All these home improvement stores SUCK! - Page 2

fargon · 08-28-2019, 02:37 PM

The saw is a hand held circular saw. And the blade is the most expensive one that Menards had.

Undertoad · 08-28-2019, 02:41 PM

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Harbor Freight

Well there's your problem right there

fargon · 08-28-2019, 02:49 PM

The machine works perfectly. It's the blades that suck.

lumberjim · 08-28-2019, 03:13 PM

Pics of the saw and cedar please

Gravdigr · 08-28-2019, 04:17 PM

Blade guard stuck?

Hopalong48 · 08-28-2019, 06:48 PM

I use Diablo blades with good results, I think Diablo is a Mexican fighting chicken.

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lumberjim · 08-28-2019, 09:46 PM

So's yer mom.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-29-2019, 01:00 AM

Won't go and no smoke? If the blade is touching the wood there would be smoke. Something else is holding it up. I'm guessing it's a 7 1/4" so I asked google. They showed a dozen and a half blades from Sears to Milwaukee, but none of the high end blades.

fargon · 08-29-2019, 08:08 AM

I'll go to my shop this morning and take Jim's pic's. And check it out there has got to be something else holding it up. Sometimes I'm a Stupid Fucker.

lumberjim · 08-29-2019, 12:26 PM

He said the blade spins, but won't advance. So it must be catching on the sled or something. If it wasn't the right collar, it wouldn't spin. If there were a nail in the wood he'd get sparks.

fargon · 08-29-2019, 01:14 PM

i don't know what it was today I went to my shop and cut out the transom piece just like it was supposed to yesterday. Sometimes I'm just a stupid fucker.

glatt · 08-29-2019, 01:27 PM

Catching the sled is what i was thinking too. (Assuming you mean the saw base was hitting a protruding knot or something.) I've run into that sort of thing before, when I am pressing down hard to be super sure to keep control of the saw, and some irregularity on the workpiece surface was grabbing the front edge of the saw's base and resisting the movement.

Glad you got it working, fargon!

lumberjim · 08-29-2019, 01:32 PM

Could have been standing on the power cord too

glatt · 08-29-2019, 01:41 PM

That's actually quite likely. I've probably done that before.

fargon · 08-29-2019, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

Could have been standing on the power cord too

Good Possibility.

08-28-2019, 02:37 PM	#16
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	The saw is a hand held circular saw. And the blade is the most expensive one that Menards had. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

08-28-2019, 02:49 PM	#18
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	The machine works perfectly. It's the blades that suck. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

08-28-2019, 03:13 PM	#19
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Pics of the saw and cedar please __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-28-2019, 04:17 PM	#20
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08-28-2019, 09:46 PM	#22
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	So's yer mom. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-28-2019, 06:48 PM	#21
Hopalong48 Colloquialist Join Date: Oct 2018 Posts: 76	I use Diablo blades with good results, I think Diablo is a Mexican fighting chicken. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk

08-29-2019, 01:00 AM	#23
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Won't go and no smoke? If the blade is touching the wood there would be smoke. Something else is holding it up. I'm guessing it's a 7 1/4" so I asked google. They showed a dozen and a half blades from Sears to Milwaukee, but none of the high end blades. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-29-2019, 08:08 AM	#24
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	I'll go to my shop this morning and take Jim's pic's. And check it out there has got to be something else holding it up. Sometimes I'm a Stupid Fucker. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

08-29-2019, 12:26 PM	#25
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	He said the blade spins, but won't advance. So it must be catching on the sled or something. If it wasn't the right collar, it wouldn't spin. If there were a nail in the wood he'd get sparks. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-29-2019, 01:14 PM	#26
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	i don't know what it was today I went to my shop and cut out the transom piece just like it was supposed to yesterday. Sometimes I'm just a stupid fucker. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

08-29-2019, 01:27 PM	#27
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Catching the sled is what i was thinking too. (Assuming you mean the saw base was hitting a protruding knot or something.) I've run into that sort of thing before, when I am pressing down hard to be super sure to keep control of the saw, and some irregularity on the workpiece surface was grabbing the front edge of the saw's base and resisting the movement. Glad you got it working, fargon!

08-29-2019, 01:32 PM	#28
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Could have been standing on the power cord too __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-29-2019, 01:41 PM	#29
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's actually quite likely. I've probably done that before.

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