I have even picked the goat up and held it upside down and shook it.. yes adult goats.. one arm in front of the chest and the other under the belly and using my body for leverage putting the goat's weight across my hip and jumping up and down..
Blade Size. Circular saws are categorized by the diameter of their blade they take. The most common and useful size is 7-1/4 inch. Saws this size will cut through material more than 3-inches thick, and they also offer the widest variety of blade choices for cutting substances other than wood.
A rip cut is simply a cut that runs parallel with the grain of the wood, as opposed to a crosscut, which goes across the wood grain. Most circular saws come with a metal rip guide that attaches to the saw's base plate. This type of guide works, but it's limited to rips of only about 6 in. wide.