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Default Save time cutting plywood

On Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 1:11:44 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 11:15:16 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
A little trick that will save lots of time when you have more than one
sheet to cut

https://imgur.com/gallery/9Bz6KYk
Guessing that is a 10" table saw he is using. So it has about a 4" depth of cut. 5 sheets of 3/4" plywood. A 7.25" circular saw has about a 2.5" depth of cut. 3 sheets of 3/4" plywood. So he is able to cut 2 more sheets with the upside down table saw than if he used a common circular saw. It is an improvement in productivity. But enough to warrant the extra effort? Looks like the stack of plywood he is cutting is about 3 feet tall. About 50 sheets. So it will be 10 passes with his upside down table saw compared to 17 passes with a circular saw. Worth it? Its easier to push a circular saw than an upside down table saw. So I bet the effort and time used for 10 upside down table saw passes will be more than the 17 circular saw passes. So in the end its a negative from a labor, production, perspective.

This chap needs to use his obvious and vastly superior mind to invent a new and better way to cut plywood.


But where is his circular saw? Maybe he left it home, maybe it's locked in somebody's truck,
maybe it's on the roof and all the ladders went home. Maybe he let the smoke out or cut
the cord.

Your math may be correct, but are you sure that you've accounted for all of the variables?

Oh yeah, one other question: Aren't you making a pretty bold assumption about the number
of cuts he plans on making? Maybe he's had his fun and he's done.