Anyone having the same problem as me ? I'm so used to using a rafter square on my left hand as a guide and using a corded saw on my right to cut 2 x 4s, but having a hard time adjusting to holding the square with my right and using the saw with my left...
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Ditch the square, follow your line using the cut guide at the front of the base plate. You'll cut much straighter that way than you will watching the blade cut the line. The only time you should be watching the blade is when you start and finish the cut. A speed square is handy for getting that extra precise 90 degree cut, but there should be a point where you don't need it for most framing related cuts. If what you're doing requires an extra precise cut that will be seen, I don't see why you can't still use the square in your left hand, just let your waste fall to the right. You could also just get used to cutting with your opposite hand, it's good to be ambidextrous with a circular saw.
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Seems like something is wrong. Mine cuts like a hot knife through butter. I have not tried to cut anything larger than 9" or so, but it will go through a 6" branch in 5-10 seconds. I debranched and cut up a fallen 20' pine in about 10 minutes.
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No expertise here... I'm a woodworker. But I find the saw tight, sufficiently powered for the small blade and easy to use. My guess is that you may want to build a jig for exact positioning. Hope this is of some helpDLH
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I have to hold the handle with two hands often for the same reason as you. Try adjusting the strap in different positions until you find the position most comfortable for both you hands. Try moving the strap to your hip shoulder and waist. Fall 2014 was my first season using this tool, it took me a little while to get used to its weight and angleing. Once I got the hang of it I became much more aggressive with it and it handled beautifully, picking up wet leaves, small twigs and millions of sunflower seed shells that my birds leave behind. This machine, in my humble opinion, is a very good choice to add to you yard cleanup tools. I have to hold the handle with two hands often for the same reason as you. Try adjusting the strap in different positions until you find the position most comfortable for both you hands. Try moving the strap to your hip shoulder and waist. Fall 2014 was my first season using this tool, it took me a little while to get used to its weight and angleing. Once I got the hang of it I became much more aggressive with it and it handled beautifully, picking up wet leaves, small twigs and millions of sunflower seed shells that my birds leave behind. This machine, in my humble opinion, is a very good... » Read More I have to hold the handle with two hands often for the same reason as you. Try adjusting the strap in different positions until you find the position most comfortable for both you hands. Try moving the strap to your hip shoulder and waist. Fall 2014 was my first season using this tool, it took me a little while to get used to its weight and angleing. Once I got the hang of it I became much more aggressive with it and it handled beautifully, picking up wet leaves, small twigs and millions of sunflower seed shells that my birds leave behind. This machine, in my humble opinion, is a very good choice to add to you yard cleanup tools. « Show Less
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Not good. I used a piece of 1x1 and a clamp on either end and it worked great! I love the saw.
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I had problems starting mine as well. However, after reading the instructions more closely I realized I was not following the directions correctly. Make sure that you follow the starting directions exactly. Since then I have used my saw numerous times and it starts every time.
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Yes but honestly practice is going to be needed before you get a straight cut. I believe a second person would make it a lot neater too. I've not taken the time to master this yet.
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Not a problem for me, as I cut my grass at the shortest height. Wasn't a problem at the beginning when I was trying various cutting heights. My handle is stiff and hard to move, so I can't see it jumping out of its notch. Is your handle installed correctly?
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There are left-handed versions of Felco tools, and those work better than trying to adapt to the curve of the right-handed version holding it in your left hand, although I will periodically switch hands as I prune for convenience of access to a particular cut or to give one hand a break when doing a lot of pruning and I have no problems using the right-handed version of the Felco with my left hand for short periods of time.
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I am left handed and it works quite well, even though the saw dust discharge is towards me. It is a right handed saw. Being a heavy duty saw and not yet being able to find any real "left handed tools" I've always over looked that in a power tool.
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This is like a hand held jig saw mounted upside down on table. Connot compair it with band saw. The arm and foot does help steady work but you have to hold work piece firmly. I will say i love my saw for all kinds of cutting and short work in wood and metal. Great tool to add to shop if you have band saw and table saw. Hop this helps
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I didn't have any issues cutting with mine... Free hand in a jig saw you are always correcting. Were you using in some fixed tabletop saw perhaps to notice?
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I think Mr. Hernandez meant the black clamp lever in the back of the saw. I found the answer we needed before he posted by reading all of the comments from other users. The trick was that you to turn the clamp lever in the reverse direction (counter-clockwise) than normal. I kept telling my husband to try counter-clockwise but he insisted that one ALWAYS tightens clamps or screws clockwise. Not this time. By the way, he loves the saw. Good luck.
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when cutting molding, the rule of thumb is you place the molding on the miter saw upside down (the wall of the miter saw serves as the actual wall on your room and the base of the miter saw is the ceiling). this is how the molding is cut. well, sometimes, it gets confusing trying to maintain that image of upside down, with the left end going to the right side when its ready to be nailed to the ceiling and same thing to the right end going to the left. this Kreg tool is supposed to allow you to cut the molding the way its oriented on the wall/ceiling, not upside down. the face plate of this tool slides in and out depending on the angle of your molding to be cut. i wasn't able to use this tool. i was cutting a 4/12 crown molding with my 10-inch blade miter saw. doesnt work. too tall for the 10-inch blade miter saw. waste of money on my part actually. will work with molding shorter than 4 1/2 inch. well, i've replaced my miter saw with a 12-inch blade one and sold my old 10-inch one. still havent used the Kreg tool. Why? all my crown molding work are finished. sorry, i'm of no help here but at least i presented you my situation and that could be a reference point wether or not you could benefit from this tool.
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The bandsaw looks a little awkward,, but cuts amazingly straight and square. I have one at work (28V) that I use freestyle on angle iron, square tubing and pipe. My home saw is a/c and I use it so frequently, I have it set up in a stand on my workbench. It is my go-to tool for just about everything. Only annoying thing is the light casts a shadow on my work surface which sometimes makes it difficult to follow a line without an auxiliary light. Would be nice if the light had a separate switch. Love the saw.
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I have to wonder if the corded is less of an obstacle to cutting than is the battery one, as that battery juts out & looks like it would impede positioning the tool. Perhaps the body should be hinged at some point.
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Hold the pruner with both hands such that the saw is on your left, hold each part of the black plastic locking mechanism with both hands and rotate counter-clockwise your right hand, and clockwise your left hand. It will loosen to allow you to adjust to your desired length.