and the material to be cut sits on the miter saw table and presses into the saw’s back fence (i.e. a vertical metal wall). Newcomers to woodworking often find this setup and the simple operation ...

Some examples: Metal-cutting, “cold-cut” miter saw. Conventional benchtop chop saws that cut metal with an abrasive disk work fine for coarse work, but are dirty, imprecise and leave hot ...