Table saws

Table saws are the basic and most frequently used tool in a wood shop. The basic elements of a table saw are a flat table, an arbor holding a motor (with adjustable height and angle) that sits inside the body of the saw, the blade attached to the arbor and the fence on top that is used to stabilize wood as it is pushed through the blade. The two most common functions of a table saw are ripping, in which a board is cut along the grain by being run through the blade with one side against the fence, and crosscutting, in which a board is cut across the grain by being pushed through the blade with a T-square or a crosscut sled, both of which fit into grooves in the saw table's top for stability.