DIYbanter - View Single Post - A walk-along circular saw plywood ripper.

J T

Thu, Apr 10, 2008, 2:15pm (EDT-3) (BoyntonStu) doth
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**A walk-along circular saw plywood ripper. I put a 4 foot handle on
a circular saw. It was attached to a plywood plate and a right angle
edge, that positions the blade exactly 10" from a ripping guide.
I can rip plywood sitting on 2x4's on the floor by just walking along
guiding the circular saw against the guide. Just like using a lawn
edger.
Very accurate, safe, and convenient.

Yeah, I drop by every 2-3 days, but only read the first page or
two.

I've read the replies up to now. Convenient? Seems more like a
gadget to me. Safe? I suppose. Accurate? I don't see it.

With my joints I have problems handling sheet goods anymore. So
normally get mine sliced by my supplier, on their panel saw. No room
for my own or I'd have made one long ago. I'm not desperate, so only
been pondering different solutions so var. Straightedge and circular
saw works fine, but not quite what I want. However, this idea did give
me an idea. Because of what I'm involved with now, most of my pieces
are cut short way from panels at 5 7/8" wide. So, making a plywood shoe
to attach to the circular saw shoe, then put a lip on that shoe, so it
would butt against the panel, being held in place of course, and would
give consistent same width cuts. No set-up time, just have to make sure
the panel didn't move to throw the panel off. This seems definitely
doable. I'd also make sure there was a cutout so the guard would
operate. One thing - on any of my jigs or whatever, I make damn sure
I'd have to work hard to stick my fingers in the whirley parts, so I'd
make a handgrip for the free hand, and some pieces that would block
anyone's hand/fingers from the blad even if they did something stupid.
The other hand would be on the saw handle, and trigger. Should be safe
enough - I've never had problems with kickback with a carcular saw.

JOAT
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