Anyone seen them or tried one yet.....

Cue Crazy

Cue Crazy

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Ok, so I've seen this thing called a dual saw on the info-mercials a few times. Anyone seen these yet? It's kind of a cross, made similar to a hand grinder, or one of the smaller rechargeable skill saws. The difference is the 2 saw blades run in opposite directions of each other, but side by side. ON the commercials they show this thing cutting through many different woods, plastics, and metals, with out many if any sparks.

I guess first of all, my question is has anyone tried these out, I'm curious as if they are mostly one of those gimmick things, or are they actually as good as they make them look? Second I'm wondering if I'm the only one that has thought about trying one for tapering cues and shafts? Third I'm really wondering if anyone is ahead of the game and actually put the thought into It to use for testing, and what the results were? Maybe I just stay up too late at night and think too much, but this sure caught My attention.:p


Greg
 
dave sutton said:
oh yea. looks linda like a partial vibrating blade. havent tried one yet
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Yeah I'm skeptical, but It still caught My Attention. Run out aside, One thing I thought of was friction possibly caused from a gummed up blade, or debri getting jammed between the blades. I did notice at the end where they show the pricing, that they included some free sticks of some kind of friction stuff. That really got me thinking......
 
I remember sears had one in their catalog a few years back. I never had a need for one myself but it looked like it would tear some stuff up pretty good.
 
Cue Crazy said:
That's the one. Notice in that video they actually say no sparks, but when they cut that rear roof post to get the woman out of the car, I could have sworn I saw some sparks.
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You saw sparks. (no pun intended)

Kelly
 
Cue Crazy said:
Yeah I'm skeptical, but It still caught My Attention. Run out aside, One thing I thought of was friction possibly caused from a gummed up blade, or debri getting jammed between the blades. I did notice at the end where they show the pricing, that they included some free sticks of some kind of friction stuff. That really got me thinking......
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The claim is the lube sticks which autofeed, is for cutting soft metals like copper and Ali. They don't mention using the lube sticks for cutting wood.
At anyrate , you would not be wanting wax to be imparted into the surface of the cue.
Neil
 
There is a show on discovery called Pitchmen with that Billy Mays guy and some other dude. Anyway they had the entire making and pitching of this saw on there and the creator says that although there may be sparks they wont be much over 200 degrees so it wont start any fires since even gas has an ignition point above 400 degrees.
 
Cue Crazy said:
Ok, so I've seen this thing called a dual saw on the info-mercials a few times. Anyone seen these yet? It's kind of a cross, made similar to a hand grinder, or one of the smaller rechargeable skill saws. The difference is the 2 saw blades run in opposite directions of each other, but side by side. ON the commercials they show this thing cutting through many different woods, plastics, and metals, with out many if any sparks.

I guess first of all, my question is has anyone tried these out, I'm curious as if they are mostly one of those gimmick things, or are they actually as good as they make them look? Second I'm wondering if I'm the only one that has thought about trying one for tapering cues and shafts? Third I'm really wondering if anyone is ahead of the game and actually put the thought into It to use for testing, and what the results were? Maybe I just stay up too late at night and think too much, but this sure caught My attention.:p


Greg
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The first thing that jumps out at me is, even if the concept works. For cutting things like shafts you would burn this thing out. Tools like that are not designed to be run for hours at a time. I remember buying a brand new Craftsman router and burning it up in one week. The bearings went the first day and I had to replace them with higher quality bearings. They are made to be run in short bursts but can't stand up hour after hour.
A good P/C router on the other hand, can be run to death and not break down. A table saw run by belt with a good motor can be run almost no stop. That saw you are referring to has all the earmarks of an "As seen on TV" tool. Inexpensively made and not at all for the professional. I remember getting one of those Rotozip tools thinking I could use it for something, sort of like I use a router. It was so poorly made it was pretty much worthless. Looked really good in the infomercial though.
 
Kelly_Guy said:
You saw sparks. (no pun intended)

Kelly
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I thought so, but I did see another commercial on the TV and they more less took the stance that another poster made here, that the sparks didn't get hot enough to start a fire. Still I guess there are a lot less sparks then with a standard blade, but It seems as if they advertise It both ways, and that makes me wonder what other claims may be exaggerated.

I have to admit, I'm somewhat intrigued by the concept Itself (maybe with smaller blades) But have some concerns as to the design and construction of This particular tool. Most of which is being mentioned by others in this thread. I just don't have a lot of faith in most of the "As Seen On TV" stuff. I guess everyone is skeptical like me, probably why I haven't heard of anyone trying them out yet just to see. I'm not even sure I would want to waste the time fabricating a way to mount one. Maybe if I knew It was a better quality tool, then I would be more tempted to at least give it a shot, and if it didn't work I'd always find other things to use it for. I think I would like it better if it had bearings on both sides of the spindle, but that would make a bit more work when changing blades I suppose.
 
conetip said:
The claim is the lube sticks which autofeed, is for cutting soft metals like copper and Ali. They don't mention using the lube sticks for cutting wood.
At anyrate , you would not be wanting wax to be imparted into the surface of the cue.
Neil
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Yep good Point, I did notice them saying that, but like you said, I didn't hear any mention of wood either, unless I missed that. I thought the same way as you, finish don't like waxy surfaces. Also It would probably only gum the blades up more when you throw saw dust into the mix. Even if It's something like Teflon or something that dust doesn't stick to as easily, then you still have to worry about the finish not sticking to the cue when You introduce the stuff to the surface of It.
 
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