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Post by mb on Dec 18, 2007 0:34:53 GMT
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Post by wizer on Dec 18, 2007 11:16:06 GMT
Looks ok. My only issue would be the fact that you'd have to allow for the offset of the blade for each cut.
Something like the EZ Smart system will make your life a whole lot easier and your work will be much more accurate.
Of course Jacob will be along soon to tell you the wonders of the 'saw board'.
Welcome to the forum BTW
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Post by afterglow on Dec 19, 2007 21:48:28 GMT
Hi Michael, When I started out, I found myself buying quite a few clever-trick type tools that were meant to substitute for more expensive alternatives that I couldn't justify at the time. What I got, ultimately, was frustrated! I kept getting the feeling that woodworking was beyond me (some might think it still is!). For cross-cutting ply panels I bought clamp-guide things a bit like www.axminster.co.uk/group_id//prodpage/1/product-Perform-Guide-Clamp-21610.htmI paid about £25+ for mine some 10 years ago, and got really frustrated because they didn't lock 100% into place. Finally I gave up and used a cut-off from the end of an 8x4 sheet as my straight edge and got the hang of measuring the offset from the edge of my circular saw base plate to the blade. A couple of clamps to hold my straight edge in place made it rock solid and I got decent results. The one piece of advice I wish I'd been told back then, which I learnt the hard way after buying 3 different cheap sharpening tools, the guide clamps, various cheap power-tool mounting devices to make pseudo bench tools and so on, would be this: "Do your best to avoid buying pseudo-tools until you have saved enough to buy the tools you really want."This piece of advice would have saved me so much hassle and money and made me get creative and more active in the workshop, rather than figuring out which tool I needed next before I could cut any more wood! Hope this adds food for thought for you Michael. Best, Lee |
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Post by mailee on Dec 19, 2007 22:14:03 GMT
Why not just make yourself a guide rail with the offset of your saw built in? I have a couple I made one at 3' long and another at 6' long and they are pretty accurate for cutting up boards and the like until they are small enough to fit the table saw. Easy to make and save a lot of hassle.  |
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Post by colincott on Dec 19, 2007 22:54:12 GMT
One more vote for the EZ rail system as I am using it at the moment to build an open bookcase for a customer. I have had to cut up 88 shelves the same size and happy to say they are the same ;D If you have not guess I am a pro and dont have a table saw ( I miss it )  |
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Post by Alf on Dec 20, 2007 9:30:03 GMT
Why not just make yourself a guide rail with the offset of your saw built in? Wouldn't that be the "saw board" that is now, somehow, associated with Jacob? S'what I've been using for years - just found these pics from 2003.    It's not the EZ thing or a Festeringtool, but for the amount of use I give it it's extraordinarily accurate. The off-set aspect has always slightly put me off the guide clamps, although it's not hard to cut a simple spacer to speed up the set-up process a little if desired. Cheers, Alf |
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Post by mrgrimsdale on Dec 20, 2007 10:09:32 GMT
I claim no credit, someone pointed me at this site some time ago and I keep passing it on. Google "sawboard" for more variations. Oh all right then ;D NB No need to allow for offset with a sawboard it takes care of itself - you just put it up to the line or the marks and that's where it cuts. Sawboard is much more accurate and quick and easy to handle, than you'd think. Well said couldn't agree more. "pseudo tools" - that's a handy expression I expect to be borrowing it a lot. ;D cheers Jacob |
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Post by promhandicam on Dec 20, 2007 11:59:09 GMT
I would also give a vote for a sawboard. I made up a couple and can also use them with a bearing guided cutter in the router. Cost of making is next to nothing and as Afterglow has said - save the 50 quid and put it towards a proper tool in the future.
Steve
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Post by mailee on Dec 20, 2007 17:48:14 GMT
Yep, spot on ALF, that is the one. I made my two out of some laminate and they have stood the test of time. As Jacob stated so easy to set up for a cut and in fact the weight of mine pretty much holds itself on the work. |
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Post by mb on Dec 23, 2007 23:42:36 GMT
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Post by mb on Dec 23, 2007 23:50:58 GMT
Thanks Lee for the advice, the saying buy cheap, buy twice has already rang true with me.
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Post by Dave S on Dec 24, 2007 18:04:26 GMT
Michael, try not to get too hung up on the idea of a tablesaw. I bought one very early on and then spent no end of time trying to modify it so that it could do what I needed it to do. I never succeeded since most of what I have made is larger pieces of furniture - desks, wardrobes, bookshelves etc. The sawboard was more effective than the tablesaw. I've now taken the sawboard a step further by going the same route as Wizer and Colin. Haven't used the tablesaw for months. It may be that a tablesaw would be best for you, but I would suggest you don't rush into it. Dave |
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Post by mb on Dec 28, 2007 1:55:53 GMT
Thanks Dave, Thats interesting you should say that as swmbo wants built in wardrobes for the 3 bedrooms . I might just hold out on the tablesaw and see how I get along with the sawboard |
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