| A hand-held circular saw is a must-have tool for | | | | (a great deal lighter than most) the saw handles and |
| every craftsmen and homeowner. Likely the most | | | | maneuvers brilliantly. With its powerful 13 amp motor |
| versatile of the power saws, the circ saw offers up | | | | and ultra durable worm drive gear, this saw has truly |
| a huge range of applications from rip and cross | | | | proven itself as a front-runner in the circ saw |
| cutting to cutting slats for fences and decks. Most | | | | Olympics with max power, speed, and agility. Its |
| circular saws are specifically designed to cut wood | | | | longevity is rarely contested and its 7-1/4" capacity is |
| but most can also be used with specialty blades to | | | | perfectly suited for industrial, heavy-duty applications. |
| cut metal, plastic, and other such materials. Circ saws | | | | The Porter-Cable 423MAG circular saw, while still |
| also tend to be incredibly lightweight, versatile, | | | | weighing just about 2 lbs more than Skil's HD77M, |
| portable, and comfortable to use. Of course there | | | | also boasts a light-weight magnesium construction |
| are certain specialty saws that may do it a little | | | | and an impressive 15 amp motor. This saw is a |
| better than a standard circular saw, but none that do | | | | particularly aggressive little machine with a 0 - 50 |
| it all so conveniently. Its portability, versatility, and | | | | degree miter capacity and a positive stop at 45 |
| compact size make the circular saw a wonder tool | | | | degrees. After only a few passes with this saw it is |
| for virtually everyone. However, although the circ | | | | plainly one of the more powerful and versatile circ |
| saw is a vital tool to have on hand, not all circ saws | | | | saws in the industry. The tool smoothly flaunts an |
| are created equally; there are four, to be exact, that | | | | entirely needle and ball bearing construction making |
| seem to raise the bar in circular saw standards. | | | | the tool uncommonly simple and smooth to use, and |
| Makita's 5377MG (7-1/4") magnesium hypoid saw, | | | | with its light-weight and comfort designed handle, the |
| with a number of revolutionizing technologies, has | | | | saw glides through workpieces unlike any other. |
| singlehandedly established a new line of evolved | | | | Perhaps the most phenomenal of these tools is |
| circular saw. The saw's motor is not only immensely | | | | Festool's TS75EQ. Festool is a truly unique |
| powerful (2300 W) but also features a compressed | | | | manufacturer delivering tools of unmatched quality, |
| winding technology keeping the overall size of the | | | | performance, and endurance from their homeland in |
| motor compact and durable. The saw's magnesium | | | | Germany. This Festool circular saw is a mind-boggling |
| components keep the saw ultra-lightweight, | | | | example of the standard issue Festool innovation. |
| well-balanced, and surprisingly durable. The term | | | | The TS75EQ (7-1/4") has incredible power and |
| "hypoid" in the saw's name refers to its heat treated | | | | accuracy to a pinpoint, and being unconscionably |
| hypoid steel gears. These wickedly efficient gears are | | | | smooth, the saw leaves absolutely no burns or |
| hardly as susceptible to standard wear as are | | | | splinters after making a cut. In fact, the cut edges of |
| traditional bronze-alloy worm drive gears. Additionally, | | | | your workpieces truly require no any additional |
| the tool incorporates an oil bath technology designed | | | | touch-up sanding or trimming - they are smooth and |
| with a sealed gear housing and a built-in fan to ensure | | | | clean right off the slicer. This circular saw is ideal for a |
| a complete oil surface coating; ultimately, the hypoid | | | | huge number of industrial and carpentry applications |
| gears are terribly efficient with more power and | | | | from cutting doors and windows, to truing rough |
| suave than traditional worm drive gears, and with the | | | | lumber. The lucky folk who have tried this Festool |
| help of the oil bath, they are nearly maintenance free. | | | | circ saw have honestly never looked back, the |
| The saw has a large cutting capacity, a reinforced | | | | quality, precision, feel, and endurance of the saw |
| power cord, and performs with carbide-tipped blades | | | | make it hard to set down, and even harder to pick |
| to ensure the strongest, cleanest, most precise cuts. | | | | up another tool. This Festool is likely the most |
| This saw is tremendous and exciting, and delivers | | | | expensive of these celebrity saws, but it's important |
| craftsmen a little bit of the impossible in a highly | | | | to remember, particularly in the tool industry, that |
| evolved power circular saw. | | | | you always get what you pay for. |
| Skil, on another hand, is perhaps best known for their | | | | Each of these circ saws are tremendous, exemplary |
| invention and continual innovation of the circular saw. | | | | machines that ultimately represent the crème |
| Their HD77M worm drive Skilsaw is a tremendous | | | | de la crème of the circular saw community. |
| example of how Skil does circular saws like no one | | | | With one of these babies at your side, you are sure |
| else. Built with an ultra light-weight magnesium housing | | | | to enjoy circ sawing to its absolute fullest. |