Building A Mountain Cabin EP56 | railings and an honest cordLESS saw review

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It’s another great day building up on the mountain with the Perkins crew! only two episodes to go! In this episode we see if the loft railings made offsite fit or not and We also give you an honest review of almost every brand of cordless circular saw and what we think of them. As always it’s a great day building on the mountian!

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[AverageDadBBQ]

You can't beat the character that custom metal work contributes to the quality and feel of a space. Great work and craftsmanship as always!

[Beandiptheredneck]

I love how those railings came out, its such a custom touch, not many builders put that much effort into details like that, it really sets your homes apart. I love how fussy Jamie is about it too, it's gotta be just right, even if it takes time, I wish more were like that

[T.E.P..]

That paint job on the door from Ray ... I could watch that excellence in real time ... he's a Professor

[lamarquescoleman]

I like how they keep the job site clean, and organized. That’s super important to your customers.

[brtko_marek]

Jaimo rubbing the rail with his cyberhand was pretty funny! :D

[matteberry]

Lost a Makita LXT 18 VDC saw when a truck was stolen 2 months back. I just bought the replacement yesterday and since we had the batteries and other Makita tools I bought the same Makita saw without batteries. I couldn't believe it was only $99.00. My guys were quite happy to finally have a small battery powered saw. I've been real happy with Makita products.

[CivilianDan]

Loved the large circular saw tool review of all options.

[anthonymohammed]

Yes that is an exquisite rustic finish beautiful job guys well done please be safe God bless

[steelvalleysportsmen]

As a finish carpenter I can confirm... I have a ton of little art brushes laying around. A painter that I worked with now does too after seeing me bust them out lol.

[zTribalstylerz]

Those railings upstairs came out so nice! Love the look very cool. 👍

[vintageMIDI]

Arlo for the win: most batteries dictates saw preference

[rowanmeijer]

Battery size aka the amount of AHs on the same voltage does NOT matter for power guys, just runtime.

[ashton]

I would love a video just on cutting that 8x8 so clean...thanks :)

[mgtf]

Ridgid is AEG and is from the same ‘family’ as Milwaukee.
Love your work 👍

[shephusted]

reps - the housing mkt will correct over next 6 mos then slowly storm back - a good time to build spec houses as materials are likely to be reasonable - better with terms and your own financing - you could flip a apec bnb ranch/garage/office/shop every couple mos and still work with all your reg clients - the hedge is you make money while they are on mkt with short term rentals - leveraged #i don't want a pickle

[jaredwaters]

Love the Saw comparison conversations. IMO. the 6.5" saws are the best. I have a Skil wormdrive corded saw that is awesome, but frankly I rarely pull it out as the 6.5" cordless (I have both the smaller dewalt and the Makita) will cut 2x lumber and sheet goods for hours on a single 5 MAH battery. I'm building a shed (actually 2 in the last 3 years) and I use the cordless saw almost exclusively. If you're not a full-time framer then I think the smaller saws are the way to go.

[Neenjaboy]

I only use worm or hypoid drive corded saws, I haven't really been sold on cordless saws seems like the batteries are always dead when I need them or half way through the day. My sawzalls and all my wood saws are corded

[MexicanSnicker]

I love my DEWALT flex volt 60v 7 1/4 saw. Ever since I got it I don’t even use my corded makita. It will cut anything.


I also have the DEWALT “turkey” saw which is 4 1/2 in I believe. I use that when I need to cut In hard to reach places or have to hold the saw above my head.

[rahdaswami]

You guys, I keep saying that the increase to 24 volt isn't necessarily the batteries lasting time, but it's ability to RIP materials. The west coast worn drive was designed to rip 2x material, like on a Union Carpenter's form building job, where a lot of lumber is ripped for various form work. The sidewinders, (right sided saws) were ok with cords as the AC gave you the power to rip, but battery NO, unless you went up in volts. Jaime said that little 6 1/2" had a 3 1/2" table base from the left side of the blade for ripping, but 6 1/2" weren't made to rip, but to do finish or where you have a lot of cross cuts, as less torque is needed. Another thing, corded saws have more use on large job sites where your not all cramped for work space like on residential. There's big commercial building sites and residential sites, both using tools differently.

[joshuawilson]

My 36v makita rear handle is very nice and I have a right blade 36v makita saw nice also