Abstract: A method of automatic sawing employs an automatic sawing machine having an automatic workpiece shuttle, shuttle and stationary vises, an automatic saw blade feed, one or more incremental motion encoders and a programmable microcomputer. The microcomputer is capable of storing a series of sawing jobs. Each job has a number of sawing steps. Each step in turn defines a sawed workpiece length and (in an embodiment employing a saw blade tilting mechanism) a sawing angle, both of which parameters may be different from those of other steps. The microcomputer receives signals from the motion encoders to determine shuttle and (in a tilt embodiment) tilt position and uses these positions to control shuttle, (in the tilt embodiment) tilt, and vise operation. The microcomputer also corrects each workpiece length with a saw kerf and pivot point correction factor, both modified for sawing angle.