All (non-left handed) circular saws with which I'm familiar (which is a
pretty small subset of the universe) have the blade on the right of the
handle and the handle has a thumb operated trigger lock on the left side
of the grip. When a left handed person uses such a saw the arm has to
pass over the top of the blade rather than away from it and the user's
body is to the right of the saw rather than mostly behind it as a right
hander would be. In addition, since the left handed user's thumb is on
the right side of the grip, it's not possible to operate the trigger
lock located on the left side.
Here's a left handed saw
<http://www.acetoolonline.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MIL-6391-21&utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=Milwaukee639121714InchCircularSawLeftHandedWithCase&utm_content=Milwaukee639121714InchCircularSawLeftHandedWithCase&utm_campaign=googlebase&site=google_base>
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/17/2010 8:00 PM, Jeff Keller wrote:
> The worm drive saws typically have the motor to the left of the blade while
> the "direct drive" typically have the motor to the right of the blade. Is
> there anything else that would determine left vs. right hand?
>
> I believe there is at least one "direct drive" similar to the worm drive
> orientation.
>
> Jeff Keller
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 4:50 AM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] Battery types [was - iPods from Apple]
>
> It's strange that, although predominantly left handed, there are certain
> things I can't do left handed. Using scissors is one of them, firing a
> pistol is another. But I do wish that my infrequent right handedness
> extended to using a circular saw. Left handed circular saws are
> available but only at extremely high prices. But using a right handed
> circular saw in a left handed manner is pretty dangerous. I have to be
> extremely careful and avoid it whenever possible.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
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