Nissim Avrahami
05-21-2006, 10:55 AM
Good day
If you are a “pro”, probably you have one of those “guide system”. If you are not…..
One day I was laying floor panels in my house and I noticed that I’m “skiing” on them. So I said to myself, why not to use them for the circular saw guide. I took the left over panels and did it.
The floor panels are covered from both sides with plastic laminate (Formica), very strong (15 years guaranty), very flat, straight and smooth.
I used 5/16” thick panels; they come in 50” and 100” length.
I had to connect another ½ width so the motor line will be out of the clamp line.
Another improvement that you can make, is to use the same floor panel as an auxiliary base for the saw (I used simple MDF but its on my “to do” list), to minimize the friction and to give you means to adjust the blade parallel to the base edge so it will not “pull” and by that, gives you cleaner cut
The “knives” positioning method ensures maximum accuracy and I’m using is also for the hand held router to cut dado but that’s other story.
Hope it helps
niki
If you are a “pro”, probably you have one of those “guide system”. If you are not…..
One day I was laying floor panels in my house and I noticed that I’m “skiing” on them. So I said to myself, why not to use them for the circular saw guide. I took the left over panels and did it.
The floor panels are covered from both sides with plastic laminate (Formica), very strong (15 years guaranty), very flat, straight and smooth.
I used 5/16” thick panels; they come in 50” and 100” length.
I had to connect another ½ width so the motor line will be out of the clamp line.
Another improvement that you can make, is to use the same floor panel as an auxiliary base for the saw (I used simple MDF but its on my “to do” list), to minimize the friction and to give you means to adjust the blade parallel to the base edge so it will not “pull” and by that, gives you cleaner cut
The “knives” positioning method ensures maximum accuracy and I’m using is also for the hand held router to cut dado but that’s other story.
Hope it helps
niki