Ba r r y wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
I have a 1-car garage from 1929
On Fri 12 Nov 2004 06:50:24p, "Woodchuck" wrote in news:41954f35$0$63180$ snipped-for-privacy@reader.city-net.com:
I've used most of the methods everyone else has been talking about. For the bathroom remodel this summer I built the sacrificial-top table described here:
I plan to make a *real* circular saw guide this spring, but that table doesn't need any work. It's GREAT. Click on "Setting up the table" about halfway down the page to see what it looks like and an easy way to put a heavy sheet of ply on it. Folds up nice for storage. Used it to cut the sheet vinyl for the bathroom floor. Toss a sheet of ply on it for a top and it makes a passable assembly/work table. Took me an afternoon and about twenty five bucks to build it. I think it's saved me hours of time and I know it's done wonders for my back. :-) It's a lot easier and more fun to mark out and cut a good edge when the work is at a comfortable height and you know it's not going to fall on your foot when it's cut.
Cutting plywood with a tablesaw is possible - if you've got about an acre of infeed and outfeed tables and a six foot fence. Having somebody hold the ends up while you try to guide it through a blade going a few gazillion revs per minute might lose you some friends. At best you'll get a lousy edge. They're just too awkward to handle.
Anything I've said earlier notwithstanding, I agree that unless you have about an acre of accessory tables, infeed, outfeed etc. Trying to heft a 4 x 8 sheet onto a table saw is a recipe for disaster.
bob g.
George E. Cawth> Woodchuck wrote:
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