Left blade circular saws
 

Who makes a quality left blade circular saw? I know Bosch and Milwaukee each make one. I think porter cable does too. Other than that, I dont really know of anything.

Anyone have any recommendations? Why dont more companies offer saws with blades on the left side of the motor?

Because most people who want a Left blade style go with a Wormdrive i would think. Milwaukee makes a great one (left blade circular) in my opinion. As for worm drives, I like the one bosch has to be honest.

All blades are unisex. They can be used on RH or LH circular saws.
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But the ones that are marketed for LH saws have blade direction, manufacturer name etc showing while on saw! Blades marketed for RH saws will have info on blade not visible ie facing in when put on saw! For example a Freud 6 -1/2 inch blade bought for my Milwaukee LH 6310 18 volt saw has info showing but the CMT blade bought for the same saw has info facing in! So Freud had cordless LH saws in mind designing blade. It's just a pain to check that blade direction arrows match when info is on inside!

After you've changed a few, it's easier to remember.

Since about 99% of ciruler saws are right hand why would any company invest the money to do that?
Not only would they have to lable everyone of the differant blades they make but then who's going to buy them? No distributor or sales outlet is going to give them the shelve space for an item with that low a turn over rate.

I'm not sure how anyone would think I was talking about just the blades...:huh:

The title of the thread is left blade circular saw. Anyone have input on those? Or know of any besides the Milwaukee or bosch?

Guess it's not that expensive to stamp, print etc info on the other side! FWIW I use my Bosch 1578 LH blade top handle the most! My old Dewalt 357 Right hand blade sidewinder doesn't come out to play much!

I like the blade on the left! Cause as right handed person I can watch the blade cut through the line w/o looking over the saw! Plus I like the extra torque of a worm drive which are left hand blades!

Your right, my mistake. I think it's the last line in your post that started that line of thought. Once you go back and read your post agin it makes more since.

I like my bosch 1578! Not made anymore but can still be found! I like the top handle.
Most workers are rear handle!

Sorry it's the 1678!

Makita makes an 18V cordless left blader, the BSS610Z.

all of the cordless saws are left handed.

I have the PC lefty

I also find it odd that most saws have the blade on the right. If you are right handed, it would make more sense if the blade was on the left where you can see it better while cutting. When I was in the market for one I could not find any so I settled for one with the blade on the right. You can still kinda peak at it, but it requires getting your face a little closer. Wear those safety goggles. It also depends if you are cutting away from yourself, or sideways. If you are cutting sideways then it's not so much an issue. Depends what you are cutting and how you're placed.

Oddly,. the cordless ones seem to have the blade to the left, not sure why only the cordless ones though. My guess is the AC motors probably all come from the same manufacturer and they are designed to spin a certain way.