123hotchef
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BEWARE! Despite the above positive comments regarding cordless circular saws, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to disagree.
So is my experience of a Milwaukee M18 BLCS with the 65mm blade. Firstly I should like to point out I am NOT a trades person and thus the tool sees minimal usage, DIY projects only. I have only used quality blades with the tool, Makita and Milwaukee only.
I've owned the saw for just under a year now. Back in spring while cutting steel roofing sheets the the saw ceased to work while in operation, it began to drop in RPM just before it stopped. I use my tools with care and give respect to mechanical sympathy, it wasn't as if I was working the saw hard. That said when I first used the saw I thought it lacked the grunt of a corded tool.
Just this very evening the tool has failed yet again. The circumstances are slightly different, this time 11mm OSB but again the tool appeared to be labouring and that's it...it stops dead. I could understand if perhaps the blades were blunt but they aren't, anything but.
I'm returning to 240v. Cordless tools most definitely have their place, I have a few of Milwaukee's cordless as it is and they perform well but this certainly doesn't. I personally wouldn't buy a cordless table or mitre saw either based on this experience, I just don't think cordless can match the torque of 240v.
U must have a duff one send it back! I have the milwakee Skill saw brushless its great eats 100mm fence posts, I also have the big compound mitre saw that changed my life when out on jobs, I just purchased the hacksall to go with my recipro saw too as the recipro could not get into some of the harder to reach places like eaves ect they all work well the hacksall and reciprocating saw do smell of hot grease when in use though thats my only bug bear with them