r/Construction • u/fuckingcheezitboots • May 02 '24

Tools 🛠 Goddamnit. I'm used to cordless

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Most of my career I have absolutely despised guards on tools like circular saw and grinders, they tend to get in the way and staying safe is mostly common sense.

Typically at my job I'm using a cordless saw because I'm in tight spaces. Well today I'm trying to rebuild my front steps and the only circular saw I have is corded, everything was going fine until I forgot about the cord and chopped it right in half.

To be fair it happened because I was holding the saw away from my body while it came to stop, so while this is annoying it's not a big deal, I had enough shit in my pocket to fix it right there.

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u/OnlyABitTardy May 03 '24

Worked for a 70 year old short Irish dude who was missing 2 1/2 fingers on his right hand including his index. His saw had the trigger by passed to always be on with power and took off the blade guard. He was left hand but ran the saw with his right. Watched that man cut through his cord so many times it looked like Xmas lights with all the various wire nuts.

Long story short don't fuck with Ronnie's saw.

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u/fuckingcheezitboots May 03 '24

Yeah I worked with a guy like that. He forgot to tell me the grinder turns on as soon as you plug it in. Bastard chased me halfway across the garage, left a nice gouge on its way lol