OT?:Air powered skil saw

Bill D · Apr 28, 2010

I saw a air powered circular saw today at a thrift store. looked well made. Made in USA all heavy Al castings. I suppose it would not spark at motor brushes but sawdust and static might still be a fire hazard. I guess it would work underwater. But who needs one. At a guess made in the 1960's or earlier.
Bill D.

PS: looked like a 7 1/4" blade as a guess. 3/4" supply reduced down to 1/2' pipe. must use a lot of air!

oldvan · Apr 28, 2010

Bill D said:
I saw a air powered circular saw today ... 1/2' pipe. must use a lot of air!

Hilarious typo, where the shift key makes a 12:1 difference in a number.

Hdpg · Apr 28, 2010

I wish I could get one of them. Very handy for use when it is raining, much safer than electric tools.

Iceman Motorsports · Apr 29, 2010

Bill D said:
I saw a air powered circular saw But who needs one. At a guess made in the 1960's or earlier.
Bill D.

Go to Amish country. They have factories full of nothing but air powered table saws, planers, etc.

Tom1 · Apr 29, 2010

I think that air powered saws are used more for construction work. Like cutting shoring for after digging a hole. This is where they would have an air compressor, say for jack hammers but no electric or generator around. The saws I have seen had the same twist connector as the jack hammers use.

Bigger air tools gobble up air and a very inefficient. I had a good sized angle grinder that a 5hp quincy could not keep up with. It had about the same power as a big Milwaukee electric grinder. Air compressor 5 hp on three phase, or Milwaukee on less than 15 amp 120 volt...

surplusjohn · Apr 29, 2010

I have seen those, like above they must hog air like mad.
Air tools are super ineffecient but if you need lots of power in a small space then they are hard to beat.

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