Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Invented in England in 1780, the circular saw is a metal disc (or blade) with saw teeth on the edge as well as the machine that causes the disk to spin. It is a tool for cutting wood or other materials and may be hand-held or table-mounted. Today they are usually powered by electricity, but large ones in "saw mills" (where whole trees are sawed into lumber) were traditionally powered by water turning a large paddlewheel. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.