Paul wrote:
Have been looking(online at Lowe's) at circular saws. Want to have a good
one with a finishing blade for cutting ply, and hardwood, rip and crosscut.
Going to be using it for miter cuts and ripping pieces of wood that would be
awkward at best on my smallish table saw. Work space also limits adding
support tables to TS. I have seen, online the DeWalt, Milwaukee, and PC. The
PC looks interesting with the dust port that I can rig to my portable DC. I
would like an easy to adjust shoe, which looks like the DW and the PC.
Sooo, any thoughts on this. I have an old Skilsaw that was my dad's, but
think I'll keep it for use on MDF and rough cutting. Thanks.

My first choice would be the Festool. With the supplied guide, it's as
accurate as I care to make it with almost no chipping (on the guide side
of the cut). As a bonus, when used with a vacuum, there is almost no
dust to cleanup. (I bought the saw/guide/vacuum combination.)

BTW, the Festool is the third circular saw that I've bought. The first
two, a Makita hypoid and a Skil 77 Mag, are excellent saws, but more
suited to heavy-duty framing than to fine woodworking. With the proper
blade and guide, they would perform adequately; however, the Festool,
right out of the box, gave results equal to my Unisaw fitted with a zero
clearance insert.