Sawed

He sawed logs for the fireplace.

Oh no, I accidentally sawed off my finger! What should I do?

He took the wood and sawed it using the saw.

He sawed off the branch he was sitting on.

Tom sawed the logs in half.

I sawed off my own arm.

Metal can be bent, twisted, cut, pressed, elongated, sawed, stretched, and melted into any shape desired.

Tom sawed two pieces off the trunk of a fallen birch, splitting them twice lengthwise with his axe.

"Yes, yes, el Pero! that was himself!" cried the captain; "I sawed him at the ale-house at Penzance with my own eye."