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Appreciation post: my 20 year old miter saw finally quit mid cut on Saturday and I'm weirdly grateful
Was squaring up 12 cedar pickets for a gate rebuild in my garage on Saturday morning when the old miter saw just died, blade stopped about a third of the way through a cut and nothing I did got it spinning again. Took the housing apart and found the brushes were worn down to basically nothing, which makes sense for a saw I got used back around 2005. I was annoyed for about 10 minutes because I had a truck bed full of pickets and a rain forecast for Sunday. Then I remembered how many projects that thing has chewed through, three decks, two sheds, a whole fence around the side yard, and it never once kicked back on me. Ordered a new brush kit for $14 instead of buying a whole new saw, and it should be here Wednesday. My question is for the folks with older corded tools, do you keep fixing them or is there a point where you just let them go? I'm torn because a new one would have a brake and a laser but honestly this thing still cuts straighter than I can.
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