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The Hardware Aisle: "I hate wrestling cumbersome sheets of plywood (or God forbid MDF) onto my table saw. In fact, I’m never going to do it again. I’m not giving up carpentry, don't worry. I’ve just found a better way to cut sheet goods."
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This seems like it would be great for cutting pieces of 3/4 ply diagonally or at an angle however I would personally like to cut something on a table saw nice and quickly as apposed to setting up a whole track and running a circular saw across it. Maybe in our shop we have the privilege to a nice table saw but I would never prefer using a circular saw.
For one person trying to rip down a 4x8 sheet, this could be useful, but when you have multiple people available, I agree with Bart that a table saw would be more efficient. Then again, circular saws can be useful, and there's no need for a fancy guide (you can use a (scrap) piece of wood instead).
This was basically my experience in carpentry before coming to CMU. Of course, we didn't have the advantage of a track guide in high school.
But, yea. Anything that can be done with stationary tools can also be done with hand power tools. I imagine this is much easier for one person to manage. Cutting full sheets on the table saw can be cumbersome.
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This seems like it would be great for cutting pieces of 3/4 ply diagonally or at an angle however I would personally like to cut something on a table saw nice and quickly as apposed to setting up a whole track and running a circular saw across it. Maybe in our shop we have the privilege to a nice table saw but I would never prefer using a circular saw.
For one person trying to rip down a 4x8 sheet, this could be useful, but when you have multiple people available, I agree with Bart that a table saw would be more efficient. Then again, circular saws can be useful, and there's no need for a fancy guide (you can use a (scrap) piece of wood instead).
This was basically my experience in carpentry before coming to CMU. Of course, we didn't have the advantage of a track guide in high school.
But, yea. Anything that can be done with stationary tools can also be done with hand power tools. I imagine this is much easier for one person to manage. Cutting full sheets on the table saw can be cumbersome.
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