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Alligator Saw or Sabre Saws

Does anyone have any experience of Dewalt DW390 275mm Alligator Saw or BOSCH PROFESSIONAL 1600W TANDEM SAW GFZ 16-35AC. I have an electric chain saw which does most of what I need to do for preparing wood for turning but I thought that theses other saws might be safer and easier to use for knocking corners off of bowl blanks etc. I do not have a very big band saw or much room in the workshop (shed really workshop is a bit grand) so I thought one of these saws might come in handy,however I dont want to buy one and then find they dont work very well.

Remember after it has hit the wall behind you its on its way back again.Chas.

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Bowlauncher
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Hmmmm. Are you in the UK? I did a quick google search on both saws you mentioned and the URLs I looked at all seemed to be in the UK - perhaps these saws aren't available in the US, so you you may have to wait for a UKer to respond.

If you have an electric chain saw, then I don't see a lot of advantage to this type of saw. It certainly looks intriguing for those of us who don't want to go outside and fire up the gas chain saw though.

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Owen Lowe

I have such a saw and I have used it with a 12" blade for cutting limbs, it would not be the first saw I'd use to blank a bowl. Those long blades are flexible and difficult to control. A 12" electric chain saw would cut faster and straighter. Dan

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Dan Bollinger

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Hi Owen. Yes I am in the UK just thought that this type of saw would be nicer to use in the workshop than a chain saw and they do have dust extraction connections which would make indoor use more pleasant. Chas.

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Bowlauncher

Hi Dan The saws I was looking at have a guide bar like a chain saw is yours this type or is it just a blade like a jig saw. Chas.

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Bowlauncher

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