Popular Post kmealy Posted June 20, 2023 Popular Post Report Posted June 20, 2023 A guy posted that he got a good price on this at an estate sale. Said it had good power but cut poorly and the wood smoked. Any idea what's going on??? He determined the blade was on backwards. Grandpadave52, steven newman, Gene Howe and 2 others 2 2 1 Quote
Ed-H Posted June 20, 2023 Report Posted June 20, 2023 4-1/2”? I can beat that. 4-3/8” and 11,000 rpm. Works great for plywood, but you have to cut straight or it binds the blade. Has this for 20 yrs. Grandpadave52 and steven newman 2 Quote
kmealy Posted June 20, 2023 Author Report Posted June 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Ed-H said: 4-1/2”? I can beat that. 4-3/8” and 11,000 rpm. Works great for plywood, but you have to cut straight or it binds the blade. Has this for 20 yrs. That's a cute "Hey, this is a left hand thread" label. I've got one left hand blade circular saw and one right hand blade saw. steven newman, DuckSoup and Grandpadave52 3 Quote
4DThinker Posted June 20, 2023 Report Posted June 20, 2023 Not sure about the validity of this tip, but I was once told that you could cut plastic sheets pretty cleanly if you put the blade on backwards. Heard this from a co-worker who had at one time worked for the KS museum making displays for artifacts. He was the resident expert among the faculty when questions about cutting/banding/polishing plastic/acrylic came up. 4D Grandpadave52 and John Morris 2 Quote
Grandpadave52 Posted June 21, 2023 Report Posted June 21, 2023 3 hours ago, 4DThinker said: Not sure about the validity of this tip, but I was once told that you could cut plastic sheets pretty cleanly if you put the blade on backwards Can't speak to plastic but works great for vinyl siding, both vinyl and aluminum soffit and even rigid copper pipe. YMMV. 4DThinker, DuckSoup and kmealy 3 Quote
John Morris Posted June 21, 2023 Report Posted June 21, 2023 20 hours ago, 4DThinker said: Not sure about the validity of this tip, but I was once told that you could cut plastic sheets pretty cleanly if you put the blade on backwards. Heard this from a co-worker who had at one time worked for the KS museum making displays for artifacts. He was the resident expert among the faculty when questions about cutting/banding/polishing plastic/acrylic came up. 4D I can verify that trick. Did it all the time cutting plexi, FRP, and any other plastic sheeting products. Worked in the carpenter maintenance shop at Sea World of San Diego along time ago, and we worked with plastic alot! Grandpadave52 and 4DThinker 2 Quote
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