Thread: Which circular saw to buy?

Yeah, I reckon for demo work, nails, and such, a reciprocating saw is the go. Cheap blades, lots of power, different blades for metal, etc.

Over here we commonly refer to a recip as a sawzall (although that is actually a brand name of the saw produced by Milwaukee Tools).

Ive been babysitting a TS75, and yes its very exy, but Wooooha...... Its on another planet as a circular saw to the rest. I realy dont know how im going to cope when i have to hand it back

Originally Posted by rowdyflat

Goodluck cutting nails.

I never throw out my old saw blades. You can chuck them in an angle grinder and you've got a big arbortech carver that cuts almost flush with a surface. No base plate to get in the way. You'd be surprised at how many nails you can get through before a tungsten blade is cactus. It's usually the heat from the timber that distorts it in the end. It gets a bit nerve wracking when the blade starts to wobble all over the place.

Originally Posted by rowdyflat

The alternative is an Australian rotary hacksaw [designed to cut everything metal ,ac sheet + timber] on an angle grinder .
It is nicknamed 'killer' for obvious reasons.

I haven't heard of that one. You can chuck a blade backwards into a circular saw and cut sheets of corro with it. It will cut quite a distance before the teeth all get ripped off.

Originally Posted by Dean

What about a reciprocating saw?

The blades are horrendously expensive though, and they don't last long before they're blunt, or they just snap.

A reciprocating saw is a good alternative for cutting in difficult "nailey"places.
Except I dont own one+ living in a rural area I have 2 chainsaws anyway.. Reciprocating saws tend to jump around a bit.
apparently the SES [State Emergency Service ] use an expensive type of blade to cut thru car rooves to cut people out after car accidents!!

Originally Posted by Hoppoz

What is a UHMW?

Hoppoz

Since no one appears to have answered, UHMW is Ultra High Molecular weight "something", usually Polyethylene, so a full abbrev should be UHMWPE.

A wiki check should reveal more than you need to know.

Cheers

Gidday

I've got a 9 1/4 Hitachi C9 Just keeps goin an always delivers the goods so far appears bullet proof n has a heafty solid base. Coupled with a top quality blade n the EZ Smartguide n you've got one of the handiest piece a kits in the the shop!

With this setup & a well thought out cutting table say buy buy to the hassle of cutting up man made sheet goods believe it or not I can accurately RIP 200 inches safely without fear of kickback n carve up sheet goods to my specs in a breeze.

REgards Lou