We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The terms 'Chop Saw' and 'Miter Saw' are often used interchangeably, but this isn't quite correct. It's like calling a pencil a pen; it's easy ...
A student in a junior-high-school shop class lost a thumb when the workpiece he was cutting was pulled into the blade of a miter saw. A junior-high shop-class student started up a compound miter saw ...