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Hello Everyone
I am looking at getting an 18 volt circular saw. I am interested in either Milwaukee or Hitachi as I have batteries for both of their 18 volt platforms. I currently own the M12 fuel circular saw, but I am bogging it down cutting through 3/4 plywood. It gets the job done, but you have to go very slow. My current battery situation for Milwaukee is 2 5.0 and 2 2.0, while for Hitachi I have 2 3.0 compact.
The saws main job would be ripping plywood and mdf down, before it goes to the table saw. I am currently working on making kitchen cabinets, and counter tops for them. Future plans for the house will include some more projects that will involve ripping plywood.
Lowes has clearance the 6-1/2 Hitachi brushless cordless circular saw (C18DBALP4) down to $99.00 from $199. The saw looks like it will meet my needs for my projects. Does anyone have any experience with this saw? Also, have you used it with the 3.0 compact batteries? I don’t want to buy a bigger battery in Hitachi as the only tools I am running from Hitachi are the cordless brad and pin nailer.
Link to the saw: Home Depot
Thank you for the feed back.
Have you tried a better blade?
My 6 1/2 inch cordless circular saw it as well with a 40 tooth blade.
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Mordekyle wrote:
28 minutes ago, Mordekyle said:Have you tried a better blade?
My 6 1/2 inch cordless circular saw it as well with a 40 tooth blade.
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My current 12 volt Milwaukee has the 5 3/8 36 tooth blade from Diablo. I have been using it for a little while, so I could swap it out to see if my results are better. I do like this saw especially for the size and weight, just saw this clearance deal from Lowes and got me thinking about upgrading to it.
The Hitachi is surprisingly powerful, on my YouTube channel I reviewed it and it can handle quite a bit, I’d recommend upgrading to bigger batteries though.
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