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.

The Shop Fox W1715 metal-cutting band saw has a powerful ¾-horsepower motor with three speed ranges, yet it plugs into a standard 110-volt outlet. Thanks to the included vertical sawing ...

Most strong and thick sheet metals will require power tools for cutting, such as an angle grinder, band saw, rotary tool, circular saw, or chop saw. I used 22 gauge cold-rolled steel sheet metal ...