![]() ![]() Most brushless saws will (correctly) stall out when you start the blade while it touches the workpiece. The saw felt confident during cuts, but it needs to spin up fully before engaging the material. ![]() We also cross-cut a lot of dimensional lumber. Testing the saw consisted of making lots of rips in both plywood and OSB. Using the Skil 20V Brushless Circular Saw In addition, like the Makita subcompact saw, the Skil brushless 20V uses a plastic blade guard and lever. Nothing broke during our testing, but I much prefer a metal lever mechanism for setting the depth of cut. Keep that in mind since the power management features of this saw could make your final cuts a bit more difficult if you don’t keep a fresh battery installed. Notably, the speed dropped significantly-about 1000 rpm-when the battery was running down to one LED. That’s actually a little higher than the rated speed of 5400, but we were using a fresh 4 Ah battery pack. We clocked a no-load blade speed of 5700 rpm using our tachometer. It’s not Saw Stop table saw quick, but it’s at least as fast as saws from Milwaukee, Makita, and Metabo HPT. Skil adopted a soft-start on their brushless motor as well as a blade brake that stops the saw in less than a second. Place it at the back, and your cut finishes perfectly. Place the raised edge of the square at the front, and the motor will hit it before you complete a full-depth cut. Cutting at the maximum 2-7/16” depth of cut the Skilsaw allows, the motor housing sits just above the shoe. It’s important that, if you use a speed square as a straight edge, you put the lip of the square at the back edge of the cut. A quick flick of the finger and it fell to the ground. I was also able to get through a 2×6 at the max 50-degree bevel, leaving the cut piece dangling by just a sliver of wood. The Skil documentation drops that a tiny bit down to 2-13/32. With the included 6.5-inch blade, you can get a 2-7/16-inch depth of cut at 90-degrees per our measurements. They do, however, provide an adjustment screw (not pictured) for getting the saw perfectly square to the bevel gauge. Skilsaw economizes by using a stamped steel shoe. To fully charge the included 4.0 Ah battery pack, the PWRJump charger takes about 50 minutes. The idea is to let you make those last several cuts without having to wait for an entire charge cycle. It comes with the 6-amp PWRJump charger which charges a Skil battery to a usable level in just 5 minutes. This blade-right 6.5-inch circular saw operates on the company’s 20V battery packs. It could really fill some gaps for trades where you don’t exactly need beam-ripping power.īefore even testing this new brushless circular saw, I took inventory of its key features. Given the growing number of Skil tools, this brand is one to keep your eyes on. Its power and speed compete well against Craftsman, Kobalt Tools, and even Makita subcompact circular saws. What You Need to KnowThe Skilsaw 20V brushless circular saw has the price, power, and features to attract everyone from tradesmen to DIY enthusiasts. ![]()
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