OK, I’m in the original colonies, so I grew up with side winders, but all this talk about worm drive saws has got me thinking about getting one. I’m not a pro (although I did used to work a lumber yard), and I’m a lightweight with skinny arms, but still…there seem to be good advantages to having both types around. I’m doing a lot of remodeling of my nearly 100 yr old house, including rebuilding several walls and finishing the three car garage to make room for my woodworking shop, and I’ll be needing a new saw.

The only saws I have right now (other than my new DW706) are an ancient 10 amp Skil sidewinder that I got as part of buying out a cabinet shop’s machinery and an even more ancient sidewinder (can’t remember brand) attached to the full-size panel saw that I got in the deal, too.

My question is this–does anyone make a blade-right worm-drive? I would think that at the very least, somebody would have made one just for lefties (like my wife, who’s also pretty handy with power tools, though mostly metalworking stuff).

I like to have both blade-right and blade-left saws available so that I can choose the most appropriate orientation for the cut I’m trying to make.