Buttercup's Skil Saw Question

[Buttercup]

I need help. I'm making some more raised bed boxes for my garden today and I need to put a blade in the skil saw...the only problem is...which way do the teeth point? Up or down? :oops: (I would think up...but I want to make sure...don't want to mangle myself or anything.)

TIA :D

[Chuck]

Point them up the blade rotates clockwise. That way it cuts from the bottom up and pulls the saw into the wood. If it rotated the other way the saw would would want to jump out of the cut and run across the board.

[Buttercup]

Thanks a zillion Chuck. :D

I'm so anxious to get my garden underway...and with the nice weather today...I didn't want to waste a single minute.

Well...I'm off to tear into some wood!! :twisted:

[DreadPirate]

Hay Chuck thanks. I put it on backwards about 6 mounth ago and forgot. Wish I could have seen the look on her face when the wood started to smoke :lol:

[north runner]

Carbide or regular teeth. The carbide blades are way better. Although if you have to cut thru nails and crap there are special blades.

[DreadPirate]

Carbide or regular teeth. The carbide blades are way better. Although if you have to cut thru nails and crap there are special blades.

I had put it on backwards to cut sidding and forgot to switch it around.
Ya its carbid tooth. Its the only kind I use.

[north runner]

Carbide or regular teeth. The carbide blades are way better. Although if you have to cut thru nails and crap there are special blades.

I had put it on backwards to cut sidding and forgot to switch it around.
Ya its carbid tooth. Its the only kind I use.

You can cut siding that way? Wow. I've never tried that. I have a porter cable trim saw for siding and paneling. 4 1/2 inch blade.

[DreadPirate]

Will also work on thin alum. I mean real thin. Use an old blade though. When useing it for sidding make a slide jig with a cut guide, makes it easier to get a straight line.
:wink:

[Caplock50]

My brother always put a small-toothed saw blade on backwards for cutting the sheets of roofing tin. Noisy as all get-out, but it works.

[momof23goats]

dh has one of those, we had some clean scrape wood, untreated, and i ran it through that baby in no time, made just the right size wood for my cookstove!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ONlY a woman would think to use her hubbys saw for cutting fire wood. worked just grand.

[White lightning]

Keep a metal blade around for heavy metal. I can cut up 1/2 thick aluminum with mine no problem. Made some bed tie downs out of scrape c channel aluminum. Remember to wear a mask when cutting aluminum and keep the shavings.

[DreadPirate]

Remember to wear a mask when cutting aluminum and keep the shavings.

Lets not give anyone any ideas. :wink: :lol:
OOPS to late..

[White lightning]

No....Aluminum dust is very toxic, and as far as keeping the shavings it all adds up to cash in on. I keep all the little scraps of copper I work with as well.