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On Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 11:23:51 AM UTC-5, Scott Lurndal wrote:

I think that depends on the Skil model - the homeowners models (used to) suck,
but the worm-drive saws are de rigueur on job sites (and it appears that
Skil no longer makes the worm-drive saws).

Actually, it is their flagship saw. For a while, they made them for Bosch as well. Don't know about now. I didn't realize they were making this many sidewinders, though.

https://goo.gl/y3vdVN

Ah, I see that there is a Skil Tools (which makes the homeowner crap)
and SkilSaw (which makes the good stuff).