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Are you saying that the blade is preferred on the right by some?
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i use both worm drive and right sidewinder saws. worm drive for framing, right sidewinder for cutting above my head etc.
I have both too.
I have a Dewalt worm drive that I was pretty leery about buying, when right next to it was the good ol mag 77. Took the chance with the Dewalt & I like it.
I have a really old skill side winder right side blade, with a make shift hose attachment that I use with my diamond blade to cut stone with.“Well, the election campaign in the country is picking up speed... All the candidates are talking about health care now. Don’t they realize that it’s their campaign speeches that makes us sick?†—Bob Hope
Black & Decker made worm drive saws under the B&D label and later made some under the DeWalt label. The current DeWalt DW378 is not, repeat is not a worm drive saw. B&D discontinued making worm drives because of low market appeal and high cost of manufacturing compared with a low margin.
B&D/DeWalt is very careful to not ever mention the saw as a worm drive or even a substitute for one. It is marketed as a "high torque" saw; they have beefed up the motor and use a sealed gearbox which doesn't need any gear lube like a true worm drive. And the tool is sold as a framing saw, not the heavy duty industrial strength saw like those made by Skil/Bosch and Milwaukee. Take the DeWalt to a heavy timber pier job along the waterfront and it will be cooked in a day or two.
What's really amazing is that the DeWalt street price is around $155 while a true heavy duty Bosch worm drive is only $15 more - and weighs only 1 lb more!
Didn't know if it was a true "worm" drive or not.
I was using the term pretty loosely, meaning the motor to blade configuration was like "worm" drives.
I pretty much thought of only two configurations, but then I'm not a framer either.
I bought it for it's lightness & price ($119) on sale.
When I bought it, I was doing quite a bit of tile floor side jobs & small framing projects & decks. Main use for me was cutting plywood.
“Well, the election campaign in the country is picking up speed... All the candidates are talking about health care now. Don’t they realize that it’s their campaign speeches that makes us sick?†—Bob Hope
You got it for a good price - can't bet that regardless of what it is!
Take the DeWalt to a heavy timber pier job along the waterfront and it will be cooked in a day or two.
LOL.... yeah cuz most of us have a day like that at least once a week, right? Man.... you guys get awfully touchy about your saws. FWIW, on my truck right now are a PC sidewinder, a Milw sidewinder, a 10" Bigfoot w/ Bosch wormdrive motor and swing table. a 10" Bigfoot w/ Skil wormdrive motor and regular table, two Bosch wormdrives and three of those Dewalt high torque framing saws..... every single morning the three Dewalt saws are the first things the guys pull off the truck..... I have to hide one in the cab just so I can have one to myself. LOL.
They don't last nearly as long as a good wormdrive will (about the same as a sidewinder really.... 6 months of daily abuse) but darned if they aren't the most ergonomic and comfortable 7 1/4" saw I've ever used. And I've yet to bog one down in residential stick framing.
But I will heed your warning and be sure and not take it down to the "waterfront" on my next heavy timber pier job. ;)View Image
Does that time frame to failure get you a warranted replacement?
I can't say I even bother trying Clay. I buy most of my power tools from the same guy.... I have a salesman from my tool store on Nextel two way. I need a saw or a gun or 20 cases of nails, I chirp him and he brings it/them to my jobsite. He knows what's up with our tools and what they go through. I get my money's worth out of them and trying to swap it out would be like sticking it to my tool guy.
That Dewalt saw in particular... I own 5 or 6 of them.... with three of them currently up and running. I swap out parts regularly.... steal from Peter to pay Paul... to keep what we need up and running. When I said 6 months I may have been selling them a bit short. I can't stand things like bent up tables, non-functioning blade guards, etc, so if I lose a saw that's 3 months old because it fell off a ladder then who's fault is that? Not Dewalt's and not my tool guy. If the motors were burning up regularly at 6 months then I think I'd have a legitimate gripe..... but I wouldn't be buying them if that were the case.
I definitely wasn't trying to say that they're dead in the water at six months on the money. I can usually do a little CPR and get more service out of them.... but by six months usually one fairly major thing or another is bent, broken, burnt up or otherwise needing attention enough to yank it from service for awhile. Sometimes they're worth fixing and other times they become organ donors.View Image
Got it thanks.
Guess I won't be showing up at the 6 mo mark. Damn.
clay.... when he's done with 'em .. he usually can be talked into giving 'em to us guys on the short bus
all we need are the half-fast ones
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Dude..I have had my Mil sidewinder apart at least 4 times, getting the damm guard to go back..I shortened the spring ( prolly not a good thing) and cleaned all the bushings/and crap, and the bastid still hangs up..wasssup w/dat?
It is 20 yrs old..I have 4 other saws, so it is a beater as of now, but I still wonder..whassup? Do you have a fix?
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No idea bro. Blade guard return springs are always a weak spot with circs.... that's why there's so many different varieties from brand to brand and model to model..... nothing seems to work flawlessly for long so they keep redesigning them. I just keep replacing crap until whatever wasn't working.... starts working!
LOL... try toolpartsdirect.com and see if they've got what you need. They've been a real life saver for me. Of course, that's only when I can get their online order form to work!
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Thanks man..I think the gaurd it self is wallowed out and jamming sideways a bit. I love the saw, same brushes! After 20 some yrs of a-b-u-s-e...
I also have a supersawzall that ate the cornflakes after ten yrs of light use. Fuggit, I am all cordless mostly now..butthat EZ guide is sweet, and once in awhile, it rocks....with a PC Left and a new Mil. Right blade.
The most used saw in my arsenal is my DW 18V. Cant kill it.
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Hey if your smoking a dewalt every 6 months get yourself a skil and you'll maybe smoke it in a hundred years. Bought my first 77 a long time ago have 11 now between me and my crews. Don't think I'm being nice to them either. My saw sees forms, framing, concrete, steel, demolition and they occasional puddle of mud when I get real mad haven't cooked it yet.
Sigh.... there's always one.
You kinda missed the point dude.
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Edited 2/9/2007 7:01 pm ET by dieselpig
Can I borrow your truck? It has alot more cool stuff in it than mine. :)
Edited 2/9/2007 8:07 pm ET by Stilletto
Sure.... but it comes with the payment book as well as my CC bills for the stuff that fills it. It's a package deal. :)View Image
I keep a 8/14 skil rafter saw, 14" ryobi beam saw, 7 1/4" skil mod. 77 (old , full metal body), 7 1/4" B&D (From when they first came out) skil 5 1/2" sidewinder (from 1947 +/- !) and the Dewalt framing saw.
The Dewalt now has a broken front handle thanks to a careless concrete laborer. I have had it since dewalt first marketed them and it has always been the first saw out of the truck. This is the first problem I have had with the saw in the 8+ yrs. I have run it.
It has cut everthing I have ever put it to. As the saying goes :Sometimes it's the singer not the song"
We (my crew... and I have to include myself at times as well) can be rough on tools. I can't say we're careless or anything like that, but stuff happens. I'd love to get 8 years out of $130 saw but we just can't seem to make it happen. It's a cost of doing business to me that I'm really fine with. I've got good carps... a really solid crew and we're all making good bread and can really bang out some nice work in short time. I really can't complain about much of anything. But you know how it goes.... nobody is ever going to treat your stuff.... like it's their stuff.View Image
diesel,
Hey my saws all have warped bottom plates, cords replaced etc. etc. Damage happens.
I did do one thing when I ran my own crews years ago. After watching how many $ went out the door in tool repair as a result of carelessness I decided that I would help my guys buy the basic tools. Saw, drill, cord etc.
Then told them I would help pay for the repairs if they were broken on my sites.
You would be amazed at how much better the guys got about taking care of tools when the tool was theirs! They no longer laughed when THEIR tool fell off the roof, they got pi**ed at whoever dropped it.
Tool replacement and repair bills dropped off to almost nothing in short order.
To be honest, it's really just circ saws that I have a problem with. And other than framing guns with normal wear and tear or maintenance, I can't recall having to put any other tool in the shop in the last three of four years. The circ saws do the brunt of the work and seem to take the brunt of the damage. Like I said though.... the thing with the saws is just a cost of doing business to me.... I probably have to buy between 3 and 5 new saws a year. When I look at the big picture (production volume, profit, tool repair/replacement) I've really got nothing to complain about.
But if I thought the guys were being truly careless, then I give a plan like yours more consideration. In my first couple years in business for myself, I found it very difficult to stop looking at everything on the truck and trailer like it was "my stuff" and start picturing it as 'company stuff'. But it keeps me much more sane when I do. And when I'm sane.... my guys are sane.... and when my guys are sane... we're making money. When any of us are insane..... nobody's making money.View Image
BTW.... any chance of seeing a picture of that 14" Ryobi beam saw? What year is it from? I'm a bit of a hound for old framing saws and I've never seen a Ryobi beam saw.
Also... by "8 1/4" Skil rafter saw" did you mean just a skil 8 1/4" wormdrive? Or is this some other beast I need to know about?View Image
diesel, 8 1/4" Skil wormdrive ProBevel. The sole plate swings to 60 deg.for cheek cuts on jack rafters, hence the nickname we use for them. I must be getting old or else it has been too long since I used this beast , the Ryobi is actually a 15", depth of cut is 5 7/8". Makita made or maybe still makes one that is 16" blade.
I don't know it's age. I am the 3rd. owner and I picked it up for $50.00 bail money from a carp I knew.
Interesting enough , I was just at a clients place last week and the previous owners had lived in Japan and was a woodworker. He had the original Japanese versions of these saws laying all around the place. I counted 7 of them in different buildings, along with chain mortisers, 6" wide hand power planes, just a whole bunch of stuff. All set up to run on 70hrz. though instead of our 60 hrz (cycles). Owner told me that they run on our 60hrz. cycles , they just run faster !
I had to get a new handkerchief just to wipe up my saliva..;-) Also , no commentary on use/care of tools was intended, I understand where you are coming from.
Edited 2/10/2007 4:17 pm ET by dovetail97128
Interesting saw, I've never heard of that size. I've used the 16" makitas a few times before, they're great when you need them, but they're ungainly beasts.
Makita makes a 13" (equivalent) saw for sale in japan that is supposed to be the bee's knees- did you see one of those?
I've used makita's portable hollow chisel mortiser, made for doing timber-frame work. It's a great tool, reasonably light, very clean mortises.zak
"When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone." --John Ruskin
"so it goes"
zak,
It could be that the saws I just looked at were 13" , they did look slightly smaller than mine. I am going to try to get my hands on one from this guy if I can.
I have never used a timber mortiser. I know what they are but never had the occasion to use buy one. There was a portable tenoner at this location as well.
Looked like one of the saws I mentioned ,mounted to a stand , had a long arbor and two blades mounted on the arbor.
From what I witnessed I would guess the previous owner was building something out of 4x4 and 4x6 red cedar using mortice and tenon joints . He had several units of that sized lumber stacked around.
Do you know anything about the 70 vs. 60 hrz. issue? Would it burn the motor out to use the 70 hrz. motors here with 60 hrz. power?
Hmm, the portable tenoner sounds interesting. Whenever I've worked with timbers, it was easier to move the tools than to move the timbers, so tenoning was done with circular saws and pull saws, and maybe a sharp chisel and a shoulder plane.
4 x 6 red cedar would be a lot lighter, though. I wonder if it was an extension on the arbor, or if the saw was made for that use? Maybe it would be useful with a dado set.
As far as the 60 hz versus 70 hz, I'm not really the one to ask. Lots of electrical experts around here could give you a better answer.
I do know quite a few carpenters in this area that use power tools made for the japanese market, with no modifications. By all accounts, they are higher quality tools, and very durable.
I got to use a Hitachi 6 1/2" circular saw for siding and trim work one day, and it was a great saw- smooth motor, accurate depth guage, and the baseplate was very nice and flat, and nickel coated so it didn't leave marks on the work.zak
"When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone." --John Ruskin
"so it goes"
I didn't have the time to really study the tool, I looked at it and mentioned the chain mortiser to the owner who then asked me if I had also seen the tenoner. I would assume it was factory made , but it may not have been.
I may try to get back by the site and get a pic or two of what was there. Better yet I would like to buy some of the stuff.
I am serious about the quantity of tools, there were 3-4 boxes sitting around that were maybe 3'x 2'x 16" packed full of hand saws, chisels , planes etc.
Being a tool junkie I ended up going to the big box afterward to spend some money and get a fix, may be a junkie but ain't a thief. ;-)
That sounds like quite a haul if you can pry any of it away. . .
If you like the japanese hand tools, check out this site: http://hidatool.com/
Scary part is, that shop is 4 blocks away from my apartment. I don't allow myself to go in very often though- too much temptation, and me trying to stay clean.
Expensive tools, but incredible quality. The names of the makers (individuals, not companies) are given for many of their chisels, planes, and knives.zak
"When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone." --John Ruskin
"so it goes"
A number of web sites including http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity say that the east side of Japan uses 50 Hz and the west side uses 60 Hz, at 100 V. Some tools are designed to operate with either. IIRC , a motor designed at a lower frequency ( for example 50 Hz) will run at the higher frequency ( for example 60 Hz) with less chance of damage than the other way around. Another potential problem is that the Japanese power grid is spec'd at 100 v rather than 120 v. Al
Thanks for the information. If I can actually wrangle some of that stuff my way I will be looking into it more.
Thanks for taking a minute to post those pics... I appreciate it. I've never seen that Ryobi before, but it does look quite a bit like the makita 10" and 16" saw bodies that are still for sale. Pretty neat... ugly as all get-out...... I like it.
Your Skil "rafter saw"..... was that 60 degree swing table factory stock or was it a mod or add-on? I've got a 75 degree swing table on a 10" Bigfoot with the 15amp Skil/Bosch motor.... man I love that saw. Makes the hips and jacks in a bastard octagon look pretty darn crisp.
Soooooooo...... when you gonna sell me that 8 1/4" Skil? Can I buy "right of first refusal" on a used skil saw? LOL.....View Image
diesel,
no problem posting the pics.
I would bet you can still buy that skil saw. It came factory set just as I talked about. Just an oversized mod. 77 Heavy though, I have used worm drives since 1972 and that thing about breaks my wrist. Now I am fairly small and light but still it takes it toll. I may be selling it and a bunch of other stuff within a yr or so. getting old and tired.
The model # is: skil mod. HD 5860 (worm drive)
also skil mod. HD 5660 (sidewinder.) http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Skil%20HD5860%208%201%2F4%20In.%20Worm%20Drive%20Skilsaw:2002552766;_ylc=X3oDMTB0b3VnYm1hBF9TAzk2NjMyOTA3BHNlYwNmZWVkBHNsawNiZ3Qy
I had no idea that the stock 8 1/4" Skil's beveled to 60 degrees......thought it was a special table or something you had on there. Good to know. Learn something new everyday, I do!View Image
I have that saw, it's a tank. I think it weighs about the same as the 10-1/4" Big Foot on my Bosch. But for a little over $220 it's a good saw for framing. Cuts I-joists clean in one pass and the big bevel abilities.
It's a little different adjusting the saw to 60 degrees though, you have to lift a lever stop to go past 50 then adjust the base height until you can get to 60.
It can fillet a 2x though, trouble is it likes to eat the small drops. 1/2" or less pieces seem to get sucked up into the saw, I bent one blade so far.
THen getting the piece out after the blade has wedged it in there can be fun.
Check those DeWalts. They just did a huge recall relating to guard malfunction.
My guard is pretty much stuck open----- not a big deal to me, but if I can get a new saw out of the deal...........“Well, the election campaign in the country is picking up speed... All the candidates are talking about health care now. Don’t they realize that it’s their campaign speeches that makes us sick?†—Bob Hope
They're not recalling the whole saw... just the return spring. There's an 800 number in the back of Tools of the Trade (check their website if you don't get the rag) this month to call and get your new part. My tool guy is handling it for me since I bought them all through him.View Image
well some of us have evolved enuf so the our arms don't hang below our knees.
this makes a sidewinder an easier tool to use.
so easy a framer could use one!!!
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What's that new saw riding on?
From the pic it looks like one of those guide plates that the Fesstool rides on.
I'm pretty biased on worm drives, but the fesstool saw that plunges the blade is pretty slick.“Well, the election campaign in the country is picking up speed... All the candidates are talking about health care now. Don’t they realize that it’s their campaign speeches that makes us sick?†—Bob Hope
No, I think that's an EZGuide with the bosch wormdrive facing the opposite direction of the format designed for a sidewinder.
Looks to be a gag photo.
be or else david has been lying awake nights trying to decipher a way to fit his wormdrive on there.
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Edited 2/9/2007 12:58 pm ET by rez
If You look closer you can see he was cutting pieces with it cause the little? 4-5" pieces are shown.
Perhaps, but it's still a pose shot in that his cutting is parallel to the table 1x3s instead of perpendicular.
Which makes me wonder, tho' David doesn't have the rep here for being a jokester.
Dino's not allowed to post here anymore or I'd ask him.
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I'm not picn on ya but if your like me maybe you forgot your glasses? grin hey I'm old. If you click on the picture you get a nice large display picture.
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Well, I run perpendicular too but didn't think that was the way the table was intended. Something new everyday.
Like that added plastic extension piece on the bottom of the base.
Looks like there be some time to pursue the site more.
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Edited 2/9/2007 3:00 pm ET by rez
Or this one cause it's got a nice little show.
Not knowing the EZ what grabs the wood to hold it in place on the non cut wood? Or do you just hope it doesn't slide?
Edit: Ok I went and looked at it some more and got the little show to view the 9 pictures and can see the bottom clamps. Instead of posting the pictures you could look here , well that doen't display correctly so go to the picture and the up arrow at the bottom will open the 9 photos.http://eurekazone.com/gallery/Right-and-left-blade-saws
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Edited 2/9/2007 2:50 pm by ClaysWorld
Dino's not allowed to post here anymore or I'd ask him.
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The new and improved Break Time?
Yea, I thought you were on a time out! WTF is going on around here - I dont go to the tav so I dont have a good feel for the climate here - do I assume that place has gone all PC too!
Doug
I got two weeks out for flipping something at Pino earlier in the mont.
Last week I told rez to b m alla Mike Smith and the tossed me in the can again for strike two.
I was able to defend myself as the moderators had no understanding of the context of that much beloved quote.
It is a bit weird.
Justin has told me they have a new Captain Breaktime who is going to clean up the board if it means heads rolling down the aisles and blood running throught the streets.
I think the days of anything nearing a curse or a risque joke or inflection are coming to an end.[email protected]
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I haven't gotten banned yet, but last weekend I called someone a jack a z z and the whole post got deleted. At 11pm on a weekend night. No rest for the wicked, I guess.
Gettin' kinda stuffy in here, isn't it? Too many sissy, cry baby, ultra sensitive, nancies running to mama gets the screws tightened I guess. Remember when we used to be able to converse like "normal people"?View Image
I'd love to post some of the emails I have exchanged with Justin lately, but I am not sure that is proper. He made it exceedingly clear to me that Breaktime will undergo some very significant changes soon.
Add to that the warnings about the forums that he posted in the FREE CArole thread a few weeks back, then again there is a blurb about BT in the last issue of FHB.
My only wish at this point would be that the mods would publicly announce the changes they desire and their plan to implement them. That way at least we wouldn't have to grope around in the dark fearful of being thrown in jail .
I am a strike (or two) away from being banned for a YEAR!!
I was just reading throought the JLC vs Breaktime thread and the official consensus seems to be that FHB has definatlely slid over to the HO/DIY market.
Funny thing is, as I pointed out to Justin, if they (moderators) chase away all of us ill behaving contractor knuckle drager types, who will be left to answer all the Q's that the HO's bring here?
A lot of us devote a good amount of hard work and good will here, only to be punished for silly little things like leaving crumbs on the table or using our forks out of order.
When we have all been chased away, what will remainis a bunch of folks who know nothing, giving advice to like people.[email protected]
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LOOK ERIC...
I'm, only going to say this once and I'm tempted to say B....nah, I ain't going to go there:o)
It's not D_E_F_I_N_A_T_L_E_L_Y and it's not D_E_F_I_N_A_T_E_L_Y.
be definitely
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It's one of the words I can never seem to spell correctly.
Now go pick on Piffin before I tell you to...........[email protected]
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oops, sorry for the hijack of this tools folder and dragging you into it.
my bad
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Anybody used one of those 14" Bigfoots. So one with my framing foreman haven't felt that way since I first met my wife. Cuts a full 5 1/2" seat cut on rafters on edge I'm thinkin it'll pay for itself pretty quick.
Hey Diesel how are you screwing up saws that quick. I don't mean to beat a dead horse but I got a framing crew and a forming crew both that I don't spend a lot of time with, and we are not cookin saws that quick. I mean a cut cord or something is one thing but you said your buying 3 to 5 saws a year. Wheather or not your cookin them that quick I don't know but my guys aren't mean or nice to our tools. My forming crew consists of 2 skilled guys and 3 to 4 labourers working in the dirt and mud tossing round forms still aren't wrecking em that quick. Like I say don't mean to be a pain about it.
On another note I know what you mean bout gettin started where the tool in the truck are the companies and not yours. Bean in bussiness for a while and Im still nuts about it. I'm sure if I was workin with the guys day in and day out they'd kill me but now I run around and I'm only working with them maybe a few hours a week. I'm like a mother sending her kids off to college with tools. I don't want to see them go.
This is definitely getting to the 'dead horse' stage, but I'll try and sum it up as best I can. We can't kill the true worm drives... they last forever. The lighter weight saws like the dewalt framing saw and various sidewinders are the ones I was talking about. I don't have much of a tolerance for stuck blade guards, bent tables, etc. I've said a couple times that the saws aren't necessary 'dead in the water' at 6 months... meaning they're not always burnt up. We do alot of tear-off add a levels and the demo is tough on the saws. What's junk to me might be perfectly suitable for a form crew.... maybe even a framing crew or two. If a repair is gonna cost me more than $75 or so I'd rather toss the saw in the 'parts' pile and buy a new one. Or take two sh2t boxes and make one decent one. Sometimes I literally don't have time to pull a saw apart and I'll just buy another one because we need it and fix the other when I have time.
I don't know what else to tell you man.
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did you know there's "a rat " in separate ?
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'That's all I've got to say about that' - Forrest Gump
I'm thinking of a song? maybe a couple of them, Hmmm Richie Havens Freedom plus a couple of more.
When things get no fun nomore well it gets time to get well.
That might be how I have to cure my problem with the search function?
I'm also thinking Vince Gill- The Next Big Thing.
Change is just a part of life. "This too shall pass" is something I try to remember and live by. The hard part is remembering that it refers to the good things that you like and not just the parts of life you don't like.
Roll with the punches...... or get rolled over. We'll see what shakes out. However..... if I may add just one more washed up cliche to this post....... "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" is one that I wish the mods would heed right about now.View Image
I'm rollin but still kickin and screamin.
Hey no smilin allowed.
Frickn smiles- oughta be a law.
I think the days of anything nearing a curse or a risque joke or inflection are coming to an end.
Yea, heven forbid any of that should happen!
Just what we need - another PC place to go.
BUT.....I'm so glad that the fine people at Taunton are looking out for my delicate ears and eyes, how did I get along for nearly 1/2 of a decade without them!
Doug
I just fear that beyond dictating or censoring how we say something, they will begin to throw out threads that they just don't feel merit discussion here.
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They probably have some "Riley" type contractors in the wings waiting to answer any "hard questions" that the DIYs and the staff at Lowes can't answer.
Bob vila is probably gonna take over for Justin..
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Cuz after all, he whacked the splinter, and I love her.
Cuz after all, he whacked the splinter, and I love her.
What the hell is that all about? I'm sure it had more to do with him being threatened by her then anything else!!!
Sometimes I really do miss the tav for the entertainment of it all - its just the politics that drive/keep me away.
This place is getting to puzzyfied(I know thats a word so dont grin!)
If this place tries to make the same changes that happened over at Knots I think they(taunton) will be in for a big surprise, its a different crowd and will react different. I dont know if they've noticed but this place is quite a bit closer then knots - just look at the fest part of it. Knots tries to hold them and they fizzle for lack of interest, not that Lee up in Montana doesnt do all he can to make them happen.
I'm stumped - maybe MisterT's right, Lowes/Taunton have a different agenda in mind and we/some of us arnt part of that.
Doug
Watch your language, eh?
I can't say who told me (I missed the thread), but apparently Splinter posted a link to a website that sells (ahem) various novelties suited for adult entertainment.
That's about a clean as I can get it and about as much as I know.
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The EZ base for left handed saws is now available to anyone who would like to have one. In the past, because of safety considerations, they were restricted to left handed people. An improved design makes it possible to offer these to everyone.
I have one of the new left hand bases on a Makita hypoid and it is really a cutting machine.
Have you tested whether any of the in-line saws (wormdrives, in other words) can cut 1 1/2" while on the rails? Like many other people, I'd like to be able to rip 2x lumber with the ez guide without paying the price of a hilti or a 8 1/4" saw.zak
"When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone." --John Ruskin
"so it goes"
Zak,
I've only had the left handed base on the makita. I don't know wormdrive specs well enough to answer the question.
Burt
No. The guide eats up a depth of cut when used as a guide, the same guide can be used with the saw riding against vs. on, and maintain depth of cut.
Yeah, I realize that the guide for the track eats up some of the depth of cut. It's just that people report that using the Hilti 267 on the guide, they can cut 2x wood easily. The 267 is a 7 1/4" blade, but I guess the arbor gets a bit closer to the baseplate. I thought maybe wormdrives would be the same way.zak
"When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone." --John Ruskin
"so it goes"
Taunton/Lowes has adopted the GWB attitude.
they make te rules so they get to ruin this place however they see fit
did I type run or ruin??
choose whichever you like it's a free country...
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I work with Dino once a week for prototype work.
The worm drive was the best saw for The new EZ Bridge.
The only problem was the dust collection and the narrow base.
The saw on the picture now includes a nice dust collection system
and is capable of 1-1/2 deep cuts.
david
no gag.. when i click on the pic, it shows a larger image on the Eurekazone site
one of the problems with worms is the instability of the narrow base
the EZ base solves thatMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
oops, crossed in midstream.
Well that's something, he finally solved the wormdrive problem. It looks like a different style new base.
First I've seen of it. You have one?
PMP
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That's what I was wondering. I hope to actually see our two favorite guides here in the KC area some day, but I will not mention the names for fear of infecting this thread.