Hi, cant see one on line & was wondering if there was an such a thing as an inline electric circular saw brake ??. The mitre/bench saw i have is fine. But if i am cutting a lots of wood "IE: a hundred pieces" I have to wait for the blade to stop on every cut. Any sensible idea's. ??
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Anyone seen an inline circular saw brake ??
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They are built into saw , not an add on. Is yours faulty?
No not faulty, its just when cutting a lot of wood it takes twice as long compered to one with a brake. Wasn't sure if it could be braked externally via some electronics as i am sure that's how they do it. But may also be done via electronic magnets. There are a lot of lorry brake assists work this way.
What make and model is your saw?
That comes up on my screen as a battery job and I have no experience of rechargeable jobs, sorry.
230V mains. Link
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Er. It has a guard. Just let the saw rise, guard comes down, blade can spin to a stop without risk of you bashing your hand on it while you mark for the next cut..
Or mark all your cuts first and just keep the saw running; aftermarket fit a shadow alignment light (or laser) if it doesn't already have a working laser beam mark so you know where the blade will land, spin it up and then plunge/feed/plunge/feed...
Or when you've finished your cut, release the trigger so the saw powers down and push the work item into the blade (the cut end will press on the side of the blade and arrest it)
Or mark all your cuts first and just keep the saw running; aftermarket fit a shadow alignment light (or laser) if it doesn't already have a working laser beam mark so you know where the blade will land, spin it up and then plunge/feed/plunge/feed...
Or when you've finished your cut, release the trigger so the saw powers down and push the work item into the blade (the cut end will press on the side of the blade and arrest it)
Laugh! The laser was the 1st thing to break off. Will try some S/Glue.
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Sounds like like might need a more robust fixing, and possibly a technique adjustment, if it was caused by the saw flinging a piece of wood into it
You didn't say what you're cutting, if it's eg firewood and you don't really care about the precision of the length, then it's easy to keep the saw running and just plunge plunge plunge ..
If it's more precise, and you can cope with marking up eg X marks at a time, adding the width of the saw blade onto all but the first then again, you can keep it running and you put the wood through though you might want to set yourself up for it properly; an indeed support or two, outfeed bin, chute or table etc
You didn't say what you're cutting, if it's eg firewood and you don't really care about the precision of the length, then it's easy to keep the saw running and just plunge plunge plunge ..
If it's more precise, and you can cope with marking up eg X marks at a time, adding the width of the saw blade onto all but the first then again, you can keep it running and you put the wood through though you might want to set yourself up for it properly; an indeed support or two, outfeed bin, chute or table etc
assuming you are working with a length stop have you thought about cutting multiples at once in the same or different orientation or in deed a multiple off both to fit the cut area off the blade and motor clearance limits
also its possible to let the trigger go just before the full cut and aim for say a 50% reduction in dwell time whilst it spins down
often the savings you think you can make can be far less than the time thinking about it 'implementing it unless its an ongoing possibility where the 2 -5 seconds or so per cut saved can multiply enough to exceed the planning
also its possible to let the trigger go just before the full cut and aim for say a 50% reduction in dwell time whilst it spins down
often the savings you think you can make can be far less than the time thinking about it 'implementing it unless its an ongoing possibility where the 2 -5 seconds or so per cut saved can multiply enough to exceed the planning
With practice, you will be able to take your finger off the trigger just before you have completed the cut, and that will slow the blade.
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Yeah, but only do it if it's a rough cut..
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