Hydraulic downfeed for ease of cut. Improved Wider Stand with Built-in Storage Cabinet and Chip Tray, Sealed Hardened and Ground Gear Drive, Side-Eccentric Shaft and ball bearing: Rear-Ball Bearing.

If a shop was “high-tech,” it might have a metal cutting bandsaw or abrasive-disk chop saw. In recent decades plasma cutters appeared in some farm shops to take slicing metal to a higher level.

Most strong and thick sheet metals will require power tools for cutting, such as an angle grinder, band saw, rotary tool, ...