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Re: Cutting plywood

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Grumble Grumble Grumble

A shopsmith, any table saw, a hand held("Skilsaw")saw can be/are all circular saws.

Now I realize referring to a hand held circular saw as a "Skilsaw" is like referring to the refrigerator as a "frigidaire", referring to it as a mere circular saw is just not precise.

So what do we need to refer to it as?

No, hand saw will not do either! That to me is a flat bladed saw with a handle(of which there are many varieties).
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Re: Cutting plywood

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JPG wrote:Grumble Grumble Grumble

A shopsmith, any table saw, a hand held("Skilsaw")saw can be/are all circular saws.

Now I realize referring to a hand held circular saw as a "Skilsaw" is like referring to the refrigerator as a "frigidaire", referring to it as a mere circular saw is just not precise.

So what do we need to refer to it as?

No, hand saw will not do either! That to me is a flat bladed saw with a handle(of which there are many varieties).
Hand-held-power-circular-saw?
Portable-manually-guided-electical-circular-sawing-device?
Motor-driven-circular-bladed-sawing-mechanism-with-operator-guidance?
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Re: Cutting plywood

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roopurt5 wrote:
JPG wrote:Grumble Grumble Grumble

A shopsmith, any table saw, a hand held("Skilsaw")saw can be/are all circular saws.

Now I realize referring to a hand held circular saw as a "Skilsaw" is like referring to the refrigerator as a "frigidaire", referring to it as a mere circular saw is just not precise.

So what do we need to refer to it as?

No, hand saw will not do either! That to me is a flat bladed saw with a handle(of which there are many varieties).
Hand-held-power-circular-saw?
Portable-manually-guided-electical-circular-sawing-device?
Motor-driven-circular-bladed-sawing-mechanism-with-operator-guidance?
:D
Touché!
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JPG wrote:Grumble Grumble Grumble

A shopsmith, any table saw, a hand held("Skilsaw")saw can be/are all circular saws.

Now I realize referring to a hand held circular saw as a "Skilsaw" is like referring to the refrigerator as a "frigidaire", referring to it as a mere circular saw is just not precise.

So what do we need to refer to it as?

No, hand saw will not do either! That to me is a flat bladed saw with a handle(of which there are many varieties).
I don't think so. Google "circular saw". This will show you what a circular saw is.

https://www.google.com/search?q=circula ... 8&oe=utf-8
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This is mine. Is it not a circular saw though?
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Skizzity wrote:This is mine. Is it not a circular saw though?
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It is a worm drive(like the original skilsaw) :cool: .


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So we have proved that marketing types go with less than exemplary use of terminology when identifying products for the masses.

Buzz words!

Maybe we should call it a buzz saw! :D
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Thank you for the Kreg jig tip. Much simpler than risking balancing a 3/4 full sheet of plywood on my Shopsmith. I need to rip a full sheet into 4 inch strips. I then am going to cut a 45 degree edge on each strip, not sure if the Kreg jig can do that, but it would be much easier on the Shopsmith at that point.
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davepk13 wrote:Thank you for the Kreg jig tip. Much simpler than risking balancing a 3/4 full sheet of plywood on my Shopsmith. I need to rip a full sheet into 4 inch strips. I then am going to cut a 45 degree edge on each strip, not sure if the Kreg jig can do that, but it would be much easier on the Shopsmith at that point.
If you are going to cut to final dimension after making those 4" strips, all you need is a straight edge to make those strips. Only potential problem that a fancy guide provides is eliminating the saw wandering away from the guide(straight edge) and some degree(one edge only) of zero clearance for the blade as it exits the workpiece..
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Re: Cutting plywood

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I cut a lot of baltic birch plywood and I use my Mikita track saw for most of the cutting. if you are careful in layout I don't need to use the Shopsmith for most of the cuts. But I do have a couple of spare blades and rotate them frequently. Plus the Mikita has a scoring function. A good track saw is expensive but very valuable it you do a lot of plywood.
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