We’ve tested many circular saws, and this one comes as close to perfection of the form as is possible. Equipped with a standard 7.25-inch blade and an 8-Ah battery and weighing 11.6 pounds, it ...

Bottom line: the circular saw is the best tool for fast and accurate cutting. Here at Popular Mechanics, we constantly test and use circular saws in our own projects. Our favorites below range ...

The saw comes with a 5-amp-hour battery; assuming you’re using that, it weighs roughly 9 pounds. Weight counts for a lot in circular saws. Compare that with my two corded circular saws.

The first documented circular-saw patent in an English-speaking country was granted in 1777, two years before Babbitt's birth.

A 21-year-old Slovenian woman deliberately cut off her own hand with a circular saw in an effort to cash in on an insurance claim, authorities say.

A circular saw of 52 inches diameter, and running 4,600 feet per minute at the teeth, cannot be driven in yellow pine timber (with the saw its full depth in the log) with less than 12 horse-power ...