Greetings all, it's been a few years since I have been here, I hope I can become welcome back.
I have been searching the 'net for about 1-1/2 weeks trying to gather info on every circular saw that I can find. I need the standard 7-1/4" sidewinder, I have seen some old posts from the 90's and a few years ago from this group but I fing it very hard to find ratings of torque and horsepower. The Milwaukees have 3-1/4hp, the yellow Dewalts have
2200 'max watts out' or less (as I have learned about), that meaning just under 3hp... the latest standard 14- 15 amp motors with high RPMs of anywhere from 5000 to 6200 (that one is the left blade bosch cs5). I do not want a left blader.I have used some in store opportunity to plug in some
6 or 7 saws to hear the noise levels (as I live in an apt-plex with outside doors. There are babies every- where that sleep all hours of the day and night, and I have a fenced-in patio I can work on with saw horses). I listened to a Makita 5007, dewalt dw368, a 14 amp - 2.5hp Skil with a red handle (sells for 69.99) OSH own make, of the same specs as the Skil (Orchard Supply Hardware akin with Sears) and sells current sale for 34.99. No doubt out of the same factory as the Craftsmans.All the saws I tried were very loud except one, the following, was acceptably the quietest.
I cannot remember all the names but I did try only one at Home Depot which was the Ridgid r3202, which I mostly have my eye on because it is of highest current specs, and lots of magnesium, upper and lower blade guards and the shoe base as well. 15 amps and 5800rpm, but I do not know it's HP or torque ratings, does anyone own one of these?
I would like to effectively cut through 2" hardwoods with a finer blade, no table saw locally capable, so that's why I am curious about horse power and torque. Or does it matter all that much, with circular saws?
Tall Alex Carpinteria, SoCal