If you're doing work on your home, you may need to purchase a saw at some point.
Whether you need to cut through wood, pipe, concrete, or tile, certain saws are better for some tasks than others, and choosing the right one depends upon what you need done.
In some cases, you may need multiple saws if you're doing a full-scale renovation project.
Most saws on the market are now power tools, as these make cutting boards and other large materials more efficient than using hand tools.
Hand saws are still on the market and, if you need one, hand saws still come in a number of blades to suit whatever construction you need.
For power saws, the most popular type is circular saws, which require a circular-shaped blade to cut into or through an object.
The general circular saw, for example, is best for industrial sawing and is used in sawmills.
Similar blades are table and radial arm saws.
For the former, a blade rises out of a table, and you guide an object through the blade.
Radial arm saws involve cross cutting with a guide arm on the table-like stand supporting the saw.
Some power saws are used for cutting into objects at an angle, and these include rotary and miter saws.
Rotary saws are designed for doing spiral-shaped cuts, while a miter saw cuts into an object at a right angle.
Compound miter saws cut into an object at angles less than ninety degrees.
The fourth type of circular saw is a concrete saw.
These have a diamond blade and include larger and smaller sized saws, such as tile saws, for cutting through concrete and other hard objects.
Not all saws have circular blades, and one type of saw designed for finer cuts is a reciprocating blade saw.
These saw blades are longer and typically manually held.
The most popular type of reciprocating blade saw is a jigsaw, which uses a narrow blade for making irregular cuts through an object.
Reciprocating saws are used for the same purpose as a jigsaw but the blade itself is larger and designed for cutting through pipe in addition to wood.
A third type of saw is a continuous blade.
The most well-known continuous blade saw is a chain saw, but for smaller work, band saws are used more often.
When working on your home or another renovation any one of these saws could be suited for the tasks you need to do.
Renovating your bathroom? A tile saw and a saw to cut through pipe might be best suited.
Need to cut through wood beams? Any one of the circular saws should suit your needs.
As home improvement and renovation projects require several tasks, having multiple saws on hand will cover all of the materials you may need to cut through.