Clamping Power Tool Guides -> Help your circular saw become a table saw

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Clamping Power Tool Guides -> Help your circular saw become a table saw

#1 Post by guppy87 »

Just passing this along for those of us without table saws. I used these thoroughly during my build

During final assembly of my TubaHT, the panel width deviations were less than 1/16" of each other. Probably 1/32 or less, and I have no skills...

Came in super handy for my cordless circular saw

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Re: Clamping Power Tool Guides -> Help your circular saw become a table saw

#2 Post by DJPhatman »

guppy87 wrote:Just passing this along for those of us without table saws. I used these thoroughly during my build

During final assembly of my TubaHT, the panel width deviations were less than 1/16" of each other. Probably 1/32 or less, and I have no skills...

Came in super handy for my cordless circular saw

Veritas® Power Tool Guide

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http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.a ... ,240,45313
For that kind of money, you can make an awful lot of Bill's cutting jigs.
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Re: Clamping Power Tool Guides -> Help your circular saw become a table saw

#3 Post by guppy87 »

DJPhatman wrote:
guppy87 wrote:Just passing this along for those of us without table saws. I used these thoroughly during my build

During final assembly of my TubaHT, the panel width deviations were less than 1/16" of each other. Probably 1/32 or less, and I have no skills...

Came in super handy for my cordless circular saw

Veritas® Power Tool Guide

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http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.a ... ,240,45313
For that kind of money, you can make an awful lot of Bill's cutting jigs.

Quite possibly, but that would still require a table saw, no?

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#4 Post by Grant Bunter »

guppy87 wrote: Quite possibly, but that would still require a table saw, no?
No is correct!
I have built all my BFM cabs without a table saw.

I grabbed a scrap of ply that looked pretty straight to the eye, used that as a cutting guide, and damn me if all those cuts didn't measure out to be well within the acceptable limits.
I didn't build the zero tolerance cutting sled in the panel jig plans until I was building the WH8's.

I'm not having a go at you for buying what you did.
If I didn't have one however, I would forsake the expense of what is basically a straight edge, and put the same money towards a router if that's where I was short in tools...
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#5 Post by guppy87 »

Grant Bunter wrote:
guppy87 wrote:
If I didn't have one however, I would forsake the expense of what is basically a straight edge, and put the same money towards a router if that's where I was short in tools...

Read the panel Jig plans again and absolutely you can glue up some straight plywood, if you have it laying around for your guide :)

Since I had pretty well all the tools I needed, this wasn't a big expense and it collapses down for the storage space I have

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