Circular saws are hand-held saws designed for cutting wood, although certain circular saws are for metal cutting however there are Evolution circular saws with multipurpose cutting blades allowing various materials to be cut with the one blade, circular saws can be either left or right-handed, depending on the side of the blade where the motor sits and hand the operator uses when holding the circular saw, blades for timber are almost universally tungsten carbide (TCT) the circular saw base can be adjusted for depth of cut adjusting the depth of cut helps minimize kickback, circular saw bases can be adjusted to tilt up to 50 degrees in relation to the blade

Manufacturers offer a wide range of circular saws with various cutting depths & motor power, Bosch circular saws have high powered motors across the range, the Bosch GKS55 offers 1200w of power & 55mm depth of cut, and the GKS85 has a larger 235mm blade and superb 85mm depth of cut. DeWALT are well represented with the D23620 & D23650K circular saws offering 62mm & 65mm depth of cut

Evolution circular saws have introduced cutting with a difference as their steel cutting EVO180 & EVO230HDX circular saws fitted with mild steel TCT blades that can cut steel, aluminium & stainless steel without heat, burrs or coolant, ground breaking Evolution RAGE1 circular saws have a multipurpose circular saw blades that easily cuts steel, aluminium & wood

Other manufacturers include Makita 5103R circular saws with 100mm depth of cut, 5703RK circular saw 66mm depth of cut & Makita 5903R circular saw, the Ryobi EWS1266 has a powerful 1250w motor & the Ryobi EWS1366 has a laser guide for very accurate cutting