Recipe: Slice ripe fall pears and make a pretty circular pattern on this rustic, brown-butter almond cake By Sally Pasley Vargas Globe Correspondent,Updated October 18, 2022, 12:45 p.m.

Pros do it all the time. We’ll show you how to use a circular saw to quickly and accurately cut long boards and plywood and give you plans for a handy cutting guide attachment for your saw.

When you need to make straight cuts but don't have a miter saw handy, build this crosscut jig for your circular saw and get to work.