01-15-2017, 06:38 PM
I was looking through my new issue of Woodsmith and on of the articles is Cordless Tools. And the first picture I see is the Bosch battery operated circular saw. I was with a friend and was looking at getting a battery operated saw. He is now a retired contractor and his comment was that battery operated saws are left handed. My comment at the time was good because I am left handed.
Fast forward, I checked corded saw and they were right handed and I really had to go out of my way to find a left handed one, they are out there though. But I also started checking battery operated ones and they are all left handed except for Ridgid and I believe one other although I don't remember the brand off hand. And I ask myself why, when most men are right handed, why do they make most battery saws left handed? It was his main complaint. I may be left handed but I live in a right handed world. I can pound nails with either hand and if I stop for a minute I can switch hands and continue. But switching to a left handed saw has caused me some problems with how I set up for a cut. And even though I am left handed I wish my battery operated saw was right handed.
So I have several questions that maybe one here has some insight to.
I can understand manufacturers making circular saws right handed. Dewalt, I believe, I could be wrong, made the first battery operated saw, Was it left handed? And if so did all of the other manufacturers copy their design and add the little things that made it their own. Hence all corded saw have to be right handed and all battery saws left handed.
Because one made it that why we all must make it that way to compete? I observed in the last coupe of months that when one does an article on work benches next month all have an article on workbenches. It is the same with tool reviews. One does one on mid sized routers next month they all do the same review on at least a router of one size or the other. And at the end the highest priced tool gets the best tool award and the cheapest get the best value.
I won't ask the obvious question about originality. Just why should I pay any attention to the review when I know the out come before I start reading?
I also have thrown away a 9 volt drill and a really nice Porter Cable 14 volt drill because of battery going bad. It is cheaper in most cases to buy a new tool than tor place the battery(s). It is to late for me but now Ridgid has a life time warrantee on both tools and battery(s). And their saw is right handed. So if a person was just starting out it would be worth checking into. I know not all their tools have the lifetime so make sure when buying and save your receipt.
Am I missing something obvious ?
Tom
Fast forward, I checked corded saw and they were right handed and I really had to go out of my way to find a left handed one, they are out there though. But I also started checking battery operated ones and they are all left handed except for Ridgid and I believe one other although I don't remember the brand off hand. And I ask myself why, when most men are right handed, why do they make most battery saws left handed? It was his main complaint. I may be left handed but I live in a right handed world. I can pound nails with either hand and if I stop for a minute I can switch hands and continue. But switching to a left handed saw has caused me some problems with how I set up for a cut. And even though I am left handed I wish my battery operated saw was right handed.
So I have several questions that maybe one here has some insight to.
I can understand manufacturers making circular saws right handed. Dewalt, I believe, I could be wrong, made the first battery operated saw, Was it left handed? And if so did all of the other manufacturers copy their design and add the little things that made it their own. Hence all corded saw have to be right handed and all battery saws left handed.
Because one made it that why we all must make it that way to compete? I observed in the last coupe of months that when one does an article on work benches next month all have an article on workbenches. It is the same with tool reviews. One does one on mid sized routers next month they all do the same review on at least a router of one size or the other. And at the end the highest priced tool gets the best tool award and the cheapest get the best value.
I won't ask the obvious question about originality. Just why should I pay any attention to the review when I know the out come before I start reading?
I also have thrown away a 9 volt drill and a really nice Porter Cable 14 volt drill because of battery going bad. It is cheaper in most cases to buy a new tool than tor place the battery(s). It is to late for me but now Ridgid has a life time warrantee on both tools and battery(s). And their saw is right handed. So if a person was just starting out it would be worth checking into. I know not all their tools have the lifetime so make sure when buying and save your receipt.
Am I missing something obvious ?
Tom