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Re: S&G: Transferring Plans to Plywood
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 4/21/2011, 12:57 am
In Response To: Re: S&G: Transferring Plans to Plywood (ancient kayaker)

: The foam tabletop trick works very well, way nicer than having the
: ply hanging over the edge of the table or balanced across saw
: horses. My foam sheet is on its 4th or 5th boat and is good for
: one more, then it will get resurrected as ceiling insulation or
: possibly noise insulation around the vac. Waste not, want not!

: A circular saw cuts a smooth curve if the center part of the blade
: does not contact the workpiece. Set it just deep enough that the
: carbide chips clear the bottom surface of the ply, about
: 1/8" is OK and gives a clean cut in my experience.

: I use a tiny saw to cut ply planking, just 3-3/8" dia. It
: handles 2 layers of 4 mm ply fine but that's its limit; it can
: be set to a depth of 1" and will creep through thick ply
: but it automatically shuts down if overloaded. It is no longer
: on sale as it got a lot of complaints from users, it's fiddly or
: even annoying to use and has a rep for early failure. It was
: sold as a precision saw and it's obviously not meant for heavy
: work but some people expect too much IMHO.

I always wanted the baby Porter-Cable circular saw for that, but was just too pricy for the amout of use I'd get out of it. Instead I use my Bosch jig saw, works almost as well and has many more uses.

Bill H.

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S&G: Transferring Plans to Plywood
don carter -- 4/14/2011, 11:59 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 4/15/2011, 12:40 am
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Kim Haubert -- 4/15/2011, 7:44 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/15/2011, 4:05 am
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John VanBuren -- 4/15/2011, 5:33 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/15/2011, 6:01 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/15/2011, 6:05 am
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StephenHJ -- 4/15/2011, 12:02 pm
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Mike Savage -- 4/15/2011, 12:52 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 1:11 am
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Mike Savage -- 4/17/2011, 4:21 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 4:39 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 4/17/2011, 6:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/18/2011, 12:16 am
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Mike Savage -- 4/18/2011, 7:11 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/19/2011, 1:41 am
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Mike Savage -- 4/18/2011, 7:09 am
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ancient kayaker -- 4/18/2011, 2:06 pm
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Mike Savage -- 4/18/2011, 3:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/19/2011, 1:43 am
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Mike Savage -- 4/19/2011, 12:50 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/19/2011, 1:42 am
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Jay Babina -- 4/15/2011, 7:17 am
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Jeff Horton -- 4/15/2011, 1:08 pm
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don carter -- 4/15/2011, 2:25 pm
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Dave Houser -- 4/15/2011, 2:55 pm
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don carter -- 4/16/2011, 1:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/15/2011, 3:31 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 4/15/2011, 6:32 pm
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StephenHJ -- 4/15/2011, 11:09 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 4/16/2011, 8:02 am
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ancient kayaker -- 4/22/2011, 12:58 am
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don carter -- 4/16/2011, 1:36 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 1:13 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 4/18/2011, 8:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/19/2011, 1:46 am
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ancient kayaker -- 4/19/2011, 9:31 am
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don carter -- 4/19/2011, 11:59 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 4/20/2011, 10:59 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2011, 12:57 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 4/21/2011, 5:49 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2011, 6:18 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2011, 6:21 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 4/21/2011, 7:52 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 4/21/2011, 7:49 am
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don carter -- 4/19/2011, 10:22 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 4/19/2011, 10:27 pm
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don carter -- 4/20/2011, 12:00 am