@DrSayre argh… that was disappointing

@DrSayre If you don’t like the giphy, edit your post and just re-save it to get a new one. At least until the edit window closes. If you don’t like any of them, delete the post.

@boygenius1991 Hello there, my name is no one.

@wew
No, a Stryker saw is used to cut the skull

@wew If I had the smarts to diy this into a deli-style salami slicer, I’d be all over this. I’ve been tossing around the idea of making my own cold cuts–being healthier and also, mostly, saving buku bux.

@wew it only cuts 1" deep. I suggest a deli slicer.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Della-Electric-Meat-Slicer/198799356?action=product_interest&action_type=title&beacon_version=1.0.2&bucket_id=irsbucketdefault&client_guid=68e2e937-7559-4857-3c78-478ccd6dae8c&config_id=106&customer_id_enc&findingMethod=p13n&guid=68e2e937-7559-4857-3c78-478ccd6dae8c&item_id=198799356&parent_anchor_item_id=122763256&parent_item_id=122763256&placement_id=irs-106-t1&reporter=recommendations&source=new_site&strategy=PWVUB&visitor_id=SiZBvOGm3mZQ-_ndq3k3zQ

@jaypeeh

@jaypeeh They appear to still be in one piece. That’s not a very effective saw.

@Hanky I bought one a few years ago. Works just like they show here

@captkirkstny @Hanky
Have you experienced any problems with it, maybe something that other saws are better with?

@sammydog01 I’d suggest the Table Saw.

https://www.genuinefred.com/tsaw-table-saw

@steelopus Or a good guy with a Sawzall.

@thismyusername found it, but it looks discontinued. No price and not available. It even says dualsaw on the body and blades!

https://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-5-in-2-Blade-Circular-Saw-R3250/202581823

And here’s a knockoff being sold on eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/i/282730000074?chn=ps&ul_ref=http%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F711-117182-37290-0%2F2%3Fmpre%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.ebay.com%252Fi%252F282730000074%253Fchn%253Dps%26itemid%3D282730000074%26targetid%3D375022165639%26device%3Dm%26adtype%3Dpla%26googleloc%3D9012442%26poi%3D%26campaignid%3D962373765%26adgroupid%3D46238024325%26rlsatarget%3Dpla-375022165639%26abcId%3D1129816%26merchantid%3D108897787%26gclid%3DCjwKCAiA24PVBRBvEiwAyBxf-QZTfbCfgjidnsxlzyKGiUs-d7P49nxsQiyL-4kzD16wGh94qGBnyRoC73YQAvD_BwE%26srcrot%3D711-117182-37290-0%26rvr_id%3D1460586261240

@RiotDemon FIFY
https://www.ebay.com/itm/282730000074/

@RiotDemon yea, but what is going on with meh, they still have the crap, but now at standard prices?

@geekyGirl58 compare the WEIGHT of ‘RIDGID’ vs. this… Almost DOUBLE. That alone makes this one WAY better.

@wyadams The RIDGID brand boasts “Ergonomically sound Fuego design”, but I don’t see a clip of Fuego cutting a car in half with it.

@wyadams It’s not a Fuego, but it IS a Renault.

@djslack I was sold until you pointed this out.

@djslack @therealjrn You want the next model up, the “Destroyer” CS650. It has a 1.75" cut depth.

http://www.dualtools.com/power-tools/dualsaw-destroyer-cs650/

Cant find it listed for sale anywhere, though. Good luck finding replacement blades in a year. Seems like you can only add it to a ‘wish list’ on the dualtools.com website, and they have a ‘pro’ line that looks no different (maybe warranty? Ha ha)

@djslack Made me pause and think. I still want it! I have a miter saw for the thicker stuff. My issue with the miter saw is it’s reach isn’t very far. Good for cutting 2x4s, trim, and not much else.
/giphy tempting-noiseless-cilantro

@djslack Good grief - that’s terrible. Definitely MEH now.

@djslack ToolMonger has a discussion of this DualSaw from Nov., 2011! They point out that Craftsman, Rigid, Dremel, Harbor Freight and Canadian Tire all have a saw like this in their lineups.

Gene says:
November 8, 2011 at 5:10 am
All I can do is laugh when I read “I bought one”
We had a tool Rep come out to our job site and let 12 of us put this THING to a hands on,in the field test. After two hours,the REP said he was convinced that he would never be able to sell this item to any one with any real tool experience. There was not one demonstration that he tried, that couldn’t be completed better and faster with a simple 5″ Grinder.
I still laugh about it when I see one in the store, because that’s the only place you will ever see one.

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Larry Watkinson says:
December 15, 2012 at 4:07 pm
Own one by Dual Saw- love it but like everything has limitations- depth of cut, blade life if abussed, cutting curves. Awesome to not have to change blade on wide range of plastics, metal and wood. No kick back- huge. Awesome on drywall framing, sheetmetal. I cut a lot of heavy guage aluminum- like butter. Should be in every handyman’s arsenal.

@Al_Coholic according to IMBd that was 2009

@bleedmichigan Yeah that sounds about right. I’ve kinda wanted one of these ever since.

@Al_Coholic I think @bleedmichigan was pointing out that ‘several years ago’ was actually ‘almost a decade’.

Because we’re old. Damnit.

@Al_Coholic @Sapper Ding Ding we have a winner.

@bleedmichigan @Sapper Dang. Yeah, it sucks.

@UncleVinny I can’t un-hear it!

@sammydog01 I’m surprised he looked scared. Those things are pretty safe. If you don’t have them pushed hard enough against the material, they won’t fire.

@sammydog01
/youtube Penn and Teller nail gun

@sammydog01 That’s been modified–the safety pawl that needs depressed has been welded down.

But don’t worry, plenty of people find unusual ways to hurt themselves with a nail gun. I once had a 3" brad hit a knot and take a 90 degree turn, arcing out and perfectly around my index finger that was holding the wood. I had to bend it out to free my finger. No injuries except for a sprained sphincter.

@sammydog01 @Sapper One of the first times I used a nail gun was for toenailing near the edge of a sheet of plywood. I missed the stud behind it and the nail ripped through the ply and went ricocheting off somewhere.

Got a bit of an education out of that.

@sammydog01 @Sapper I have so done that as well. Still laughing…

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 Every vampire and bad-guy chase-scene movie I’ve seen tells me otherwise. You can use a nail gun like a DIY automatic machine gun, usually just in the nick of time, often on a high-rise construction site.

Nail guns: Personal defense of choice.

@ACraigL @sammydog01 they do have battery powered ones with compressed cartridges so they can be portable.

Let’s not forget the Final Destination where they hang out in a hardware store:

Graphic action starts around 1 minute in.

@ACraigL I’ve seen that movie! I probably rented it on Beta.

@caffeineguy … except I’m betting this 50 buck saw is not made in the US, so no. Perhaps China?

The tariffs (assuming they remain un-targeted, a very, very big if) protect US steel production jobs at the expense of everyone else in the US.

@caffeineguy @RedOak
Wait, so are you saying that when the government collects a tarrif from some exporting company, they just pass that cost along to the importing US company? Which then passes their higher cost on to us, their consumers/customers, amirite? Who knew?

But, don’t they have all that corp tax cut money to absorb their higher costs?

And wouldn’t that extra tariff revenue offset those tax breaks for corporations and the rich/kleptocrats?

Disney will save 20 BILLION every year. I just dont see them buying that much steel. Do you?

@mike808 wow, that’s all over the place - 'not sure what Disney has to do with steel. And you’re the one tying tariffs to corporate taxes.

What I do know - corporations tend to focus on returning value to shareholders… or their leadership gets dumped - as it should be.

And those shareholders are typical Americans, not just “rich/kleptocrats”. If you have a pension, IRA, 401K, 403c, etc… there is a high likelihood you personally own the S&P 500 companies. Look at the list - it includes every single American company you might think of and a lot more.

What I don’t like is long time American companies moving overseas like they have been doing for the past 10-20 years. And moving their jobs overseas. And keeping their profits overseas. And they move away for two primary reasons: 1) US corporate income tax rates were just about the highest in the world. 2) An unfriendly regulatory climate.

Even better, it would be great for foreign companies to move the US and invest in the US to bring jobs here. Corporate income tax rates are one of those costs of doing business in a location.

I am far, far from “rich” but if I could wave a magic wand and eliminate all corporate income taxes, I would. Corporations don’t pay income taxes anyway - they simply collect them on behalf of the government from you and me in the form of the prices of their goods and services.

Corporate income taxes are amongst the worst form of funding a government because they are hidden taxes on citizens.

@RedOak if only corporations weren’t people, I wouldn’t expect them to pay income tax like all of the other people in the country. You can’t have it both ways. Either corporations are not people and get special tax treatment, or they’re people like everyone else, and pay taxes like everyone else, just as they enjoy exercising their other rights, when they claim equal participatory benefits of citizenry bestowed upon ‘the people’. Citizens United should be prohibited by law and corporate PACs outlawed if they want special taxation “freedoms”. Nobody is forcing them to sell their wares to the US citizenry or participate as “citizens”.

@mike808 wow, might be a lot of pent up anger there. Did I say anything about corporations being “people”?

If you don’t like something about “Citizens United” then campaign to change it.

I’m very practical about govt - less of it is better. More of it makes people smaller and less free.

Bigger and more distant (Powerful Federal with weak States vs a Republic of Powerful States with a very limited Federal) govt means it takes more resources to influence it.

So big corporations have more throw weight than little businesses. Big business loves big govt. Big business doesn’t mind heavy regulation because they can afford it and small upstarts that might compete with them cannot.

@bleedmichigan thanks now I am disappointed in ye ol everyday dual saw

@gardenald And now you know why Billy Mays was the best pitchman ever. He’s been dead for almost a decade, so that is how old this tech is. And yet somehow, you still want to just shovel money at the guy.

@gardenald go here for your use case:

https://meh.com/forum/topics/dualsaw-cs450-dual-blade-power-saw-with-or-without-additional-blades#5aa0d474e67a090fecc092bf

@wmbarr I’m sure there’s red tape that needs cutting in such entities.

@Larry1977 But WAIT! There’s MORE!

@arrakisforce in the early Meh days, we would have had the answer to that, including graphic video… even without asking.

@arrakisforce it will only destroy the smallest of the Bluetooth speaker herd; it will mortally wound the rest though!

Cutting depth: 1 in

@hchavers Naw, they’re just branching out from knives.

@WootTangClan thank you! You’ve provided the use case for city apartment/condo dwellers.

Tagging @gardenald
https://meh.com/forum/topics/dualsaw-cs450-dual-blade-power-saw-with-or-without-additional-blades#5aa0ca57e67a090fecc090e3

Or a neighbor’s gun safe in a jiffy.

@CaptAmehrican I also object to the idea that I am not 6’ 2’’, 200 pounds, 25 years old, and in perfect condition. But oh well, meh.

@RedOak hey at 5 ft 10 , 166lb, 30DD., I am a solid 8 or 9 on the 10 scale. I am sure you are better looking then average as well.

@tallrob Because she doesn’t listen when men say important stuff. Duh.

/giphy hold my beer

@comics360
Ever heard of deep fakes?

@comics360 Yeah, but everyone does laundry. Not everyone saws cars in half, or breaks into and out of safes. That might have something to do with their relative popularity.

@looseneck I’m sure this saw will do the same thing, it might just take a little longer

@looseneck Here you go https://www.cabelas.ca/product/27241/mossberg-500-chainsaw-3-12-gauge-pump-action-shotgun

@Al_Coholic There’s something for everyone on the internet!
/giphy Rule 34

@somf69 For that you’d want a bandsaw.

@bduncan Blades are available for $30 on HSN.com. Oshlun also makes a set for the Dualsaw, so no worries on the blades becoming unavailable: https://www.amazon.com/Oshlun-DS-125G1-Replacement-Original-Triangular/dp/B004AYE9PO#customerReviews

@bduncan @troy buy 3, give 2 to people who don’t use them and then borrow their blades later.

@bduncan ie it breaks before you need to swap blades.

@DVDBZN Did you know you can just buy it now and keep it until then? I don’t think it has an expiration date.

@skrubol It’s imbued with the Power of Billy Mays.

@Al_Coholic Oooohh, ok. In for 3.

But seriously, it does look like it does to one job better than most other saws: cutting some sheet metal. I’d still rather have a cheap circular saw and a cheap angle grinder though.

@skrubol I looked at these as using scissors vs using a knife. Some things work better with one versus another.

@Bumplepimp yes, but the spatter analysis will lead CSI right to the Meh purchase list when they determine it was 2 saws, 1 cut. (That was a real missed opportunity in the write-up).