Wow I'm lousy at math so I'd be forever lining that one up.
----- Original Message -----
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] EZ Smart Guide
Bob, I do the same with a clamp guide I bought from Harbor Freight. Only
difference is I have one of those West coast Left Wing circ saws, and I have to
compensate by 3 and 5/8 inches, which can make your head spin if you do it too
many times.
Bill Stephan
Kansas Citty MO
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (816)803-2469
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Kennedy <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:07 pm
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] EZ Smart Guide
> I use something very similar as far as the guide. Mine came from
> a company called Pro Grip and also has a shoe for the bottom of
> the saw. I have never attached the shoe however. I measure the
> difference between the edge of the shoe of the saw and the edge of
> the blade, right at an inch and a half on my Porter Cable saw.
>
> It can be a bother sometimes. But if I want to take a foot off
> the edge of a board, for example, I set the guide at 13 and a half
> inches from the edge and clamp it in place. I make sure the edge
> of the saw is tight to the edge of the guide and then back the saw
> away from the board to start it. From there it's all the same.
>
> Just one way to get the final depth back. Another, and don't take
> this as an insult, but I'd loosen the depth adjuster and make real
> sure the shoe is against the saw as tight as it can get. You
> should be able to make a 2 inch cut with any 7 and a quarter saw
> and the base shouldn't be more than a quarter inch thick. That
> should leave you well able to cut through a 2 by anything.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dan Rossi
> To: Blind Handyman List
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 11:23 AM
> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] EZ Smart Guide
>
>
> 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
>
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