0 a saw (= a tool for cutting hard materials such as wood) that cuts using a moving steel band with sharp points along the edge:
Lay out the finished shape of the arms, and use a band saw to make the necessary cuts.
The band saw used in meat preparation was rusty and the surfaces dirty.
A propeller sliced through the plane's fuselage just in front of the tail. "It cut through just like a band saw," he said.
He made a simple, slatted bridge of English beech: two curved struts cut on a bandsaw, with slats of 1½ inch timber.
Anderson's fully equipped workshop includes a bandsaw, sander, table saw, and drill press.
