Making long, straight, and accurate cuts with a circular saw can be a challenge. Build this simple track jig that serves as a guide for your saw to help make straight cuts every time. A circular saw ...

If you don't have a lot of experience using a circular saw, cutting a straight line can be harder than it looks. Here are ...

Many people see the circular saw as a rough and tumble cutter and don’t tap its full potential for making highly accurate cuts. It’s true, the tool’s primary use is cutting framing lumber for home ...

Cutting long, straight lines across wood or making "rip" cuts with a circular saw is much more challenging than you imagine. Following a crisp line marking the cut through the saw's baseplate notch ...

With so many circular saw sizes available, understanding straight and angled cut depths is crucial to ensuring you have the ...

A circular saw has a powerful motor. You can think of it as a table saw without the table — therein lies the problem, but also the solution. To use it safely, you want to recreate some table saw ...

Debuting May 1, 2013, is the new Festool plunge cut track saw, TS 55 Req. Here is Festool’s advance rundown on what's new with the saw: • Redesigned riving knife emerges before the saw blade for ...

Track saws are simple, just direct drive saws attached to a track, allowing you to cut long sheets of wood in a straight line. If you try to freehand guide a circular saw along the same path, the ...

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Dado joints are a simple way to join wood together, but they require a precision cut to be effective. If you don’t have dado blade or table saw, you can still cut dado joints using a circular saw and ...

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