How old is the compound sliding miter saw? Of course, it could be considered a variant of a radial arm saw, which could be a variant of the sawmill circular saw, etc. ...
Did you know someone once claimed to have found circular saw marks on a block from an Egyptian pyramid?
I'll send the URL to him.
[ Someday, BAD will tell me the name of his broker. Unless it's the same one Martha used. ]
Right next to the empty wrappers of Martian Power Bars.
mttt responds:
And those were on top of Coke bottles.
Charlie Self "Health food makes me sick." Calvin Trillin
Most recent new power thing I can think of is the Rotozip.
Well, no. Rockwell (Delta) claims to be the first but Tannewitz (a word meaning very, very, very good wooddorking machinery) pre-dated the Rockwell (Delta). Exact dates are not at my finger tips.
UA100
The rotozip is really just a die grinder with attachments.
a _cheap_ die grinder with _hokey_ attachments....
Another variation on a router or a die grinder.
UA100
And speaking of which, any..., umm..., anyone want..., well..., anyone want..., hmmm..., anyone want to..., well,
buy mine...?
UA100, semi-ashamed to admit falling for one of these when he was doing some drywall work but not ashamed enough to not try and make some money back onnit...
Yeah, but then he'll complain to us all about what a piece of crap it is
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Back in about 1970 I worked for a carpenter that had a power miter saw. It was a belt drive, all blue, probably anodized aluminum unit. Had a lever thing under the saw (about where now they have the angle adjust) that operated it. A little round chrome power switch right there on top this lever. Don't recall the name but Tannewitz doesn't ring a bell.
-- John, in Minnesota
That would have probably been the Rockwell (Delta) and not the Tannewitz.
I did find the literature I was looking for on the Tannewitz. The date for this, as you will read, is 1926 which kinda blows Rockwell/Delta much later claim away.
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