How to Craft and Upgrade the Circular Saw for Woodcutting

The Circular Saw is a hybrid harvesting and melee tool built through your Tinkers' Construct stations. It chops down whole trees faster than standard axes and can be modified to process wood automatically.

Crafting the Circular Saw

1. Gather or cast the four required Tinkers' Construct parts: two Tough Tool Rods, one Large Plate, and one Pan.

2. Open your Tool Forge (or Tool Station) and select the Circular Saw pattern.

3. Place the two Tough Tool Rods, the Large Plate, and the Pan into the part slots to assemble the tool.

Automatically Turning Logs into Planks

If you want to skip manual crafting when gathering wood, you can apply the Precision Sawing modifier:

1. Craft five Compasses using standard vanilla recipes.

2. Open your Modifier Station (or Tool Forge) and place your Circular Saw inside.

3. Add the five Compasses into the upgrade slots to apply Precision Sawing. When you chop down trees with this modifier active, the harvested logs will drop directly as wooden planks.

Boosting Combat Sweep Damage

While harvesting is its main utility, the Circular Saw also works against groups of mobs. Hold right-click to charge up a wide, sweeping cone strike. To increase the sweep damage dealt to secondary targets caught in the arc, place the saw in your modifier station and add Redstone Comparators.