Left Or Right Side Circular Saw Blades, Which Is Better and Why Use Them Demo
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- Опубликовано: 16 авг 2021
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In this video, John looks at circular saws with blades on the right side, and blades on the left side. He demonstrates the reason you would want to go with one type over the other in this example.
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Very good point that another video did not mention. Thanks for helping me decide
Great video. Thank you. Was curious what side blade I should go with.
Thanks! I'm a newbie looking for a saw and this really helped. :)
Thanks for posting! This answered my question.
Thanks for this great video! Short and straight to the point.
I've always used "traditional" right side corded circular saw and I was wandering if left side blade cordless saw would still do the job... Your video conviced me to stick with right side blade. Even if there are less choices when looking for cordless.
I am right handed but find a "left hand" saw much better for cutting a long board from right to left.
I rent from a right hand to left today and you are correct with the weight and accuracy from the right hand saw but I'll give the left hand more time ig
I use both. It depends on the situation. Nowadays, right blade has a better window to where you are cutting
it seems the solution is to have a couple quick clamps to hold down the work piece so you can cut the opposite way that you demonstrate but still have both hands on the saw and a good view.
That makes no sense
I do the same thing sometimes. This does make sense. I prefer the blade on left
Makes perfect cuts
100% agree with the stability. I have a left side Ryobi, hate the weight instability, so I'm going to switch to a right side blade Ryobi. Yes, I can cut from the other direction, but I prefer to cut in the direction the you are demonstrating.
Yeah but that does no good if you cant even see where your cutting SO dumb
Great video! Nice editing too.
I'm confused why nor just stand the other side of the bench?
Hi, are the blades the same or different? I just bought a left handed saw without realizing and when I put the blades in the writing on the blade is not showing because it is a right handed blade. Will it still cut the same or is there a risk of damage/harm to the saw or to myself when using?
stability could be an issue but only if the cut off piece is narrower than the saw base. So for most cuts, this stability problem should not present itself. I guess you have to figure how many crosscuts are less than 4 inches wide.
Im right handed and RH saw works for me well only for short cuts like on the video. But for cutting long pieces of plywood RH using RH saw is utterly unhandy. I would use LH saw instead then!
I think it’s probably more of a situational thing. I see using the left hand saw for long cuts like cutting plywood and using the other for smaller cuts. I prefer a right handed saw personally and I’m right handed.
I'm RH'd and using a LH saw for typical use makes getting accurate, quick cuts almost impossible. If you support the board on the left then there is no way to support the saw. If you support the board on right then there's no way to hold on to the board unless you clamp it, which is not efficient. Using the opposite hand circular saw for typical one sided support drop cuts is ridiculous in my opinion. You just need to learn how to use the right one, like carpenters have for ever.
In a free setting like you have there you could literally cut standing on the other side of your bench/stand to gain the stability with the left sided blade, If the board is in place (fixed) and requires a trim then the right bladed saw makes sense. At the end of the day I think what really matters is how often you do it. Mt Grandfather was a master carpenter and could handsaw a straight line left or right handed with ease.
That's exactly what I was thinking. You can do a 180 and flip to other side of bench or walk down to the other end (left side of table) so that the board hangs over bench to the left.
Great video
If you are right handed and use the one with the bit on the left side, whyd you not just walk over and saw from the other side? You can always get support, and you dont have the wiggle?
Because then you won't be able to hold the plank with your left hand, and operate the saw with your right hand. BUT to me it seems like you can just clamp the plank onto the workbench instead of holding it with your hand, but that would be a bit slower than just holding it with your hand, if that matters.
Righty is best
I'm right handed and use blade right exclusively.
4:59 why didn't you cut from the other way 🤷♂️
So much this. I don't get why this is so controversial to some people. Just cut the other way. It doesn't really matter which side the blade is on. I will say that it helps a lot if the saw's motor does not interfere with your straight edge. That's one reason that cutting the other way may not be an option...
Securing the material is the issue... you're using your dominant hand to push the saw your other hand will be on the waste side of the cut, so your only option would be to clamp it in place which is an impractical way to work in most cases.
I suppose it all depends how you support your material regardless of what saw you use...my 2 cents.
Thank you. I'm in a true got dang dilemma. I'm ambidextrous. I could never bat because I couldn't decide which to. Now...I'm just gonna get a mitre saw. That'll fix that. Lol
I grew up using a 7.25 corded Skil of course blade on the right. I am right handed. I'm puzzled by people saying they can't see the line/blade. I've never had a problem.
Its not seeing the blade.. Everybody can make cross cuts with either, there so short that it doesnt matter.. The issue becomes very apparent when you want to rip long boards or other lumber in long lenths.. In a left bladed saw you can easily stand outside the saw and see everything and walk with the saw down the length of the cut.. However if you now try the same on a right bladed saw, youd have to either cross your hands to be able to walk outside with the saw, or cut from the opposite side which now positions the blade too far in on the workpiece.. If you pull the sheet out to reach the cut line, you now have a big area of unsupported material hanging off the table, which still makes it very difficult to walk alongside... Bottom line is a left bladed saw is all around just easier to use and safer for a right handed individual, the opposite is true if your left handed..
I am a left-handed person, so I am one of those people that needed simply because I am left-handed.
It depends on saw type, and dominant side of user. Most saws it doesn't matter.
Track saws for instance, should be blade styled opposite of dominant side. So a right blade track saw, is for Lefties. A right handed user should have a left blade track saw. But there's only 1 on the world, and it's horrible (Kreg).
Righties have no idea what theyre missing in terms of track saws... but they still claim its better that way, even though almost all have never tried a left blade track saw... so they really can't say.
Watch track saw users that are righties.... they're crossing arms, stretching, and even ripping lumber with the saw on their left side, and their left arm holding the saw grip. ... that's a left handed saw.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who's made this observation. I'm perplexed by the absence of leftblade tracksaws. I didn't know about the Kreg, though - I might have to check that one out👍
@skygreen5939 it is bizarre indeed. More people are realizing this fkaw in track saws. So welcome to the club.
As far as Kregs saw, save yourself the $400 (unless you get easy, no hassle returns/refunds... you'll need them.)
The Kreg has a design flaw that hasn't been fixed. They tried to "fix it" when they put their riving knife on it, but it's still a dangerous, and ridiculous issue... the spindle the blade mounts to is not square to the base, or anything else on the saw. It varies in direction as to which way it is angled. But if you have a Blade with a 1.5mm kerf, you'll be scoring at least 2.5mm each... some as high as 4mm.
You basically get less than WEN quality, for the price of a Makita cordless or corded saw.
I was broken after buying the Kreg. Exchanging it. Exchanging that one. Then sitting in Clearwater Woodcraft going through each box and realizing they all had the same flaw.
I have heard from people that got straight ones, but they say the motors burn out quickly. (Unless you ask someone sponsored by Kreg... in that case they'll tell you, "It's an amazing saw!" Lol.)
@@carterscustomrods Aha - thanks for the warning/clarification - i had misread your original post. I thought you were noting that it was "horrible" that there was only one leftblade tracksaw in the world, not that THAT one was horrible 😆. Bummer, i guess i'll just keep waiting for a good leftblade option from the likes of makita/dewalt/milwaukee/mafell/festool, et al... but at least now i know i'm not alone in having noted the problem. 👍 Cheers!
@skygreen5939 lol my apologies... I see where it does appear like you say. 😆
Same here in terms of waiting for a left blade. Try to send emails to the tool manufacturers and light this fire under them. Just don't bother with Festool. They can be a bit snippy if you ask them about a left blade... but that's a long story (even fir someone as long winded as I am hahaaa.)
Stay safe out there!
Left handed people are left handed. Got it
Mr. Go to the opposite side..
If you’re right handed, using a blade left saw for better cut visibility, and you want to support the wider part of the saw, why wouldn’t you just cut from the other direction (with the waste piece to the left)? In doing so, you do make yourself closer to the blade, but this blade/workpiece orientation makes sense for longer cuts, no?
You can see how he cut the wood - with no clamps he used what is most natural for a right-hander: right hand on the saw and left hand holding the wood, thus cutting on the right side of the table. I'm pretty noob and I did an entire shelving project cutting with a left blade saw on the right side the entire time (and I'm right handed). This was especially true for measuring a 1x2 or 2x2 with measuring tape from the left, making the pencil mark on the right, and then extended the wood to the right.
If I had thought about it and/or made a left-bladed circular saw guide, I would have spent much more time cutting on the left side (with the waste to the left.)
Left hand for right handed ppl. Small cuts can be made with a support piece.
Just cut from other side 😂🤦🏻♂️
Point is if you are right handed have a saw with blade on the left because you are in more control with your dominant hand simple as that
Or just step to the other side of the board? And what happens if your board happens to be oriented the opposite way than your bench setup? This is a pointless argument, just stand on the other side of the board.... Left side blade is for right handed people, and right side blade is for Lefty's... Just like peft and right handed scissors, yeah you can make the wrong ones work in the wrong hand, it's just awkward and you can't see where you're going without contorting your body
Securing the material is the issue... you're using your dominant hand to push the saw your other hand will be on the waste side of the cut, so your only option would be to clamp it in place which is an impractical way to work in most cases.
Most professionals when framing use a speed square in left hand to keep saw straight when cutting.
Also, majority of cuts are done holding everything by hand on job sites. Clamping everything would be great, but it would take forever.
In short. Right handed professionals typically prefer right sided blades in order to…… keep WEIGHT of saw over “keeping” piece of lumber (which is held IN THEIR LEFT HAND along with a speed square in order to cut through it straight…. AND FAST)
If it’s a professional lefty, all of the above applies, but inverted.
So, right handed person-right handed blade and vice versa. The only advantage the other way around is viewing angle, and that’s something newbies worry about. Just move your head. There’s much more to gain ergonomically and stability wise by having blade on the far side from your body.
@@aaronwhite1607 True but is is nice when ripping sheets to see the chalk line at the edge of the groove the entire time.
@@aaronwhite1607 completely false, most people in US use a worm drive with the blade on the left side, and they should know better, they invented the skil saw for godsake, the "sidewinder" as they call it is a stupid european invention
FLIP AROUND
😮 omg, please don't use your hand as a clamp, especially on that wobbly table. Yikes! 🤦♀️😱
They need to stop making right handed saws with the blade on the right side as its impossible to see where your cutting such a bad design that im suprised they ever made one let anone that they still make them
I've been using a right blade saw since the late 60s. I can see the line/blade just fine.
Your premise is wrong. For a right-handed person, the left-hand saw is ALWAYS better as long as the larger part of the plank of wood is on the right side of that (left-handed) saw which as you showed will give it plenty support. The line of sight of a right-handed saw for a right-handed person is atrocious. Therefore your conclusion is also faulty.
So stupid if your left handed your not gonna cut on the right side of the table your gonna use the left side
Exactly. Which presents the same issue.. all over again.
Right side blades is the dumbest thing on the market.. there's a reason why ALL the framers use those massive heavy saws and the blade is on the left almost all the time... you can't see jack where you're cutting if the blade is on the right.. how the F are these normalized instead of left being majority!?
If you're left handed, a right side blade is correct, and for right handed people, you want the blade on the left...
Okay but what about a saw with the left hand handle on the left side and the trigger handle on the right side of thatt with the blade on the right side it makes no sense
I specifically want the opposite of that. As a right handed person, it makes more sense to use a speed square in my left hand, hold saw with my right, and have the weight of the saw over my keep piece, not the cut off piece. Which means I’m a righty that prefers traditional right bladed saws.
I think most people are the same and don’t realize it.
I didn’t even think about this before. It’s screwing my brain up. If you want it on your keep piece, can’t we walk to the other side of the board?
You can’t hold the work piece if you move to the other side of the board.
Complete opposite my guy
doing end cuts its not the only thing