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A  bench top or portable woodworking saw is the most common type of saw.  It is lightweight and compact but usually less powerful or less accurate than most large table saws.   It is very popular, and like a miter saw, or chop saw, it is portable and can be taken to job sites. The "chop saw" or miter saw has pretty much replaced the radial arm saw recently.
 
The contractor's saw is most often built using a cast-iron table and includes a cast iron or stamped steel extensions.  The contractor saws have an  adjustable fence that is used for finer cabinetry work and moderate production type work.  The ones that have a cast iron extension are usually the best, and can sometimes be acquired for under $500 dollars.  Many woodworking saws from between  $300-$500 dollars can be very capable machines.
 
The most popular type of industrial table saw is the cabinet saw. This saw is usually powered by a motor of at least 3 horsepower.  These motors require more electricity, so the operator needs to use the tool efficiently.    The industrial saw has various cast iron components, and very accurate capabilities.   It usually employs an extended table and accurate fence for ripping  large cabinet panels and plywood.  It is often accompanied by a sliding attachment for large panel crosscuts. It is also capable of being used as a sander with a special sanding disc.
 
The last type of saw is the miniature saw which has a very small blade for crafts, and for cutting miniature furniture and children's toys.  These saws can often be equipped for cutting aluminum and plastics.  A few companies who manufacture micro-saws are beginning to provide diamond coated cutting blades for use with certain crafts,  glass, stone and tiles.  Work Safe!  Use a saw with caution, and never touch, or go near a moving saw blade.

The end of the technical tips...

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I have a next of kin who works close to Jay Leno. He's a clown, and often he resorts to his innocent  kid talent. That is he tells jokes with an innocent juvenile slant.  Back in May, 2008, he said a joke about the oil companies. He said that big oil has enough money and enough oil to keep sc_ewing us for years.  The point is, Leno has a talent that people have to respect it, otherwise they will wear out 20 pairs of shoes trying to control everything he says to his 20 million or so viewers. It just makes many jealous I'm sure, that he can say some of the stuff he does when a lesser person can't.  Why do I keep thinking that in the past, many people with his creativity would have be pulled aside and given a lecture about not insulting so many people.  I look at it this way.  Leno says whatever he wants about people because even when he is destroying their reputation, a mere mention of their name is making them rich and famous.  I just wish he'd mention more about crafters and artisans instead of just cars.  Oh well. 

Where this is all going to, is that I do some joke writing on the side.  

Stick with me.  If you don't realize it by now, most innovation is the surrogate creation of independent minded people.   Society has not always had perfect compatibility with independent  thinking, so therefore,  the innovators are often the Einstein's, the Science fiction prophets, the ones not necessarily flying right, or not always correct with their politics.  Political correctness is also an issue with artisans and innovative people with ideas.

Again, this just "open editorial" about how we choose winners...

The point is, historically we must have lost millions, literally millions of great ideas and inventions, and many had to be because of cultural or political correctness.  For example,  Do you remember the "American Inventor" on ABC awhile back?  They had a team of voters who denied hundreds of ideas, yet some of them were actually brilliant.  We are at times our own worst enemy.   We crave merits,  like the best golfer,  we follow the best sport icon, we idolize the best with applause and respect and smile, and yet many times devalue all the rest.   Few it seems even think that people who have failed might know more, or be wiser.   Obviously this is just opinion for the sake of filling space, but traditionally we employ someone who never built a bridge, instead of hiring someone that maybe built a bridge that fell down for example.  And some feel, that because their ideas might have the wrong consequences, they never offer, or never suggest much ever again.  Or, someone might be wrong, so that person's advice is held to tight and forever forgotten.   The point is, and history shows that people too often feel ....."their ideas were not ours, so their ideas are probably unreliable and wrong."  Oh well I am just saying that the idea about the importance of jigs is not all that far fetched.  

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