Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Woodworking => Topic started by: shorthair on June 21, 2007, 12:17:05 am
-
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=352836&pn=3
-
Fair deal. Usually new name brand units go for about $100 so it is not a $200 dollar unit like they would have you believe. Still a good price though. Now if you want to do any heavy cutting forget it. The spiral saw is good for drywall, thin wood and I have seen them used on tile but it may depend on the saw bit. It is great for cutting down a TV case or carving vent holes in a monitor. Depends what you want to do with if whether it will be worthwhile to have in your collection. Rotozip used to be the one that started it alll but I think they went out of business. Ryobi makes one now.
-
Well, at $30, you're not out much if it sucks.
-
I don't know anyone who's purchased a spiral saw and found it useful for anything except making ragged cuts in drywall. I also don't know anyone who's purchased a no-name cordless tool and had the batteries last very long. I'd pass if I were you...
-
My Black and Decker cordless (with the battery nonremovable) didn't last long.
Certainly, that drywall cut is easy to make with a $5 keyhole saw.
-
This thing is not at all good for cutting holes in MDF it that is what you are thinking. I used a spiral bit on my dremel and it took a lot of work to cut a small arc in 3/4 MDF.
-
Thanks. I thought I saw someone talking about using one of these, but I guess not.