Posted August 4, 200520 yr Any thing I should know or be wary of? 5 1/2" blade? 7 1/2"? Corded? Cordless?
August 4, 200520 yr Personally I'd stick away from cordless, I mean look at all the builders and contractors. none of them use cordless... as for blade size I'm not really sure what size mine is.
August 4, 200520 yr 7 1/2" and I agree, stay away from cordless. Skilsaw is a good brand, and DeWalt is an excellent brand.
August 4, 200520 yr DeWalt is an excellent brand. Made by B&D. Just a different name. I found that out a couple months ago, when I was comparing saws at the tool place next door to my old work. In fact, the guy showed me some of the DeWalt boxes which had the B&D logo on them. I was shocked!
August 5, 200520 yr i've got a craftsman laser 7.5 inch circular saw and a craftsman professional laser/led scrolling jigsaw. you can have them when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers. table saw is awesome for making angle cuts too. can do it with my jigsaw but not as accurately.
August 5, 200520 yr you need to take care of some blades when cutting 3/4 MDF...<{POST_SNAPBACK}>werd to that...my dad has some carbide tipped blade or something that I use, it works nicely.
August 15, 200520 yr Author Hey what about the side the blade is on. I am right handed so I was thinking a left sided blade but then I got to thinking although this would allow for the most visibility is there a safety issue. I have seem picks of right handed guys holding a circ the same way I do but with the motor on the left and the blade on the right? Which is correct?Mr Dontwana Loseanut
August 16, 200520 yr Can't say I've ever seen a saw arranged differently. I think they are all standard.
August 17, 200520 yr Wrong-oThey do make saws like psycho said.Cordless saws have the blade on the opposide side than regular corded saws.My friends super old worm drive saw is right side motor, it sucks really badly but i prefer it because its right handed
August 17, 200520 yr Author Wrong-oThey do make saws like psycho said.Cordless saws have the blade on the opposide side than regular corded saws.My friends super old worm drive saw is right side motor, it sucks really badly but i prefer it because its right handed<{POST_SNAPBACK}>any chance the blade can come off and clip a nut? trying to avoid that.....
August 17, 200520 yr blade wont some off but the nut will shoot out of the woodSteve was cutting wood and there was a nail in it which he didnt know about.I think it cracked his ribs
September 2, 200520 yr Author Well I got me a porter cable mag324 7-1/4 circular saw....any advise on blades? I was lookin at say a 30-40 somthin tooth carbon blade. Is that good for 3/4" MDF (for boxes) & pine (for furniture)? Any advice other than don't cut anything valuable off. I have used cir saws before but this is my first time owning one and I plan to use it a good bit.
September 2, 200520 yr you want a mean blade for cutting MDFDefinetly something with carbide on the tips.MDF just eats up blades like you wouldnt believe
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