing uses diamond-encrusted wire to cut thick or awkward concrete or masonry shapes, such as bridge sections, jetties, columns, or beams.
Hold the saw with one hand and pull the starter rope with the other. Keep others away when starting the engine. Use extreme caution to be sure the chain does not contact limbs or logs other than the ...
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.