Better yet.

Save $70 for the guide and make one out of a piece of hardboard and a piece
of 1x4 MDF.

Then you will come in way under $100.



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The one at Rockler with the plan and hardware kit will still cost $300.
Just
make one.

Platform: Build the wood frame/platform. Make sure it's square.
You could eyeball the one at Rockler
(http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/product...1&filter=31446)
or
make a torsion box style platform like this one
(http://store.yahoo.com/plansnow/panelcutguide.html) or this
one(http://store.yahoo.com/woodstore/cutplatsheet.html).

Guide: Then bolt one something like this. Make sure it's square.

http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/product...rings_id=10548

Rule: Stick a self-adhesive rule across it. Make sure it's square.

http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/product...rings_id=10629

You're done. The guide and the rule will be about $75. Plus the wood (dig
for straight 2x4s). Probably as close to a $100 panel saw as you could
possibly get.

You could hang it on a wall, make easel-type legs, or if your ceiling is
not
too high (like in my garage shop) put a couple of door hinges on it and
hang
it from the joists (use piece of rope, a pulley, and make a catch for it,
mine comes down like pulling down an attic staircase).






"Tom Kohlman" wrote in message
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Rockler sells a set of plans for $3.95 and they have hardware kits also.
Go
to Rockler.com and type panel saw into the search window.

"D.Mo" wrote in message
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"Cable Tech" wrote in message
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Anyone have any detailed plans to build a Panel Saw. I don't feel
like
shelling out over 1,000 dollars on something I could probably build
for less than $100.

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