Mini circular saw?

[Erni]

I got the 6.5? Ryobi cordless and a Kreg Rip-Cut. Does small sized stuff well. Replaced my table saw. I see you hated the Ryobi - I?ve been happy with mine and a fine tooth carbide blade for Baltic birch and aluminum sheet. I just gotta keep the RPMs up and manage federate.

Maybe it was the blade or maybe the motor was too big for the NiCad batteries it came with. It just never felt right. All noise and no power.

[Not_A_Llama]

Maybe it was the blade or maybe the motor was too big for the NiCad batteries it came with. It just never felt right. All noise and no power.

Wait, it came with NiCads? Was this in the 90s? Or do you have the special low temp packs? The saw and batteries I had were this past year and the prevalent chemistry these days is lithium ion. It’s not the most powerful thing ever, but I haven’t felt it lacked for power, given the application.

[Erni]

Wait, it came with NiCads? Was this in the 90s? Or do you have the special low temp packs? The saw and batteries I had were this past year and the prevalent chemistry these days is lithium ion. It?s not the most powerful thing ever, but I haven?t felt it lacked for power, given the application.

Yep, got the kit around 2000. Came with nicads. Got lipos around 2 years ago, when the second set of nicads died.

And now that you mention it, I have not really done any cuts with that small saw on lipos.
Think it will much work better on lipos? I only have the 2Ah packs so not sure if that would be good enough?

[Not_A_Llama]

Yep, got the kit around 2000. Came with nicads. Got lipos around 2 years ago, when the second set of nicads died.

And now that you mention it, I have not really done any cuts with that small saw on lipos.
Think it will much work better on lipos? I only have the 2Ah packs so not sure if that would be good enough?

I would speculate it should be substantially better. Power-under-load characteristics for high drain devices really favor Lithium ion. 2Ah is a bit on the small side, but it should theoretically only impact run time (if it isn't dramatically better within the first minute of run, it ain't a size constraint)