Monday, February 21, 2011
Ridgid Dual Blade Saw | Tool Snob
ToolSnob.com: "Has anyone ever used one of these dual blade saws? We haven't and for years, we've been searching for someone who has. The closest first hand information we got was from a mason a few years back, 'yeah, this friend of a friend had one and said it was pretty cool. So to us, this means that a friend of a friend of a friend likes it. Totally reliable information. We're not sure if this information scarcity is due to that fact that people just don't know about the tool or that people do know about it, but they really just don't care.
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"Imagine a circ saw that's been neutered of all it's rage." Where's the challenge in that?
This sounds like a useful too for safety reasons. However I wonder why it only has a 1" blade. What if you wanted the safety of cutting through larger items? And why, when they have existed before, is this the first time they are really hitting the market? To me, this sounds like another tool for tool sake. (The Tim Allen Complex.) It is unsure to me what its real added bonus is.
I don't foresee us going out to buy one any time soon.
The idea of two blades (or bits) spinning in opposite directions is neat; one certainly has to be conscious of power tools' polarity in the shop and eliminating the need for that would allow for some smoother working, potentially. Likewise, built in lubrication for cutting metal in a portable tool seems great. The problem seems to be in the implementation: why as such a small tool is this any more cost-effective than existing solutions?
I believe that reason it has such a small blade is that, traditionally, these types of saws are built for tile and linoleum cutting, at least that's what I've always seen them used for. Next time you see a 3" thick piece of tile, let me know. I can see this being useful for cutting tile, siding, thin sheet metal, etc., but I don't really see a use for larger applications. That would be an interesting idea, though. Two 8" blades spinning in opposite directions! Maybe if they made that, I would buy one.
Like Cody said, these aren't that new. An example would be:
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00925574000P
I think these do have a lot of use. If they cut as true as they say, it can see using one for a lot of things in a shop that I would normally pull out a router or standard circ. Right away i can see myself using this to do plunge cuts in the middle of sheet goods because of the control you get as you are dropping the blade into the material.
I can also see this being a good onsite tool and replacing general trim saws.
I've used these blades, and they rock. If you ever need to cut a hole with stright edges out of the center of a piece of plywood, this tool is great because it's straighter than drilling a hole and then inserting a jigsaw, aswell as not having the risk of trying to plunge a circular saw straight into the wood. They are a fantastic tool and every shop should have one. It goes in like a hot knife through buttah!
This tool immediately registers to me as an effective way to reduce kick back from saws. it obviously has other uses, but that was mu first thought. It seems like a useful idea, which could make some shop work simpler, but is it really a necessary tool, or is it just another cool toy which at the end of the day is no more practical than its predecessor. although on examination of some of the other comments the tool may indeed be more useful than i had imagined when reading the article. i am sure that in a shop in which people are doing very specialized work, or simply in the hands of someone who was very familiar with the tool it could be very useful.
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