Talk:Circular saw

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[edit] Left or right handed

If a saw is classified as "Blade-Left" or "Blade-Right", then which hand is that saw for?

[edit] invented by?

I recall hearing that the circular saw was invented by the Shakers. Anybody?

The shakers claim the first circular saw in the saw mill:

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltools.htm In 1777, Samuel Miller invented the circular saw in England, the round metal disk type of saw that cuts by spinning and is used hand-held or table-mounted. Large circular saws are found in saw mills and are used to produce lumber. In 1813, Shaker-Sister, Tabitha Babbitt (1784-1854) invented the first circular saw used in a saw mill. Babbitt was working in the spinning house at the Harvard Shaker community in Massachusetts, when she decided to invent an improvement to the two-man pit saws that were being used for lumber production. Tabitha Babbitt is also credited with inventing an improved version of cut nails, a new method of making false teeth, and an improved spinning wheel head.

[edit] Use of picture

Is it okay to use a branded picture? This is almost like an endorsement. I realize it is informational but is there no other way?--Tbeatty 08:49, 15 October 2006 (UTC)