Sawing machine for sawing metal workpieces

A method for sawing metal workpieces using a sawing machine comprising a machine frame (1) including a sawing bench (2), clamping jaws (8), which are movable back and forth, for positioning a workpiece on the sawing bench (2), an upper saw part attached to the machine frame (1), movable relative to the sawing bench (2) in order to generate a sawing feeding movement extending in a cutting plane (7), a sawing tool (6) which is driven so as to generate a material-removing sawing movement on the upper saw part, and a machine controller (12) for controlling movement sequences, the method comprising:

• controlling the clamping jaws (8) to clamp a workpiece placed on the sawing bench (2), the clamping jaws (8) being located in an initial position,
• waiting for an input of an offset value into the machine controller (12), the offset value corresponding to a distance of a front end side of the workpiece from a zero position, the zero position being a position in which the front end side of the workpiece is located in the cutting plane (7),
• advancing or retracting the clamping jaws (8) in order to move the workpiece into the zero position using the offset value,
• opening the clamping jaws (8),
• moving the clamping jaws (8) to the initial position,
• re-clamping the workpiece located in the zero position, the clamping jaws (8) being in their initial position,
• moving the clamped workpiece, by the clamping jaws (8), from the zero position into a cutting position by way of a feeding movement, the cutting position being a position in which that point of the workpiece at which the workpiece is intended to be sawn off is located in the cutting plane (7).