If a shop was “high-tech,” it might have a metal cutting bandsaw or abrasive-disk chop ... that use special metal-cutting carbide-tipped blades not only slice steel tubing, angle iron and ...

PVC and metal pipe, studs, and even screws and bolts. Blade speed largely determines a band saw’s cutting power. It’s measured in feet per minute (FPM) for stationary and benchtop band saws ...