Who Rip With There Circular Saw?

CJ21

I am wondering do you use rip with your circular saw? This is something I have improve I guess I need to practice more with my Skil 5400 circular saw.

BKFranks

Um...yes, a skil saw is for ripping and cross cutting.

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Joe Carola

Depends on what you're ripping. You talking about just framing like 2x's and plywood, or are you talking about trim?

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rusty1986

Usually I'll have a table saw on site, but if I don't I'll rip with a circular saw.

If it's rough, I'll just snap a chalk line. If it needs to be fairly clean, I'll nail a fence/guide on.

genecarp

my lead framer, GIL (RIP), once butchered a whole deer with a circ saw....if i dont have a table saw, in a pinch i will rip anything with a circ saw !!! and very straight, i dare you to pick out the factory edge

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CJ21

Talking about both rusty.

Craft-man

Ripping with a Worm-Drive Circ Saws

RULES THE LAND

BuiltByMAC

I never killed a deer with one before but, yes, I do rip w/ 'em...

(wouldn't a sawzall be more versatile for parting out the animal? Kinda like an electric carver at Thanksgiving!)



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deckman22

I use the circular saw to rip quite a bit. I use a little brass clip made for putting on framing squares for cutting stair stringers. The clip has a screw that you use to fasten to the saw table, works like a champ & no splinters.

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romoranger

I do, last deck I built I only ordered 2x6 stock for the decking, railings, balusters and such. between my worm drive and a router it looks like it came finished perfectly from the factory; in fact its the way it should have came.

neolitic

As you are still a student, I suggest
that you practice with your saw by day,
and work on your grammar and syntax
by night.

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JonM

I have actually had someone hold a circular saw upside down and have ripped a narrow piece of trim...

woodworkbykirk

[quote=BuiltByMAC;503058]I never killed a deer with one before but, yes, I do rip w/ 'em...

(wouldn't a sawzall be more versatile for parting out the animal? Kinda like an electric carver at Thanksgiving!)

this is why i call a recip a "Tim Taylor Turkey knife"


as for ripping with a circ saw, if your gonna call yourself a carpenter its a skill you must have. however depeninding on the task at hand it may vary. if im framing i use a circ saw, however if im doing trimwork and i need a precise rip i use the table saw even for free hand tapers, as its easier to see the blade and the cut line

Mellison

A teacher once cut a damn near perfect circle out of plywood with a circular saw.
Take that for whatever the hell it's worth.

Cdat

Now, I have to try that! Thanks for the idea.

CJ21

Yes I am still a student, I am also taking english classes.

PA woodbutcher

Works great running the saw down the center of the backbone. 10" demo blade, but you have to have holding the carcass steady

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Cdat

Never mind, I read spiral saw instead of sawzall. Don't know how I did that....

Meetre

I use the circ for ripping, sometimes. I've got an 8' straight-edge clamp with an attachment for the circ. saw, comes in handy once and a while. But, if I have a choice, most rips are in the table saw, just faster and easier for me.

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dlcj

as for ripping with a circ saw, if your gonna call yourself a carpenter its a skill you must have. however depeninding on the task at hand it may vary. if im framing i use a circ saw, however if im doing trimwork and i need a precise rip i use the table saw even for free hand tapers, as its easier to see the blade and the cut line[/QUOTE]

was goin to say exactly that too. And add that using a irwin marithon thin kirf blade makes it easier and gives the saw more power especially for treated wood.