Speak to any American chippy and worm-drive saws (i.e. Skilsaws) are the next best thing to a threesome with the Minogue sisters, but no-one seems to import them or make them for the UK or Europe - what's up with that? Any reason why not?
Worm-drive saws in the UK
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It's a circle saw with the motor driving the blade through 90 degrees, so the motor is in-line with the saw. Slower turning blade but more torque and a compact design, also a lot easier for a lefty like me to use.
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a worm gear is a right angle 1 revolution per tooth reduction so if you have 40 teeth on a cog it takes 40 revolutions for 1 revolution off the shaft
it looks a bit like a giant sized screw thread
of course if you increase the angle so you have several threads on the worm
and angle the teeth on the shaft you can have one to one ratio
it looks a bit like a giant sized screw thread
of course if you increase the angle so you have several threads on the worm
and angle the teeth on the shaft you can have one to one ratio
Sorry for the snotty reply earlier - I misinterpreted it.
This shows a typical wormdrive saw:
I first seen that type of Saw used on an old episode of this old house they are quite popular over in the states.
Might be worth importing one and running it off a site transformer.
Might be worth importing one and running it off a site transformer.
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