Ripping Wood With A Circular Saw

Clamp the 12 board with a 34 board.

Ripping wood with a circular saw. Beat tear-out in 3 ways Because a circular-saw blade cuts on an upward rotation the bottom face in which the teeth enter the cut will almost always have a clean tear-out-free surface. Here are the steps for ripping hardwood. And that opinion comes from experience.

Watch this video to find out more. Start ripping your narrow board. Circular Saw Rip Fence.

A piece of wood for beginners preferably those with large dimensions to make it easier to handle A saw whether a table saw a drive saw or a circular saw that can use a rip fence. I consider ripping anything less than 12 wide with a circular saw very dangerous. Use the measuring tape to measure from the board edge a distance equal to the blade thickness plus the strip thickness.

Even if you own a table saw sometimes its easier to rip large sheets of plywood with a circular saw. Never force the saw forward. Unplug the table saw and lay the rip board along the blade.

You need to hold the circular saw by both hands. This guide is designed to rip plywood into strips by running the straight edge along the edge of the plywood while the circular saw cuts a certain distance away. As you have found using clamps is not possible and any other method leaves holes.

Carefully adjust the blade parallel to the face of the platform. Lay the stop block according to this measurement. Clamp the circular saw sole to the slab platform.