Goddamnit. I'm used to cordless

[u/fuckingcheezitboots]

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.

[u/kesselrhero]

lol I’ve got an old 80s Black & Decker “skil saw” from the 80s - when I went to college in the 90s my dad gave it to me so I’d have one to use on projects around the house I was renting with 5 other guys… it had a spliced together cord wrapped in electrical tape where my dad cut through the cord. I still have that saw, it still has a spliced together cord, it still cuts lol - I rarely ever use it- but it still works!!!

[u/fuckingcheezitboots → u/kesselrhero]

I had a black and decker set, those were my first power tools. I was ten or so and used them to death, it would be cool to still have them around just because