Makita's big corded circular saws are a pleasure to use for repeated cuts in heavy timber, and this listing carries the two sizes we use for timber framing: the 16-5/16 in 5402NA, which cuts 6x at 90 degrees in one pass, and the 10-1/4 in HS0600, which cuts 4x.
The 5402NA has a 15 amp motor turning 2,300 RPM, cutting 6-3/16 in deep at 90 degrees and 4-3/16 in at 45, with an electric brake, a shaft lock, a blade stabilizer and a large depth lever. It weighs 32.1 lb and comes with a 32-tooth carbide blade, rip fence, saw holder and wrench. The HS0600 turns 4,300 RPM from its 15 amp motor and cuts 3-13/16 in deep at 90 degrees and 2-11/16 in at 45, bevels to 50 degrees, and keeps its wrench on the saw. Its magnesium blade case and guard and aluminum base hold it to 15.2 lb, and it comes with a 24-tooth framing blade, rip fence and wrench.
Mosaburo Makita founded Makita in Nagoya, Japan, in March 1915 as an electric motor sales and repair company. In 1958 it started selling portable electric planers, the first made in Japan, and in 1970 it set up Makita U.S.A. Its head office has been in Anjo, Japan, since 1945.