Holy sh..... this dude is for real.

[Mohawk Dave]

On Palm Springs CL

http://palmsprings.craigslist.org/tls/5517484931.html

Black & Decker 7715 Power Miter Saw - $50 (Yucca Valley)

Black & Decker Power Miter Saw for sale. Works good, cuts clean, near new blade. $50.00 cash only, no shipping. Call or text if interested

 

[NUTTSGT]

That looks like a serious accident waiting to happen.

Granted all power tools can be dangerous but that completely exposed blade, I'll pass.

 

[metaldad]

Yikes!
I'd destroy that tool, to lessen the liability of some fool using it and getting hurt, with that fool finding some ambulance chaser and suing me.

 

[pepi]

Only thing I see wrong with it, no safety stickers ....

 

[betsy325e]

9 out of 10 fingers agree: awesome deal.

 

[NUTTSGT]

9 out of 10 fingers agree: awesome deal.

You can't give it 2 thumbs up because the second thumb is laying on the floor.

 

[LB-1911]

zip-tie the trigger & use a foot switch.....

 

[RonnieC]

Never mind fingers- imagine leaning in for a closer look!

 

[Tellingthem]

Cut the cord and sell it as a sculpture. Industrial stuff is big in the art world. Just come up with some name like "capitalism and the working man" and some other description like ". This piece visibly shows the risks the blue collar man must take to earn a living in today's world. The lack of safety guards symbolizes the stripping of our cultural safety mechanisms like a pension and health benefits. Its shows how companies disregard the heath and wellbeing of their workers just for the sake of profits."

Then jack the price up 10k and sell it to some rich hippie.

 

[B_Bimmer]

Just looking at that makes my hands and face hurt.

 

[PelicanPines]

I want to buy that for my brother in law... I don't like him.

 

[betsy325e]

SEND IN THE GUARDS!!!!! https://letsblogmore.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/austinpowers_125pyxurz.jpg

 

[Worsedog]

Cut the cord and sell it as a sculpture. Industrial stuff is big in the art world. Just come up with some name like "capitalism and the working man" and some other description like ". This piece visibly shows the risks the blue collar man must take to earn a living in today's world. The lack of safety guards symbolizes the stripping of our cultural safety mechanisms like a pension and health benefits. Its shows how companies disregard the heath and wellbeing of their workers just for the sake of profits."

Then jack the price up 10k and sell it to some rich hippie.

Don't forget to sell them a display stand as well.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/24/tech/social-media/apparently-this-matters-hipster-stump/

You guys just picked a winner..................

 

[Showkey]

Yikes!
I'd destroy that tool, to lessen the liability of some fool using it and getting hurt, with that fool finding some ambulance chaser and suing me.

No they would go where the BIG money is stored..........suing Black and Decker for making the guards removable, failure to warn, failure to have a blade sensor auto lock.......

 

[alinc100]

Tired of the pesky guard blocking your cut line?Frustrated with having to trim just a bit off because you missed the line? Introducing the Black and Decker Free spin hand and finger wrecker!! All your mis-cuts are a thing of the past. Medical attention not included.

 

[KnurledNut]

I gotta give him a hand...

 

[Zeke]

If the blade was good and he was closer I'd give him 25 just to get it off the market. Meanwhile, I wonder what one could do with the motor?

 

[alfazer]

Cool...
I can cut stuff on the top side if it's too thick to fit underneath.
I can rip a long board by using the top of the blade.

 

[pcmeiners]

"I gotta give him a hand... "...
Yep, at least he is not asking for an arm and leg for it.

 

[platform389]

That looks like a serious accident waiting to happen.

Works best when drunk...

 

[Richard Cranium]

That picture hurts me like when I see pvc pipe for compressed air.

 

[creativecars]

Clearly he should remove that blade.

And show how to use the saw with a metal cutting blade installed.

 

[upndown]

Tha same guy that splits his firewood with a large spinning wheel with cutting wedges would buy that.

 

[JRC3]

I would totally wear safety glasses if that was mine.

 

[zkling]

"near new blade"

No kidding, probably because no one has the stones to use it as is.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I just realized something about that ad. It's listed as Yucca Valley. I'm pretty sure that thread about wasting money on tools that surfaced a day ago or so, that guy was from Yucca Valley.

What would the odds be ?

 

[nh_yota]

Maybe that guy's day job is cedar shingle cutting.

 

[anndel]

It belongs at the bottom of Lake Shasta

 

[PJNJ]

I have a feeling the add should read "Used only once" and "please excuse misspelled texts - have difficulty using phone".

 

[egdede]

It would be crazy enough with the correctly sized blade!!!

 

[Rrumbler]

Since all of the obvious "OMG"s have been stated, here's a different one: Imagine the rooster tail of sawdust that would come off of that blade.

 

[nh_yota]

I bet that saw has a plug on the cord with the ground pin removed.

 

[Jazz1]

No more dangerous than angle grinder without a guard.

 

[The Cobbler]

No more dangerous than angle grinder without a guard.

disagree

 

[nh_yota]

disagree

Yep. That saw is far more likely to cut your arm clean off than a grinder.

 

[nh_yota]

My father did almost this exact thing about 30 years ago. He finished using his radial saw and as soon as he turned off the blade he started wiping the sawdust off the tabletop with a small brush. He wasn't thinking and he swung his forearm into the still spinning blade and gashed it up good. 30 stitches or so later he was put back together. He still has a large 2 inch wide 5 inch long scar on his arm, but luckily he is fully functional. All that was caused by a 10" blade only in free spin.

I did something similar with my thumb and a circular saw. It involved a trip to the ER but stitches were thankfully not required.

 

[CNGsaves]

That saw comes from long line of persistent "carpenters" . . . .
. . . . . . Stubby, Nubbs, and Stumpy !!!

One of the wives tried to use it . . . and now they call her Half-Nose Cyclops !!

 

[Zeke]

I bet that saw has a plug on the cord with the ground pin removed.

Nope, 2 prong plug but frayed at that.

There was a thread maybe a year ago about a laser beam coming loose in a chop saw and destroying the guard. The OP was clearly pissed at the manufacturer. I think that thread was finally closed.

Maybe that's the saw.

(Just kidding as that POS never had a laser.)

I'm still trying to think of a use for the motor, table and arm. Might work as a tile saw with a minimum splash guard. Only for small tiles. Or something that would total a nice saw like Hardiboard. Again, some kind of guard.

Hell, I could make a guard out of a plastic lid.

 

[The Cobbler]

N.....
I'm still trying to think of a use for the motor, table and arm.......

make it into a disc sander

 

[BDT/NWMN]

He is a Commissioner of Common Sense that stated: "use common sense"