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Circular saw advice (self.tools)

submitted 1 week ago by Skyrmir to c/tools

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About to be in the market for a new circular saw, just looking for the typical 7.25 blade saw. One thing that has constantly bothered me though is the depth adjustment. Every saw I've ever had used a flip lever on a nut in the back, and that's always been the point of failure. They slip, break, seize or otherwise fail first before anything else on the saw. And it's literally the only setting on a saw that i ever touch beyond changing blades.

So what brand has a reliable depth adjustment?

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[–] ytsedude 3 points 1 week ago

I was at Home Depot this weekend and got a fantastic deal on a battery Makita. It was a charger and two batteries (I already have some Makita tools) for $170ish plus their $150 circular saw for free. I jumped on that real quick. Used it several times already this weekend. Works great!

Don't know if the deal is still around...