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[Golfbuddy]

Thanks mate. Got to be honest and say I'm not that confident in turning the circular saw upside down and using it as a table saw. I mean it's a great idea, don't get me wrong, it's just that the thought of doing that (and I'm on my own here at the moment so no helping steadying hands available) makes me feel a bit uneasy.  :-/

I think you're probably right. I have a router/saw bench which is designed to have a circular saw fitted upside down but it was sucha PITA that I went and bought a proper table saw.

Try ripping a wider piece of stock with the blade set at 45^o with the saw the right way up. Use the edge guide that came with the saw to keep the cut parallel to the edge. Take it slowly and you should be fine. If you can, practice on an old piece of timber first to get the 'feel' for it and to set the saw up to the correct dimensions for what you want to acheive.

At the end of the day, it may be a lot quicker and probably cheaper to go an have a piece cut at the local timber merchant but it is a great feeling, knowing that you have built it yourself from scratch.

Good luck.

[miggy]

Thanks mate. Got to be honest and say I'm not that confident in turning the circular saw upside down and using it as a table saw. I mean it's a great idea, don't get me wrong, it's just that the thought of doing that (and I'm on my own here at the moment so no helping steadying hands available) makes me feel a bit uneasy.  :-/

I think you're probably right. I have a router/saw bench which is designed to have a circular saw fitted upside down but it was sucha PITA that I went and bought a proper table saw.

Try ripping a wider piece of stock with the blade set at 45^o with the saw the right way up. Use the edge guide that came with the saw to keep the cut parallel to the edge. Take it slowly and you should be fine. If you can, practice on an old piece of timber first to get the 'feel' for it and to set the saw up to the correct dimensions for what you want to acheive.

At the end of the day, it may be a lot quicker and probably cheaper to go an have a piece cut at the local timber merchant but it is a great feeling, knowing that you have built it yourself from scratch.
Good luck.

Then sit back and have a bag of chips

 

[Chopsdad]

Take the wood to your local timber merchants and slip the guy a fiver and get him to do it with his table saw.  Perfect for amaters and perfect finish  

[miggy]

Take the wood to your local timber merchants and slip the guy a fiver and get him to do it with his table saw.  Perfect for amaters and perfect finish  

 

[Baron Von Spongebob]

Take the wood to your local timber merchants and slip the guy a fiver and get him to do it with his table saw.  Perfect for amaters and perfect finish  

 

Your on the ball tonight Miggy..

Better still drop it off to them and when they deilver pay COD...

[miggy]

Take the wood to your local timber merchants and slip the guy a fiver and get him to do it with his table saw.  Perfect for amaters and perfect finish  

 

Your on the ball tonight Miggy..

Better still drop it off to them and when they deilver pay COD...

Pick the right plaice and they will do a top job

 

[Baron Von Spongebob]

Take the wood to your local timber merchants and slip the guy a fiver and get him to do it with his table saw.  Perfect for amaters and perfect finish  

 

Your on the ball tonight Miggy..

Better still drop it off to them and when they deilver pay COD...

Pick the right plaice and they will do a top jobfor rock bottom price

 

[Nickbat]

Take the wood to your local timber merchants and slip the guy a fiver and get him to do it with his table saw.  Perfect for amaters and perfect finish  

 

Your on the ball tonight Miggy..

Better still drop it off to them and when they deilver pay COD...

Pick the right plaice and they will do a top jobfor rock bottom price

 

Down here in London a fiver's no good, they'll want six squid and they'll leave you feeling sole destroyed.  

[miggy]

Take the wood to your local timber merchants and slip the guy a fiver and get him to do it with his table saw.  Perfect for amaters and perfect finish  

 

Your on the ball tonight Miggy..

Better still drop it off to them and when they deilver pay COD...

Pick the right plaice and they will do a top jobfor rock bottom price

 

Down here in London a fiver's no good, they'll want six squid and they'll leave you feeling sole destroyed.  

They sound a right load of sharks

[Baron Von Spongebob]

Take the wood to your local timber merchants and slip the guy a fiver and get him to do it with his table saw.  Perfect for amaters and perfect finish  

 

Your on the ball tonight Miggy..

Better still drop it off to them and when they deilver pay COD...

Pick the right plaice and they will do a top jobfor rock bottom price

 

Down here in London a fiver's no good, they'll want six squid and they'll leave you feeling sole destroyed.  

Theres a lot of sharks about..

[miggy]

Take the wood to your local timber merchants and slip the guy a fiver and get him to do it with his table saw.  Perfect for amaters and perfect finish  

 

Your on the ball tonight Miggy..

Better still drop it off to them and when they deilver pay COD...

Pick the right plaice and they will do a top jobfor rock bottom price

 

Down here in London a fiver's no good, they'll want six squid and they'll leave you feeling sole destroyed.  

Theres a lot of sharks about..

A bit slow there Russ

[Nickbat]

Take the wood to your local timber merchants and slip the guy a fiver and get him to do it with his table saw.  Perfect for amaters and perfect finish  

 

Your on the ball tonight Miggy..

Better still drop it off to them and when they deilver pay COD...

Pick the right plaice and they will do a top jobfor rock bottom price

 

Down here in London a fiver's no good, they'll want six squid and they'll leave you feeling sole destroyed.  

Theres a lot of sharks about..

I'll probably do it myself and have a whale of a time. OK, I might make a few mistakes and have to use a few fillets, but you'lll all end up saying"Holy Mackerel", Nickbat did it!

[Baron Von Spongebob]

Your better off doing it yourself because ther are a few Clowns out there but also some good ones that desrve an Oscar..

[Nickbat]

Your better off doing it yourself because ther are a few Clowns out there but also some good ones that desrve an Oscar..

OK, Spongebob, I've heard of a Clown fish, but is there really an Oscar fish? I won't rise to that bait!!

[Golfbuddy]

I'm sorry, I must be hard of herring as I thought this thread was about joinery?