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Well, I got to thinking :-k Festool saw and guide is probably more-or-less essential for a pro woodworker who cuts lost of sheet material, but what about someone like me who rarely cuts sheets AND can't spend £400+ on a saw + guide that will only be used every 3 or 4 months?
Inspired buy Aragron's photo of Festool cuts in another thread, https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4538&start=15 I thought a zero clearance mod was in order :wink:
The saw - B&Q performance power pro circa £50
The blade - Trend 40 teeth - £15 from local shop
Chopping board £2
Guide - el cheapo axminster aluminium
I cut up what was left of a polythene chopping board I used on the finger joint jig a while back. Backsaw was used and worked great
I routed the edges to form a rebate on the router table and then pared to fit the saw base using a small chisel and the backsaw again
TOP
BOTTOM
(needed a few bits cutting out to clear casting on saw body)
With some holes drilled in and tapped 4mm and then screwed into the base we have:
Here are two test cuts in 3/4" ply - ZERO breakout (Jorden can confirm this :wink: )
Tools used were as follows (could use the chisel inplace of shoulder plane quite easily):
Needless to say, I am chuffed to bits and it only took a little over an hour :lol:
Before anyone points it out, I cannot remember using a circular saw at anything other than 90 degrees in the past 20 odd years. If I do need to cut with the blade at an angle, then I will simply unscrew the insert and remove it first
Well, I got to thinking :-k Festool saw and guide is probably more-or-less essential for a pro woodworker who cuts lost of sheet material, but what about someone like me who rarely cuts sheets AND can't spend £400+ on a saw + guide that will only be used every 3 or 4 months?
Inspired buy Aragron's photo of Festool cuts in another thread, https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4538&start=15 I thought a zero clearance mod was in order :wink:
The saw - B&Q performance power pro circa £50
The blade - Trend 40 teeth - £15 from local shop
Chopping board £2
Guide - el cheapo axminster aluminium
I cut up what was left of a polythene chopping board I used on the finger joint jig a while back. Backsaw was used and worked great
I routed the edges to form a rebate on the router table and then pared to fit the saw base using a small chisel and the backsaw again
TOP
BOTTOM
(needed a few bits cutting out to clear casting on saw body)
With some holes drilled in and tapped 4mm and then screwed into the base we have:
Here are two test cuts in 3/4" ply - ZERO breakout (Jorden can confirm this :wink: )
Tools used were as follows (could use the chisel inplace of shoulder plane quite easily):
Needless to say, I am chuffed to bits and it only took a little over an hour :lol:
Before anyone points it out, I cannot remember using a circular saw at anything other than 90 degrees in the past 20 odd years. If I do need to cut with the blade at an angle, then I will simply unscrew the insert and remove it first
