Boricua said:
I would like to buy another circular saw and was checking out the two new ones that Porter-Cable have out. It's the ones with a mirror image of each other. By that I mean one of them the blade is to the right of the motor and the other one the blade is to the left. Am I correct that the one with the blade to the right of the motor is for a right handed person even though the line to cut would be a little hard to see? The one that I have, the blade is to the left of the motor which makes it much easier to see the cutting line and I am right handed. I just want to make sure which one is which. Just a thought...
I have the blade to the right and am right handed. I was tempted to go the other way because the worm drive saw I used years ago on the job site was with the blade to the left.
After doing some soul searching, doing what reading I could, talking to a PC guy at a show, having several discussions with others, learning what I could about the designs I went with the conventional saw. It was a mater of safety, with this design my left hand has to be farther away from the blade and since I most often use a guide for the saw the sight issue doesn't really matter.
Another guy at work was also interested in the same saw but he was left handed, as a fall back we figured that if both of us didn't like what we got we could switch..... turned out we both loved the ones we got.
I got this saw to replace a old B&D..... again I should have done it a long time before I did, like night and day......
BTW your cuts will be a lot better with a guide..... honest!
Ed