Well actually this still might be worth looking into for those tasks where a table saw may not just be needed. I just looked and obviously got wild with the delete key so if you have the info on where that guide can be had, that would be appreciated.
tnx On Jun 16, 2008, at 11:37 AM, Dan Rossi wrote: > Scott, > > You already purchased your table saw, but I thought I would just > mention > that I have one of the track systems that Bob spoke of. On mine, you > have > to attach a special shoe to the bottom of your circ saw, then that > shoe > rides on a raised ridge down the length of the guide. The saw blade > rides > along a plastic trim piece on the edge of the guide. You actually > use the > saw to trim the plastic piece the first time you use the system. From > then on, wherever you line up that plastic trim edge, is exactly > where the > saw blade will cut. > > Mine has two four foot long sections that can be connected together. > There are clamps that slide into T slots under the tracks and it > makes it > pretty easy to attach to most work pieces. > > I will say that I find the extra shoe thickness and the fact that > the saw > is now sitting up on a track is a bit of a problem as you lose > nearly 3/4 > of an inch of depth. I found that the crappy screws and plastic shoe > do > not make for easy or regular removal of the shoe from the saw, so I am > probably going to get a second circ saw that will be used mainly for > deeper cuts so that I don't have to try and remove the plastic shoe > from > the other saw. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
