Skilsaw

Handheld cutting tool

Skilsaw is a brand name for a portable circular saw, now used generically for any handheld power saw with a round blade.

The tool revolutionized construction work by allowing cuts that previously required stationary equipment: He grabbed the skilsaw to trim the deck boards.

Also spelled Skil saw or skill saw.

tool

blade

Flat cutting edge

cordless · corded · carbide · teeth · guard · RPM · trigger · arbor · bevel · kickback

brand

worm drive

Screw-and-wheel transmission system

trademark · 1924 · innovation · iconic · jobsite · heavy-duty

construction

framing

Structural or contextual shaping

  • lumberSawn wood for building
  • plywoodEngineered layered wood panels
  • OSBCompressed wood strand sheet

studs · sheathing · subfloor · rafters · joists · decking · fence building · shed · remodeling · demolition

Opposites
power source

Skilsawhandsaw

Toothed blade for wood

hand saw · crosscut saw · rip saw · coping saw · panel saw

portability/scale

Skilsawtable saw

Stationary power cutting tool

radial arm saw · panel saw · band saw · chop saw · miter saw

Family

skill, saw, skills, skilled, skillful, skillfully, unskilled, saws, sawed

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