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No table saw? Build a $15 Sawboard for your small budget project!
ChadTower:
I built mine with extra clearance on the clamping side of the board. I have one with a wide motor too. All you had to do was measure the saw before you built the thing to find out what your particular saw needed. The whole point is building the thing so it fits the saw you yourself are using - if you didn't take your saw into account of course there's a chance the generic instructions won't fit.
Jexter:
Many thanks for posting this DrewKaree. Slapped together 3 over the weekend with my father-in-law to help build a work bench........to help start a project. We were both thoroughly impressed with how effective they turned out to be.
Saved us tons of work and headache :cheers:
Woodshop Flunky:
Was working in the shop today and was using my circular saw guide. I built this a couple of years ago, and it is hands down the most used shop-made aide. Whenever I have something too big for my table saw, I turn to this guide. I have a friend who nearly never touches his circular saw because he feels it is dangerous and produces bad results; I can't convince him to make one of these. :)
One thing I did different was to place the guide so that there is overhang on both sides. I cut one side with my circular saw, and the other side with my router.
I'm always amazed at how useful it is.
krick:
I'm trying to make a replacement control panel for my MAME cabinet.
The back edge of my control panel lid has a 30 degree beveled edge that lays against the glass screen cover (see attached image).
If I had a table saw, I'd tilt the blade 30 degrees, stand the board on its edge against the fence and try to cut it that way. However, I don't have access to a table saw.
I'm wondering if there's some way that I could stand the control panel with the edge-to-cut facing up and use some sort of sawboard jig like the ones in this thread to make the cut with a circular saw set at 30 degrees.
I think one of the hardest parts will be finding something vertical to clamp it to.
Does anyone think this is doable? Any ideas on how I might best go about this?
Gray_Area:
--- Quote from: Woodshop Flunky on February 27, 2011, 03:27:26 pm ---One thing I did different was to place the guide so that there is overhang on both sides. I cut one side with my circular saw, and the other side with my router.
--- End quote ---
That is a great idea.
Anyways, I think this project could have been done in one, fairly brief, post:
BEFORE YOU START: the thickness of the ripper guide, and especially the saw board base, will affect the depth of the blade and the thickness of wood you can cut. I found 3/4 stock a pain in the ass, so unless you're going to need it to put a bear down, I suggest using 1/2 stock. 3/8 might be fine, also.
1. acquire one (1) 2'x4' sheet of mdf/plywood/particle board.
2. measure (or even eye-ball) and cut a 6" strip off of it.
3. put saw up to main board, as if to cut a half inch or so off it. Mark the end of the saw plate on the board.
4. place ripper guide on main board at mark, factory cut end facing sawing side; glue/screw/staple ripper guide to main board.
5. place saw plate against ripper guide and saw remainder off saw board base.
For dual-use saw/router board:
4. from the above, there should already be room on the other side of ripper board; only screw ripper guide in.
5. make another ripper guide, and replace old one.
6. put router against ripper guide on that side, and 'rip that side to fit', too.
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