Calling Circle Saw Users.. straight cuts...

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

For those of you who use a circle saw... how do you use it to make straight cuts besides the old skool method of clamping down a piece of wood...

I just went out and bought a $60 clamp up to 58", but I realized that isnt going to be big enough to rip a sheet...

What methods do you guys use??

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[tEh koRnDog 5,000+ posts]

Hope and pray my hand is steady.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Hope and pray my hand is steady.

That's the way to go.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

are we talking no table saw? just a "skil" saw?

laser line + steady hand = "Skil" //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[audioarsonal 10+ year member]

Bout the only way to do it is with a straight edge and clamps.Just rip the sheet in half and then cut the length.

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

Bout the only way to do it is with a straight edge and clamps.Just rip the sheet in half and then cut the length.

x2

Make your rip cuts first...

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

2 saw horses to hold the MDF up. a straight edge and clamp both sides line it all up and its a straight cut every time!

 

[fast85_gt]

long straght 2x4

 

[rollerdj 10+ year member]

long straght 2x4

good luck on finding one of those. i will most of the time start out with my rip cuts. if i can't, i use a long peice of alum. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[spencer321 10+ year member]

i try to have the guy working the panel saw at lowes or homedepot do as much of my cutting for me as possible lol otherwise the straight edge and clamp method works, its time consuming but much better than eye ballin it and being way off

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

here's any easy DIY guide...

http://www.kudzupatch.com/woodshop/saw_guide/

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

and a reference line worked for me

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

allllrighty then.. guess im doin it with the clamps...

any of you ever use a jig saw instead of the circle saw (is a jig saw a skil saw?) just curious

doin the build tomorrow.. returning this guide... although it is nice that is already has a clamping device on it, but not worth $70 bucks!!

I just hate having to account for the circle saw plate... i think its like 1 1/8", so I gotta account for that when I measure every cut!

thanks guys

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

i tried it one time. it did not work so well. make sure you blade is good. i had a shitty blade and it was wobbling and it angled the cuts and ****ed ever thing up.

 

[ramdaspadhye 10+ year member]

I use a 48" drywall t-square... clamped with a piece of wood so it doesn't bend the aluminum //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif