[knucklehead]

Have you ever used a good saw?

 

[Cole82]

Yet another vote for the mag 77. I had a milwaukee side winder before that, it lasted around 5 years before getting weak with power. Bought the mag from suggestions on here and love that thing. The longer rear D handle makes it much easier to keep the cut straight. You can really push on the worm drive and not slow it down.

 

[BrianFox]

But it can't do this.....

true.
i like the blade left.
just do.

 

[Chris G]

Have you ever used a good saw?

No.

But I do have a Makita 10" slider, 2 Dewalt cordless circulars. 1 Makita cordless circular. Good dewalt jigs, Makits recips...etc, lots of good/latest Makita drills/impacts. But NO, I have never used good corded circular. That's why I ask. Stringers aren't huge for me. But the wood is getting wetter and worse. This is about the max amount of stringers build for:

I PROMISE I WILL BUY A NEW SAW TOMORROW!!!

 

[Greg Di]

I used to be a strictly blade left guy, and at first, I couldn't cut for crap with the Fuego since it's a sidewinder AND a blade right.

Then I realized, they designed the saw with such a wide view of the blade from either side that it was unlike any other sidewinder I ever had. It's a blade right that looks like a blade left. You just have to find the spot to look at which is not readily apparent when you pick it up. Strange, I know.

Honestly, I like the saw because it doesn't torque out when you pull the trigger and it's just less tiring to use all day than a wormdrive.

 

[Willie T]

Best saw I ever had. I bought it for $114 back in about '70. I still have it, but it now needs bearings, so I have shelved it.

This is a picture of someone else's. Mine is not as pretty as this. It's cracked in a couple of places.

 

[Tom Struble]

there are some tools that don't have to be the best you can afford
a circ saw ain't one of them

 

[Aframe]

But it can't do this.....

What, Run the blade backwards

 

[Chris G]

there are some tools that don't have to be the best you can afford
a circ saw ain't one of them

See, that's what I was thinking too.:laughing:

 

[Chris G]

What, Run the blade backwards

And you can hold a speed sqaure against the base with your left hand. That's one reason why I like cordless.. They are all left blade.

 

[Tom Struble]

you did that beautiful porch with a skil sidewinder:w00t:
:notworthy

 

[Chris G]

you did that beautiful porch with a skil sidewinder:w00t:
:notworthy

No, I only used it for the stringers. I HATE STRINGERS. There, I said it.:laughing:

 

[DecksEtc]

Another vote for the Mag 77 -
pin or pull the guard back when cutting,
drop the foot so the blade's cutting path is just a little deeper than the thickness of the wood,
Diablo 24t blades,
finish the cuts w/ a jigsaw,
boom, you're done.

mine have been American-made and work great...

Mac

Ditto.

Get a Mag 77 and you'll never have a problem again Chris.

 

[redwood]

One more for the mag 77, and I've had most of the other worm drives and Hypoid saws.

I actually liked the DeWalt, but it just didn't hold up to the abuse my guys put saws through.

I have never had Skill wormdrive ever die, and we never check the oil.

 

[KennMacMoragh]

I find sidewinders are only good for siding, they are geared higher giving you less torque than the worm drives. If you're cutting PT stair stringers, you'll find any worm drive way easier than a sidewinder.

 

[mikeswoods]

Mag 77. The just seem right in my hand.

 

[Inner10]

And you can hold a speed sqaure against the base with your left hand. That's one reason why I like cordless.. They are all left blade.

I use a speed square as a saw guide with both my left blade and right blade saws...?

And my Hilti cordless is a right blade....

 

[TempestV]

Best saw I ever had. I bought it for $114 back in about '70. I still have it, but it now needs bearings, so I have shelved it.

This is a picture of someone else's. Mine is not as pretty as this. It's cracked in a couple of places.

Is that the one that adjusts depth of cut by sliding on a vertical rail instead of tipping down into the work? I have one, and it looks real similar. Impressive saw!

I mostly use wormdrives though. I have a Bosch that is set up with a lever for lifting the guard with your thumb that I use for framing and rough cutting, and a skill mag 77 that I use for finish work.

 

[crovello]

$99.00
well worth a benji....

Most of my men love that saw but I have a hard time getting my eye on the blade. The openning in the front is rather small. Just my 2 cents.

 

[IHI]

I gave up on using a circular saw for PT stringers, the boards are just too inconsistant to get a solid/dead on layout like we do with normal lumber...so, i said to self- "self, how would a person be able to reproduce all stringers to be the same?" and the answer was "cut them all at once dumbazz" So that's what i did, a freind of mine had a Prazil for sale, i bought a Skill Mag, i married the two and have been jutting 4-6 set stringers at a time ever since. Plus this tool has been called out on a host of other odd jobs now that we have it....nother tool that you find usage for since you got it.:thumbsup: But the blunt of it's work asked to do is post notching for beam insets since you clean notch 6x6's in 2 cuts, cut them off to length in one cut, as well as stringers..so 98% of the time it's used for building decks.

Very rarely do i ever cut single stringers anymore...too fricken time consuming and hard on my back, the prazi is'nt cutting each cut as fact as a skill saw, but your cutting 4-6" stringers at once you your way ahead of the game time wise....just be sure to keep the blades sharp, once you hit any metal...it's junk and needs to be sharpened or replaced.