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--- Quote from: javeryh on August 27, 2004, 09:20:19 am ---Wow - this forum rules.  Thanks for all the responses!  OK so the essential tools to get are a router, circular saw and a jigsaw.  How does a circular saw make those long straight cuts?  I don't think I can make it perfect free hand...

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Snap a chalkline and follow the resulting line. It isn't as difficult as you think it is!

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You'd be much better off with a straightedge than a chalk line.  Use a piece of metal, or scrap wood, and clamp it down near the line.

DF:

--- Quote ---You'd be much better off with a straightedge than a chalk line.  Use a piece of metal, or scrap wood, and clamp it down near the line.
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Meh. I don't have any problems with the chalkline. Different strokes for different folks.

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