"Renata" wrote in message
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Not considering one, just an interesting comment, in view of my
circumstances.

Just got done cutting about 20 sheets or so of ply for kitchen
cabinets. Now that I'm nearly done (cutting, not the kitchen), I
hear this and pause to think, would that have been a better
alternative. When I started the project, I was in the mode of - I'm
saving soooo much $ doing this myself that it justifies tool
purchases. So, I mighta talked myself into one. Seems like it's
better that the option didn't enter my mind.

Last year I cut up 27 sheets of plywood for 2 kitchens for Swingman and this
year 15 sheets for another kitchen. The TS is certainly the way to go. If
you did not have a TS and you do a lot of on the job cutting where hauling a
TS around with you is not practicle the Festool Saw and the Festtool table
would be a pretty good decision IMHO for the smaller jobs. With the table
and the saw/fence you can make repeated angle and square cuts, however
probably still not as accurately as a TS.


The way my shop's (and myself) set up, it's difficult for me to cut a
sheet by myself. I got neighbors to help so it hasn't been too bad.
But, cutting across the width doesn't fly since the shop's too narrow
(well, it won't be once I rearrange, move the wood storage out, but
that's too late for this project).

If you are cutting plywood to rough demensions to later be accurately cut on
the TS a good circle saw would probably do you although the Festool guide
fence does not need to be clamped down and that in it self would save time
if you want to make straight cuts.