How to Use a Circular Saw - Change Blades, Prevent Binding and more

Circular saw blades binding is a pretty common problem, but don't let that scare you away from using them. I'll show you how you can fix that and I'm also gonna show you a few other things that you can do with the circular saws to help you with your projects.
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What I'm talking about. As I was making this cut, see how the weight of this board is pushing up against that blade? And that's why it's binding up. It's doing that because it doesn't have any support on the side of the board. But I've got these 2x4's that I'm using. What I'm gonna do is move this board over to give it support on both sides. And I'm going to place the center of this cut right in between these two boards, and you wanna be sure and do that on both ends. Now, I've got the center of the cut right in between these two boards so it's supported on both sides and I should be able to finish this cut without any problems. To put your saw blade back in, you need to move your guard to put your blade in. And most saws have this, but this particular one has this lever so you can move your guard without actually putting your fingers so close. This has worked really well so far having support on both sides of this board. But now I have another problem. Because my sawhorses aren't wide enough to hold the whole board, when I finish this cut, probably what's going to happen, this side of the board is so heavy it's probably gonna tip right off. But that's not hard to fix either. Just take a piece of scrap wood or anything that you may have and slide it up underneath these boards. Now see I've got support for that side of the board as well. I shouldn't have any more problems. Now I've got a nice, clean cut and nothing fell apart. The way I was just cutting lengthwise on the board in between the two 2x4's is called ripping, or rip cut. Now let's say that you wanna cut across your board, which is called a cross cut. If you leave your blade sitting where it is right now, it's at about two and a half inches depth. So you'd be cutting through your 2x4's. So the easiest way not to do that is to adjust your blade and it's real important that you always unplug your power tools before you start adjusting your blade. Let me show you the easiest way to do this. Set your saw right here on the edge of the material that you're fixing to cut. This has a lock lever right here in the back, so you wanna lift that up to unlock it and then you wanna move your fence out of the way. Now you can put your thumb right here on the support plate and just lift your saw up. See how you can adjust your blade just by doing that? And where you'd wanna put your blade is just right below, it's a little low. You wanna have your teeth of the blade just right below that wood and that will assure you that you won't be cutting through your 2x4's. Once you get it adjusted go ahead and lock it right back in place and now you're ready to make your cut. So let me just move this board back and centered with these 2x4's so I get support to make this cut and I'm gonna go ahead and move this scrap piece of wood out of the way. You know, being able to adjust that blade like that really comes in handy anytime you're just barely trying to cut through something, but you don't wanna cut too deeply into whatever it is underneath. Let me show you what I'm talking about. Now that we've got our cut, let's take a look at these 2x4's. See how this saw just barely cut into these and didn't damage the structure.
And you know, the circular saw isn't just for cutting wood. You can use it to cut other things, such as tile or brick or even metal. But to do that, you're going to have to know how to change the blade. Before you change your blade remember to unplug your saw. Now most circular saws come with their own standard wrench and the way that you change the blade, go ahead and lift that fence up out of the way and you need to put pressure on top of the saw so that your blade bites down into the wood and it won't slip on you. Get that loosened just like that and you can lay it back up on its side. Now remove the washer and the blade should just lift right out. Now I've got three blades that we can use. Got one to cut metal, masonry and tile. Let's go ahead and put the metal one on. So put the new blade in place. Put the washer and bolt on and now screw it down as much as you can with your fingers to keep the washer in place. Then use the wrench to tighten it the rest of the way and you're ready to go. Anytime that you're cutting metal, I would recommend that you wear gloves and be forewarned that the metal does through off sparks. Also, you need to wear your safety goggles. Except for the sparks, cutting through the metal isn't that much different than cutting through the wood.

[@georgenlfull]

*Works great **MyBest.Tools** . Little lacking in power. You just have to cut a little slower. Compare to Rockwell pretty similar experience but cheaper price tag for this one. Love the lightest. Cuts accurately too.*

[@prasaddixit]

Thank you for this video. It saved my day. I was having binding issue and was completely clueless. Your video is spot on and helped me identify and fix thre problem

[@josieheart1]

Thanks, I need to cut some wood but I’m really scared. Your video was the most helpful so far.

[@AntonioSmith-RCA]

I've been having binding issues and out of all the videos Ive searched through yours was most helpful. Thank you

[@YourNewHouse]

Glad it helped, thanks for watching!

[@georgedavall9449]

I think I’d watch this young lady cook spaghetti! 🤔😁😊 Seriously, good video, and good and safe saw Practice! Big thumbs up! 👍✌🏻😁🇺🇸

[@TouchofShunshine]

Thank you. You got to the point.

[@j.radford7109]

Cute, smart and helpful. What's not to like?

[@hphillips7425]

Good video I like the features your saw has. My 40 year old saws don’t even have a spindle lock

[@OurCatioHome]

Great video! Very useful infor too. Looking forward to future updates.

[@chrismoser3481]

Great stuff! Can't wait for more

[@tinyv3]

Awesome!! Great job. Thank you.

[@girishtarun2408]

Thank you baby👌

[@bryansmith1303]

Great Tips!

[@bds3919]

Thanks for the tips

[@no_handle_required]

I love when a video doesn't rely on sexuality to get the point across, like most stupid youtube videos today. Classy presentation, and good information.

[@rickeshpatel4025]

I’ve found having a wooden bench can make cutting easier and can really be efficient.

[@jaggerlawson5089]

I know it's quite randomly asking but do anybody know a good place to watch new movies online?

[@kylanevan3909]

@Jagger Lawson Lately I have been using FlixZone. You can find it on google =)

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[@mary5292]

thanks! where is your ear protection?

[@xsteel3292]

Great tips! Question: New saw, new blade, however in cutting a 2x4 it would slow down-almost stopping about a 1/4" from the end, so I'd have to turn it over to complete the cut. Both sides of the 2x4 were supported. Then did not happen on each cut though. Why? I am perplexed.

[@thelastgs-pian9965]

I am a DIYer on a budget so bought a small marble cutter , a smaller cousin of the circular saw, takes a 5 inch blade, but it gets stuck in even small 2inch thick crate lumber, sometimes even kickbacks dangerously, i have tried different blades 30 teeth and 40 teeth,but still no difference .can you make a video showing how the cut differs on using 30/40/50 teeth blades.

[@ginomiguel4809]

Does the speed accomodates both wood and metal?

[@alexk6745]

4:03 you start cutting and your body which is behind is very close to the cutline, in case of kickback you may cut your leg

[@donalddunn2983]

I purchased a brand new Diablo 71/4 24 tooth blade. First we know that the threads are reverse threaded and that the teeth have to point in the direction the motor turns. I went to put it on and thought my old age was catching up with me. Am I just stupid, I thought. Why is the printing on the back side of the blade? Maybe it's just Diablo that is stupid. I watched about three KZbins on changing a circular saw blade. They all showed the blade just like on here, printing on the correct side. I had my wife come in and watch it with me, She came to the same conclusion, the printing is on the wrong side of the blade. I did an internet search " why is my Diablo blade's printing on the wrong side of the blade" No results for that search. I looked at KZbin again and found one that showed the man putting it on with the printing on the reverse side. He said that it's a common mistake that people assume the printing would be on the side that you would see when installed. So, W.T.F.?

[@slicetheicejr8415]

marriage material, lord please send me a woman like this

[@CarlosHerrera-um5xs]

Lmao

[@michaelscott7890]

Cross cut & rip cut shouldn't apply to osb or other fabricated wood.

[@scor440]

Blade was to deep on the rip cut you really need to be aware of the information you hand out the blade should be set to the bottom of the carbide on all cuts!

[@marcosebastian5142]

U have a blessed husband ☝️🤩🤩

[@christopherkopeikin5536]

Also helps a lot if you wear a bikini so there is no loose clothing to get caught in the blade.