Fun Questions to Ask Your Boyfriend. When your relationship is still fresh, it's nice to get to know the silly basics of what makes your man tick.
A hacksaw (coarse blade) could be used on plastic, but not wood. A carpenters' saw would be used on wood. Power saws are always the most efficient, but of course it depends on what type of cuts you are doing.
The miter saw being for wood, the chop saw being for steel. I currently have a 10 miter saw with wood blades. But I needed to cut some rebar, so I put a 10 chop saw blade in. It's very slow going, but seems to work fine. It seems like a lot of people use the terms interchangeably.