I’d like to get some kind of easily carried handsaw for the occasional piece of wood or pipe that needs cut off. This looks like it would probably work, and uses recip. saw blades.
http://www.toolsdirect.com/index.cfm/page/product:display/productId/20993%2D3618/manufacturer/Lenox
Anyone tried it, or have other suggestions?
Thanks.
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For wood only I swear by Silky Gomboy, man it's the bee's knees, everyone that has seen it wants one. It'd be ok for the occasional PVC pipe as well, but might be a faily coarse cut, but really, really fast.
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May i ask where you purchased your silky gomboy. My wife is looking to get me a birthday gift and that would be perfect. Have a website in the U.S. I found them somewhere but was out of the country and was leery about buying there.
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For about the same money the Milwaukee looks to have a much more ergonomical handle and should work great for the rare times I'll need it.The Silky's good to know about--it'll go on the 'someday' list. <g>Thanks for all the recs!
I haven't seen them on the shelf recently, either. Online?...As for "the rare times that I'll need it," that's about every day for me!Aitchkay
I've used the Lenox, but my favorite is the Milwaukee. It doesn't fold, but that's OK - you want a longer blade than most handles will accept anyway.
The Milwaukee saw features their latest quick-release blade holder. That's worth a lot right there, and the quick-release chuck is also round, like a ferrule, so it doesn't stick out and mar the work like the wingnut and knob kinds.
My most-used blade is an 8", fine-toothed, bi-metal, metal-cutting blade. It's long enough to get a decent stroke with hand use, and fine enough to be good for all but the finest finish carpentry.
And since it’s just a Sawzall blade, albeit an excellent one, you don’t bat an eye about bending it for an awkward, or flush-cut situation. Go ahead and beat it up! It’s there to get the job done!
Once, I was fitting a bunch of cherry sills in some old, red-brick window openings -- a bistro restaraunt remodel job. Some of the bricks were ragged enough that I decided to square them up with my saw for a cleaner look before I scribed the wood sills.
That’s the beauty of using these saws! And when the blades are too trashed for your handsaw, they’ve still got more life in’em -- just toss them in the Sawzall box with the rest of your beater blades.
One more thing: the end of the Milwaukee’s handle is tapped to accept a painter’s extension pole. -- you just got a free pruning saw.
So, buy one of these multi-purpose saws first. Then, when you finally buy a nice Japanese pull-saw, you won’t end up trashing it by using it outside of it’s much, much narrower range
AitchKay
I missed out on the Milwaukee jobsaw when they first came out and Lowe's had 'em. Who carries them now?
I'd like to get some kind of easily carried handsaw for the occasional piece of wood or pipe that needs cut off. This looks like it would probably work, and uses recip. saw blades.
http://www.toolsdirect.com/index.cfm/page/product:display/productId/20993%2D3618/manufacturer/Lenox
Anyone tried it, or have other suggestions?
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Got one. It works. There is one in my framing bucket. It's for quick and dirty. The Makita LiOn kit takes care of most of that stuff.
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Good luck trying to narrow down your choices.
I have a Lenox, and it's fine for occasional use.