Chop saws and workshop band saws feature a vise for securely clamping the work during cutting. Unlike a standard vise that has two jaws, most have a single jaw that closes against the fence.

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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.