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Article: Cordless circular saws: new cordless circular saws have enough power and depth of cut to rival corded circular saws.(Product/Service Evaluation)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Light Construction
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
- Author:
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Almost three years ago, JLC tested the most powerful cordless circular saws then on the market.
The author of the resulting article ("Cordless Saw Update," 12/99) concluded that, although handy for small jobs, cordless saws were not up to the heavy-duty performance we expect from corded saws. Having used several of the earlier cordless models, I began this review with a healthy dose of skepticism, too. My goal was to determine whether cordless saws had improved to the point that we could set aside our corded saws for good.
I pressed the saws to their limits, using them for the same tasks I use my corded framing saw for. At the renovation company where I ...