Does an electric brake make the sidewinder safer? Assume your the kinda person that leaves the guard on the machine. Maybe you use your saw once a month.
Does an electric brake make the sidewinder safer? Assume your the kinda person that leaves the guard on the machine. Maybe you use your saw once a month.
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I think a brake makes any tool safer. When your finger isn't on the trigger, the blade shouldn't be spinning, guard or no guard.
Mike
absolutely
positively
no doubt about it
carpenter in transition
Can't say you still won't put the blade through your leg with or w/o a brake[guard up].
Still, it does'nt go in my toolbox if it has no brake.
My old DeWalt had a brake; my new Bosch doesn't .
I liked having the brake, and almost didn't buy the Bosch just because of that.
I'll see how I feel about not having the brake over time.
Usually if you use a saw with a brake, you never go back again.
Let us know how good is the brake ...when you have it back again.
YCF Dino
I'm hoping Bosch will come out with the CS20 with a brake soon.
And I'm not real crazy about the detachable cord, either.
And a dust port for vacuum hose?
I think you should get the Mag 325. Then they will.:)
YCF Dino
Ditto. The detachable cord thing is a PIA. I don't know why I fell for it. My old man's hedgetrimmer had the same setup twenty years ago and it blew back then! What was I thinking?
I used to have saws with brakes but don't right now. Can't say I miss them either. 'Course I use a wormdrive most of the time anyway.
Ditto. The detachable cord thing is a PIA. I don't know why I fell for it. My old man's hedgetrimmer had the same setup twenty years ago and it blew back then! What was I thinking?
You can tell us. It was either your old man or the hedgetrimmer.
Or the young girl walking by while using your old man hedgetrimmer?
Now I know why they make this saws like that.
""'If we can bring back memories '''
YCF Dino
I've only had the saw a few months, but several times already I've had the cord snag on something while cutting and loosen enough to stop cutting.
The first time I thought I tripped a breaker or something, and spent at least a 1/2 hour trying to figure out what the problem was. Now I just wiggle the cord back into place and resume cutting.
And I bought the Bosch largely on the review in FHB.
I know having a brake saved me time from standing there holding the damn saw till the stupid blade stops spinning!
Grew up working for my Dad ... U never set any tool down till the bit/blade had stopped spinning ... hard habit to break.
Notice it when I'm working with someone elses saw's ... now that all mine have had electric brakes for longer than I can remember now ...
suddenly I find myself standing there ... like an idiot ... afraid to move till the damn ...
ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz ..... comes to an end!
the old man beat it into my brain ... it's there to stay ... can't help it ....
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
One of the carpenters helping me on my new house uses this little trick on his wormdrive (I guess it can be applied to sidewinders as well):
At the end of the cut with the saw's baseplate still in contact with the wood, he twists the saw slightly to the right which binds the blade against the wood. It's not real sophisticated, but it works.
Jim