"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The three main types of miter saws are compound, dual compound, and sliding. Each variation performs ...

A good miter gauge adds versatility and precision to any table saw, dramatically increasing the possible range of work. These ...

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 to a ...

Every project deserves its own laser cut enclosure, of course, but the most common method of joinery – an overabundance of mortises and tenons, and if you’re lucky, a bit of kerf bending – is a little ...

Ever tried a spot of do-it-yourself work and ended up wasting good wood by making the wrong cut? As Steve Jobs might have said, “there’s an app for that” — or, in this case, a whole smart miter saw ...

If you’re doing something like setting posts on a slanted surface, you’ll likely need to measure the exact angle at which to cut their base so that they stand perpendicular with the ground. But you ...

A student in a junior-high-school shop class lost a thumb when the workpiece he was cutting was pulled into the blade of a miter saw. A junior-high shop-class student started up a compound miter saw ...