Perfect cuts with circular saw - How?

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

nice table.. id be afraid of cutting through the frame though

you just have to set the blade depth slightly more than your wood thickness. You should do that anyways. Hell this table has many, many

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

and they are CHEAP to build...literally less than $20 worth of 2x4's and 1 3/4" wood screws

 

[dcole18 5,000+ posts]

unless of course u have access to a commercial saw w a 72 inch fence ... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

i have acess to one as well... deff the best way //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[BrianChia 10+ year member]

Vertical Panel Saw FTW... I wish I had one.

 

[Ken448 10+ year member]

I cut A LOT straighter when my blade is deeper. Seems if I use a shallow blade setting, my edges are shitty and not too smooth. IF I can get HD to do my cuts off a cut sheet, I utilize them most of the time, but you have to get the right guy to do it. Some will simply tell you no.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

and others ****.

 

[ikpthegame 10+ year member]

if u go to Lowes they have a guide that is ment for circular saw i think its made out of aluminum and its around $20...

Have a link on there site cause i cant seem to find it at all.

 

[twisztdauthorit 10+ year member]

set saw to cut to 3/4" depth! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

makes sense

 

[aeon 10+ year member]

what do you guys think about this?

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=11284

 

[UCF52 10+ year member]

what do you guys think about this?
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=11284

Looks a little "iffy" - I would stick with an edge and clamps. Like Immacomputer said, triple check your measurements and take your time... you'll get a nice cut every time you do that.

 

[jdc753 10+ year member]

what do you guys think about this?
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=11284

I wouldn't trust that all too much. Definitely looks a little weak, with a brand new saw they give you something like that anyways, least I got one with my Makita. I could just picture that thing binding up even with a nice factory edge to follow. Spend the $8 or whatever on some clamps and next thing you build rip down a 4" wide strip or so with one side being a factory edge and use that as your guide.

That table sure looks nice, last time I made some cuts for my amp rack I was too lazy to break out the table saw and the garage was too packed, I ended up throwing the sheet into the bed of my truck and making the cuts off the tailgate lol, was a 60" x 18" piece though, found an old pizza box in the garage and used that to prop it up for the last bit of the 60" cut lol, yea it was ghetto for sure but it worked //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[Mr Cabinetry 10+ year member]

thats why i built this table in my garage...and so i can easily handle full sheets of MDF

Here's a tip for ya that will save ya from putting saw kerf cuts in the top:

Buy the 3/4" styrofoam sheets that HD/Lowes sells, they come come 12" w x 48" L, put them under the MDF sheet to raise if off the table surface and that way you can set the blade depth lower and not hack up the table top surface when cutting the mdf sheet.

Phil

Woodlawn Cabinetry

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

idk, i got it down to where i was ripping up 3 32x24 into whatever i needed in about 25 minutes.

I'm sure with a lot of practice and the proper work area that is possible. For me though, I have to work in a garage filled with bullshit and I had to use little fold up chairs to support the wood. Making one cut involved rearranging chairs, moving wood and trash, clamping wood to the chairs, measuring once, cross checking with a previously cut piece, clamping my straight edge down, measuring again, and then ripping. It was about a 10-15 minute process per cut. I didn't do it often because it was such a pain in the ***. My table saw cut down that process to where I can make all cuts in about 20 minutes.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

I cut A LOT straighter when my blade is deeper. Seems if I use a shallow blade setting, my edges are shitty and not too smooth. IF I can get HD to do my cuts off a cut sheet, I utilize them most of the time, but you have to get the right guy to do it. Some will simply tell you no.

a goo blade on a circle saw has one or multiple slits with a round hole at the end...set your depth such that half the circle shows on the other side of the board and you will always have great edges(assuming the blade is sharp)

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

http://www.amanatool.com/articles/selecting-sawblades.html

some good information