Polygons Cuttable by a Circular Saw

We introduce and characterize a new class of polygons that models wood, stone, glass, and ceramic shapes that can be cut with a table saw, lapidary trim saw, or other circular saw. In this model, a circular saw is a line segment (in projection) that can move freely in empty space, but can only cut straight into a portion of material. Once a region of material is separated from the rest, it can be picked up and removed to allow the saw to move more freely. A polygon is called cuttable by a circular saw if it can be cut out of a convex shape of material by a suuciently small circular saw. We prove that a polygon has this property precisely if it does not have two adjacent reeex vertices.