Unlike metal cutting circular saws, recip saw motors and drives don’t care what they’re cutting. Switch to a wood-cutting blade and you’ve got a multi-purpose tool. Plasma Cutter.

but fitted with the right blade, a circular saw is a great metal-cutting tool. In our test, it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. You can cut mild steel up to about 3/8 in.

It was just a year ago that we first encountered a multitool which sported a tiny adjustable wrench. Well, the Orioners Z3 is the latest tool to also boast one of those, along with eight other handy ...

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