My brother pulled me aside at our weekly family dinner last Sunday and asked if I had a use for a circular saw. Of course I do so he went down to the garage abd grabbed it and I tossed it in my trunk wiht a heartfelt thank you. He said he didn't know if it worked or not and it probably needed a new blade if it does work, but he just doesn't need it anymore and hadn't used it in years.
Got it home, its all cobwebby so I cleaned it off and darned if its noy a real nice 8 1/4" Milwaukee! Motor runs so I went out and grabbed a nice new blade for it and tried it out in some wood. Didn't realize circular saws came in 8 1/4" blades so I bought a 7" blade at first and had to go back and find the largers sizes, which are nowhere near the shelf circular saws...and nowhere near the same price either of course.
The safety guard was sticky, had a bit bent on the end so I pulled that out a bit and then ZIP! sucker just tore right through a brand new pressure treated 6x6 that I had to cut to length...the saw goes to about a 2.9" depth so I had a sliver of about 1/8" in the middle of each ebam I had to cut with the hand saw.
Nice saw, always knew I ought to have one, now I not only have one, but it seems to be a really good one.
Looks like this.
Just wanted to share.
Got it home, its all cobwebby so I cleaned it off and darned if its noy a real nice 8 1/4" Milwaukee! Motor runs so I went out and grabbed a nice new blade for it and tried it out in some wood. Didn't realize circular saws came in 8 1/4" blades so I bought a 7" blade at first and had to go back and find the largers sizes, which are nowhere near the shelf circular saws...and nowhere near the same price either of course.
The safety guard was sticky, had a bit bent on the end so I pulled that out a bit and then ZIP! sucker just tore right through a brand new pressure treated 6x6 that I had to cut to length...the saw goes to about a 2.9" depth so I had a sliver of about 1/8" in the middle of each ebam I had to cut with the hand saw.
Nice saw, always knew I ought to have one, now I not only have one, but it seems to be a really good one.
Looks like this.
Just wanted to share.