A Circular Saw with TWO Lasers
By Chuck Cage
We’ve all wanted sharks with “frickin’ laser beams on their heads” at one time or another, and tool companies have read our minds and responded in force with a mass of new laser-guided cutting tools. But Skil’s upping the ante with the release of their LaserX2 circular saw with not one, but (count ‘em) TWO lasers on-board.
Kidding aside, the LaserX2 is a pretty slick idea. The two laser beams shine in parallel and the area between them is the section of material that’ll be lost to the blade. So, no more struggling to remember whether or not to cut on the left or right side of the line — just place the mid-beam area wherever you’re not going to mind losing it.
In addition to its abundance of lasers, the 5755 also features an anti-snag lower guard to reduce hang-ups on narrow cutoffs, a spindle lock to ease blade changes, and rear depth adjustment to make identifying the depth of cut simple.
It’s got a 2.5 HP, 13A motor and a 7 1/4″ blade and will carry a suggested retail price of $79.99 when it ships this July.
June 10th, 2006 at 1:35 pm
[…] A Circular Saw with TWO Lasers (June 6, 2006) Skil gives you an easy (and pretty inexpensive, too) way to see the material you’re going to lose to the blade. […]
August 17th, 2006 at 6:54 pm
[…] Like Skil’s “LaserX2″ — which we mentioned back in June – Ryobi’s new “dual-laser” circular saw projects two parallel laser beams to show not only the line along which the saw’ll cut, but also the area of material that’ll be lost to the blade. (The area between the two beams represents waste.) Ryobi’s calling this the “Exactline Laser Alignment System.” […]
August 19th, 2006 at 10:53 am
[…] While we’re waiting for the first functioning light saber to hit the commercial market — or would that sell better at Target? oh well, we’re not marketers — we’ll just have to be satisfied with the glut of other laser-driven products flooding shelves. I mean, what’s product isn’t better with a laser? Or two? […]
January 16th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
[…] Lasers are the new black this holiday season, and Skil’s following up their dual-laser circular saw (released earlier this year) by attaching similar dual-laser package to their miter saw. The difference: the new miter saw uses a motion sensor to turn the laser on automatically whenever you approach the saw. […]