Hey Dan: I have 2 circular saws. One is an 18V cordless 6" blade while the other is a corded 7 1/4 blade.
To be honest, I mostly use the 18V cordless because of it's ease of use. I don't have to mess with the cord. Although, if I'm doing more than a few cuts, I'll drag it out. For cutting straight, I just use a plane straight edge. I don't use that attachment you were talking about. So, don't give up depth. I've found that if the straight edge sticks out far out enough to line up the saw before cutting, it is easy to follow the straight edge through the length of the cut. Terry On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:23:11 -0400 (EDT)you write: > >I have one of those amazingly useful EZ Smart Guide Systems from Eureka >Zone. This is an extruded Aluminum track that you can use to ride your >circular saw on to make very straight cuts. You have to add a special >shoe to the shoe of your circ saw so that the new shoe rides on the groove >of the track. > >OK, here's the deal, the shoe adds some thickness, as does the thickness >of the track. Possibly I've got a circular saw with one of the smaller >max depth of cut, but it drives me absolutely insane that I can't even cut >through two by material while using the smart guide. While using the >guide, I can cut exactly 1 and 7/16 inches which means I have to hand saw >that stupid last 1/16 of an inch. Of course it never comes out perfectly >smooth. > >Anyway, I am wondering if other people have the same issue. Also, I am >considering purchasing an 8 and a quarter inch circ saw. I've not laid >hands on one yet, but have read about them. Anybody have one? Are they >significantly larger, heavier, or harder to handle than the standard 7.25 >saw? The one I am considering has a 3 inch max depth of cut. > >-- >Blue skies. >Dan Rossi >Carnegie Mellon University. >E-Mail: [email protected] >Tel: (412) 268-9081
