If I were 20 years younger and doing framing all the time, I'd hafta have one........... Problem Is, I'd probably not use it so much as I thought. We did a project about 6 years ago and needed one of the big Makita 16" circular saws. I was the only guy ever to use it ('cause no one else could handle it) and after the 6 week project was done it ended up collecting dust in storage. AFAIK, it's never been plugged in since.