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   FastEddie | Sep 27, 2006 03:23pm | #1

   Crain makes a flush cutting circ saw to trim door jambs.  Would that work?  many rental places have them.

    

   "When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it."  T. Roosevelt

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   specbuilderli | Sep 27, 2006 10:38pm | #2

   can't find a rental in my area.probably will work though,i'll try it if i can get one.

   the one i was talking about attaches to your circular saw past the guard and my come with  an adapter to mount a new guard,saw it in an old fine homebuilding ad.,i think.anyone remember who made it?

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   Sawdaddy | Sep 27, 2006 10:44pm | #3

   Was it for a Milwaukee circ saw? 

    

   I used to see an ad for a flush cutting attachment for a milwaukee with a company name of Flussa. Don't know if that's what you were thinking of or not...

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   specbuilderli | Sep 27, 2006 11:04pm | #4

   no,that's not it either.but thanks anyway!!

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   gb93433 | Sep 28, 2006 07:45am | #9

   They do not make those any more.

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   izzycat | Sep 28, 2006 03:22am | #5

   http://www.cei-clem.com/page%20folder/Flussapage.html

   I think this is ~$100

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   Marc | Sep 28, 2006 05:03am | #6

   Makes me count how many fingers I have left just looking at the ad.

    

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   izzycat | Sep 28, 2006 06:10am | #7

   It does look a little unsafe, doesn't it?

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   specbuilderli | Sep 28, 2006 07:32am | #8

   very dangerous!!

   that,s it thoughi,ll buy the crain jamb saw instead.could'nt rent one.thanks again!

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   blue_eyed_devil | Sep 28, 2006 01:38pm | #10

   That cant be safe!

   blue 

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   izzycat | Sep 28, 2006 08:38pm | #12

   I saw the flush cutting attachment a few months back in a JLC article on seismic retrofits:

   http://www.jlconline.com/cgi-local/view.pdf/beea67afe7a15f49d6afb1b2002be38a/www.jlconline.com/cgi-bin/jlconline.storefront/451bf8ec0025a93b27177f00000105b5

   On page 8, the author uses it to flush cut the mudsill in order to nail the shear wall into it instead of into blocking.  I guess for that application it's an elegant solution, but he doesn't mention the number of fingers lost. 

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   gb93433 | Sep 28, 2006 08:44pm | #13

   That man has probably had that blade from years ago. I remember when those were sold. When I looked at getting one years ago, the supplier told me they were not selling them anymore because they were outlawed at that time.

   Edited 9/28/2006 1:46 pm by gb93433

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   rasconc | Sep 28, 2006 04:41pm | #11

   OK I will ask the usual question, what are you looking to do with it?

   I use the Bosch fine cut for a lot of things.  Some where I saw a recip saw blade with an offset (dogleg) that would work for some tasks.  I have bent some  (usually not on purpose) to do an offset cut.

   That Fussa looked like a nightmare, something Freddy Krueger might have in his truck.

   Bob