Skil 5500 Circular Saw
I needed to cut some lumber for some bookshelves I was putting up in my office. I was planning on using a tree saw, but when I was at Home Depot buying the lumber, I saw Skil 5500 Circular Saw on sale for $30. I've never owned a circular saw, and this seemed like a good chance to find out about them.
It cut the pine lumber like butter, was very comfortable, and the "Accu-Sight" feature (a piece of clear plastic with a line printed on it) helped me make straight cuts. It also makes angle cuts, but I haven't tried that yet. The big plastic storage case is a nice way to keep the sharp blade away from my kids' curious fingers. $62.45 on Amazon
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Mark,
Not only does the case protect your kids; but the saw as well. I still have a great old saw, a Rockwell 315 (a Porter Cable design with a grease cup), from 1973. It owes it's 33 year existence to a stout case, which has served as stool and saw horse too through the years. One of my rules of thumb is get or make a case and save your tools. Plus you get to keep what you need with the tool like bits, blades, grease, soap, bandaids, etc. All my woodworking tools have cases except the table saw and band saw.
-Steve
Mark -
My father Jack, who is long gone, used to run the factory where they made the Skil sawblades. He designed the machine for putting the carbide tips on those blades. I have no idea if the saw or the blades are made in America anymore, but they sure aren't made in Middleport, NY. I hope you get a lot of years out of your saw.
-Robin
You got halfway there with Skil, but what you really want for bulletproof high-torque wood-subdividing action is the HD77. Sixteen pounds of no fucking around.
Does anyone have the instructions for changing a blade on a rockwell 315 saw? It seems pretty simple, but I can't seem to get the "nut" or mount behind the blade to lock into place, it spins right along with the nut. Do I need a special wrench for this one?....thx