On 10/11/2013 3:09 PM, SonomaProducts.com wrote:
On Friday, October 11, 2013 11:38:54 AM UTC-7, Sonny wrote:
Trying to finish the shop roof and my Craftsman saw quit. Searched for comparison studies and found this: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...n-test#slide-1



The Craftsman, they noted, is what I have, 1 yr old. I assume, either the switch quit or the brushes are bad. Can't remove the brushes without lots of other disassembly. Took the switch apart and parts flew all over.... don't know how to replace them. I hate when a tool quits in the middle of a job, especially one that is not very old. I'm ****ed, having spent an hour+ troubleshooting it, when I could have bought a new one and be back working within that wasted time. *And, as they noted, this Craftsman is heavy, making it very uncomfortable.



The Bosch CS20 was Pop. Mechanics top choice. Sears has them on sale for $99. They are regularly $150. I hope it's as good as they say, I'm going get one. At that price, I might get two.



Sonny

I "ashamedly" have a Craftsman 12" SCMS and broke it bad by running into the locking handle and snapping stuff inside. Sears fixed it in about two weeks as it was less than a year old.

Is it still under warranty? If so they fix it all free. Not sure how they feel about prior disassembly by the consumer though.

Because I'm a lefty I got tired of not being able to grab the saw where
I wanted and also the sawdust in the face.

I found that porter cable made one of the only powered sidewinders
around. It's a nice saw weight wise. Magnesium base... but I think power
wise it is not what I would have thought from porter cable (20+ years
ago). They used to make good tools, but that must have been when they
started to turn.. I still like it. if I had to do one again, it would be
a track saw... not sure who's... But I think this will be passed onto my
son, not that he'll ever use it.

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Jeff