Has anyone noticed that a large number of circular saws don't come with riving knives anymore?
My new bargain AEG doesn't have one, a lot of the new Bosch don't, Sparky & GMC don't, even Skil.
I took the riving knife off my Mak so I could do plunge cuts, never found it caused a problem.
Wonder whats changed?
Also just noticed the AEG doesn't have a safety button - e.g. the one you have to depress before you can pull the trigger.
Odd in our increasingly safety mad world.
a large number of circular saws don't come with
No riving knife? No safety switch? Perhaps there's a reason it's cheap ;-)
The long-overdue demise of the nanny state :-)
large number of circular saws don't come with
Toolstation have the exact same model @ £125!
Perhaps it was originally designed for the US market where these things are less common?
Can you fit wobble-washers for a wide groove? Or maybe a proper dado head? maybe not hand-held.... :(
R.
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