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Video of Mafell's Self-Propelled, Hands-Free Circular Saw
I don't know if this saves time, but I sure notice one cool thing: the inside-the-track vaccum system! No hose that gets into the way.... Now that's time and nerve saving!
That's awesome! I was so fixated on the saw I didn't even catch that.
I'm a little bit curious on where the timesaving is here. Perhaps not with wood but slow cutting cement-fiber I can imagine it'd be worth it. Also, seven 3/4" sheets is a bit much: that's 133mm.
Good catch, fixed. As for the time-saving, I don't think that's the goal; I think it's more to do with efficiency. Imagine needing to break down a pile of large panels that have been delivered to the site. Let's say you need to rip 4'x8' (or heavens, x10') sheets at some width where you cannot easily reach across the sheet to pull the trigger on the saw and walk it all the way down. Sometimes in my own tiny shop, for instance, the specifics of the cut mean I do not have the space to stand and use my right hand on the track saw and I must flip everything around to make the cut. If I didn't have to physically guide it, and was doing this for a good length of time, the Mafell would make good sense.