On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:23:46 GMT, (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

writes:
On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 09:30:39 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 8/15/2017 6:46 AM, Dr. Deb wrote:
I bought a Black and Decker 7 1/4" circular saw a few months ago and loved it.

Last Friday I was breaking down some 2" Southern Yellow Pine (with the required 12' rips) and it started blowing smoke, vast quantities of smoke, out the motor vents, with the melodic sound of bearings going south.

Did a bit of research and the DeWalt 575 was the first or second on everyone's list. It should be in today and we will see if it lives up to its billing.


B & D was the choice of professionals in the past but the last pro
quality tool they made was probably about 1960. They were fine for the
home handyman use. I had one for many years for light duty. Making 12'
rips was not their forte.

I don't know about DeWalt. They used to be a higher quality. Meantime,
can you get the B&D repaired under warranty? Keep it as a spare or sell
it and recoupe some of your cost.
Makita is still a lot better than DeWalt - so are Milwaukee and Skill

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).
They still make several worm drive saws. The Sawsquatch is one of
them. Remember, Skill is now owned by Bosch.
They stil make the SHD77 too amd the SPT 77 and 78 models.(as well as
the MeduSaw for concrete)