Free DIY Track Saw Demo.avi

This version of the maacsamja DIY track saw reverses the materials used by him. I use wood for the saw-base guide instead of metal. And I use metal for the long track. This means you can buy a long metal track, and then mill down the wood saw-base guide to match the width of the metal track exactly. It is easier to do this than to use a piece of metal as your saw base guide because then you'd have to exactly match the width of the metal saw base guide to a router bit you'd use to cut your long track. I don't have many router bits and I didn't have one that would match the width of my metal track.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• track saw
• festool
• dewalt
• circular saw

[ng30345]

Steven, what is a zero clearance insert?

[ng30345]

If you get a chip-free cut with a dewalt/festool, then why couldnt you get a chip free cut with this method if you use the proper blade and/or if you use your existing high quality circular saw that is built for that? I disagree that a straight cut is not the point, it is the point. Using a fence to cut a straight line is not as accurate or easy as using a track. I'm sure the dewalt/festool is better but it's price is out of reach.

[weiw6688]

I like it! I tried a similar home made track system and discovered that my saw blade was not parallel to the track, which caused the saw to bind after a foot or two. How do you make sure perfect parallel between blade and the guide rail at the bottom? And if you have to bolt/unbolt the guide rail a few times from the saw base, would it loosen up and give you alignment issue?

[hassleoffa]

$500 or $600 is if those others are on sale. I'm hoping soon the others will come down in price with a little more competition.

[maacsamja]

I like it! The festool and dewalt are great, but just like you I couldn't stomach the price. Don't worry about the naysayers I have built my entire kitchen cabinets with my setup, and it has worked great. I even made a modified setup for cutting my soapstone counters. Keep up the inventive woodworking.

[stevensrsp]

You need a zero clearance insert on the rail.

[stevensrsp]

That's nice but you don't get a chip free cut that you get with a dewalt or Festool . You can't make cabinets on the job site with that. I can cut straight with a circ saw with out a guide that not the point.