M12 fuel circular saw

I’ve been waiting for milwaukee to release one for months. I assumed it would be a bosch or metabo style 12v trim saw, but it looks like any other cordless 18v circular saw. Does anyone know the blade size on the milwaukee? I looked at the video and a pic but I can’t know for sure.

Yeah I’m thinking that it must be a 6-1/2″ blade!

If it can cut through a 2×4 piece of timber. I just can’t see a 5-1/2″ saw with that cut capacity…

A 5-1/2″ saw can cut a 2×4 but qbarely though. The harbor freight model I tried out barely could do it in one pass. I thought I’d have to flip the board over but the blade had about 1/16″ extra so it was cutting it close.

It needs to cut a 2×4 if not its going to be a harder sell if it doesn’t. I’m sure it will be great on ripping cuts though.

there you go! In aus our regular structural timber size is 45x90mm, but American’s have 2″x4″. Is your nominal 2″ depth actually 50mm, or dressed down closer to 45mm? 

Hold on a sec. I haven’t been around for a bit because of my current projects but am I reading this right. We are getting an m12 Fuel circular saw?

Yep, Brien Milwaukee are making a M12 battery platform fuel circular saw.

I’m pretty sure the 18v Ryobi 18v Circ saw just barely cuts a 2×4(1.5 inches). I might have to get the 18v Fuel 7.25 first, plus it has a dust port.

many of the 6-1/2″ saws have a cut capacity around 57mm, so I’m very shocked if they can get 50mm+ on the M12 with a 5-1/2″ blade! go Milwaukee!

DWAIN — our framing lumber dimensioning is a little confusing for someone unfamiliar…. 2×4 is a nominal dimension and is not representative of the actual dimensions of 1.5″x3.5″ or about 33mm x 89mm.

For a quick explanation, 2×4 is what a “stud” used to be (back in grandpa’s day) but now, after dried, the 2×4 lumber is surfaced down on all sides to provide greater uniformity which gives it it’s final dimension of 1.5″x3.5″

Want to get more confused? ?

A 1×6 is only .75″×5.5″ a 2×10 is actually 1.5″x9.25″

Consider yourself lucky that you use metric!!

Edit last post. Meant to say 38mm x 89mm

They show it cutting 2×4 in a video I watched. No problem

NERemodeling wrote:

DWAIN — our framing lumber dimensioning is a little confusing for someone unfamiliar…. 2×4 is a nominal dimension 

Consider yourself lucky that you use metric!!

Thanks, I thought that must be the case. I think I would top myself if I had to regularly use inches in such in inaccurate way! lol

In Australia we have standard sizes 35 x 90mm (typical stud) and 45 x 90mm. Rough cut timber is 50×100 or 100×100 etc, corresponding to your 2×4 or 4×4.

All what you get used to. I once had to draft (not doing any actual work, just messing around in CAD) in metric and it hurt my brain. Gimme feet any time… Though to be fair, my industry doesn’t use fractions, just tenths and hundredths (and lately, thousandths) of a foot.