On 2/5/2017 2:56 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 11:08:20 AM UTC-5, Leon wrote:
On 2/5/2017 9:46 AM, Brewster wrote:
On 2/4/17 12:16 PM, Swingman wrote:
On 2/4/2017 1:08 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
I pretty much decided if I ever get a cement board siding job, I'm just
going to buy a new POS miter saw and chalk it up as a disposable/rental
expense.

Harbor Freight has a super cheap CMS that I've heard actually performs
decently. I think it would be a good candidate.

On 2/4/2017 1:08 PM, wrote:
I have a Harbor Freight 10" for outside and construction jobs. I'll
have to reside one side of my house this spring but the Bosch will
stay in the basement.

Exactly ... picked up a Ridgid at the Borg, for under $200, Section 179,
expendable bucks.


I bought one of those cement siding specific blades (Hardie board) for
my Skill saw. Widely spaced carbide tipped teeth. Kinda spendy and the
teeth came off after maybe 20 linear feet of cuts. I went back to a dirt
cheap HF carbide blade, they last a long time and certainly a better
cost/benefit that the expensive blade.

-BR



I have cut a lot of Hardie with a dedicated Sears circular saw and with
a diamond blade, no teeth. It works well but stirs a lot of dust.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Skil-7-in-W...-Blade/3142677

You want dust? I cut this stone riser with a POS Craftsman circular saw
using one of those diamond blades.

http://i.imgur.com/k44Xzny.jpg

Luckily, that job killed the saw (my first one). My next, and current saw,
is a PC 743 left blade.

A veteran framer introduced me to left blade circular saws. As a right
handed person, I don't have to lean over the saw to see the cut line.

Left blade saws have been around for a while, for left handed people.
FWIW the saw is intended to be used so that you do not see the blade,
seeing the blade typically means more dust in your face.


IOW, I don't have to do this:

http://tinyurl.com/right-blade