There are other saws than worm drives with the blade on the left, more and more companies offer them, the balance is better and the visibility, if that matters to you is much better.
I think that most right handed people who use a hand saw work with the end to be cut off sticking out to the right. When they first made circular saws they just built them with similar assumptions. If just cutting off the end of a 2 by 4 supporting the saw on the work makes sense if you naturally work off to the right. Just speculation of course. I should get a new saw, mine has worked hard and it is clearly getting tired and I have considered the worm drive but I don't do that sort of hard work much any more and would be more likely to use my compound miter saw if I do. I might do fine with a high quality battery saw but until they standardize a little more I think I will wait. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 7:29 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dado question > Thanks Dale for the info. Yeah the worm saw was the only one I have > found that is setup for left-hand operation. A bit more expensive > than the standard circular saw, but if I end up getting one and that > is the only one I can find, I'll get it. I think I'll wait till it > goes on sale at some point which I'm sure it will. Yes it was pretty > heavy, but I could live with that I imagine if I couldn't get the > blade where I wanted it. Kind of sad since the saw I currently have > is in like new condition, has very few hours considering its over ten > years old. I think I may have cut less than a dozen boards with it. > The saw that came in my cordless kit is left-handed, but the damned > battery packs don't really do the job as they advertise. > Unfortunately it came with the kit when all I really wanted was the > drill and sawsall > tnx > > > Scott > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.16.0/609 - Release Date: 29/12/2006 > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
