"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message
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"Charlie S." wrote in message
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Need to cut up a number of 4x4's and 4x6's. I've already cut a number of
4x4's using a 7.25 inch circular saw. Found it too difficult to get a
straight cut even using blocks and penciling all the edges. Being
dis-mechanically inclined doesn't help.

To make the straight cut you may just want the speed square. It is a
triangle piece of steel that you slap up against the line that you mark on
the wood that is the distance from the blade to the edge of the saw and
run
the saw along the square.



My framing contractor just grab a 2x4 or 2x6 and cut it in free air with a
Mag 77 circular saw. Cuts it clean as fast as I could pick the wood up.
There is no miter saw on the job site. That is some cutting skill I wish I
had.