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Can I get away with just a circular saw?

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  • 13-03-2007 5:41pm
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    Thorbar
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    How's it going everyone I'm planning on getting into a few small projects mainly plywood and jigsaw work. Here's a link of a few good ones I found:

    http://www.canply.org/english/literature_media/plyplans.htm

    Having looked through most of the plans they all mention using a table saw to do the main cuts, I don't have one and I don't really have the space to use one if I did fork out for one so would a circular saw be accurate enough for doing 8 foot?


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    JoeB-
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    Yes, I reckon you'd easily get by with a circular saw.

    A technique I used to use was to lay down an 8'x4' aeroboard sheet (insulation) and cut the panels on that... try to have the saw cutting to a depth only a little greater than the width of the panel... i.e 20mm to 25mm or so. This is easier than using battons under the panel but either way does work.

    Use a long straight edge, i.e a piece of timber, to guide the circular saw. If you have it setup nicely and push the saw through in a smooth straight non-stop action you should achieve nice cuts.

    Cheers
    Joe


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    Thorbar
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    Great stuff! :) Thanks for the advice, just one quick question, should I be cutting with an extra dept of 20mm or should I have a 25mm saw depth when cutting a board that's 20mm or should I have the blade 20-25mm deeper than the board?

    Would I get a decent circular saw for around 40 euro?


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    galwaydude18
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    You wouldn't really get a decent saw for that price? When your cutting ply or mdf sheets for what you want to do you will need a fine blade for that (a blade with a lot more than just 6 teeth)

    Also when cutting 20mm thick material only set the blade to a max of 25mm depth for safety reasons!


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    Thorbar
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    galwaydude18 wrote:
    You wouldn't really get a decent saw for that price? When your cutting ply or mdf sheets for what you want to do you will need a fine blade for that (a blade with a lot more than just 6 teeth)

    Also when cutting 20mm thick material only set the blade to a max of 25mm depth for safety reasons!

    Do you reckon this is a reasonable blade?

    http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=19677&MAN=Draper-1300w-185mm-Circular-Saw-With-Tct-Blade-240v


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    galwaydude18
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    not really going to last too long I reckon myself and it will be a really cheap and nasty blade you get with it also. How about streching a few euro and getting this Dewalt one http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=1570&MAN=Dewalt-Dw62k-Circular-Saw-In-Plastic-Case-240v?

    You will get a really good blade with this one. The only thing with it is that you will not get a very fine blade with it. You'l get an in between course and fine blade with it.


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