Leon said
So are you saying that when you are working on a $100 piece of plywood and
want to cut it to rough size by cutting 3' off of one end that you let the
3', $37 piece fall to the ground?

http://media.ptg-online.com/20050103...0-01-04-04.pdf

Take a look here at the Porter Cable site and owners manual from the OP's
saw and see how it shows to support both sides of a cut. I too have made
a WHOLE buncha cuts ;:~) with a portable circle saw and have not had a
problem supporting both sides when setting up properly. Done with a worm
drive it may be a scarey thing. BUT, the worm drives are not in question
here. The OP is concerned about a sidewinder.

Nope. I was not talking about plywood sheets, just lumber. And the OP was
concerned about left vs right cutting saws not sidewinder vs worm drives.


To the OP, the majority of saws are left side blades. That's a fact.

Leon said
Maybe on the Left coast but just about anywhere else, walk into any store
selling portable circle saws you will find the right handed ones and the
few left ones will be displayed and stocked in about the same proportions
as right handed and left handed people.

Maybe at Wal-Mart. However, facts are stubborn things. Left side blade saws
are more popular. Each manufacture will tell you that. And if you are
correct, why do the saw manufacturers only make left side cordless versions?
(At least I haven't seen any right side ones.)

Dave




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