How to Make a DIY Track Saw - Can it Beat a 40v Makita?
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- Опубліковано 29 бер 2024
- In this video i will show you how to make a DIY plunge saw. This homemade track saw is cheap, quick and easy to make. We will be testing it head to head against the 40v Makita track saw to see how good it is!
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Love it man. I made mine yesterday and now i can make straight cutting.
Really helpful comparison, thanks!
Just made one of these today. Thanks for the idea and demonstration. Clever solution.
Brilliant glad it was useful
I’m learning tons off these videos - thanks!!
Glad to hear it!
Sometimes the feeling of I made that, is the most satisfying thing and stuff the moaners with workshops full of expensive kit, keep it up I say 👍👍
I have plenty of the expensive stuff but like you say, I enjoy making things too 😊
Blimey, how your channels grown!!
Ignore the negative comments from the ‘EXPERTS’. Your track saw is a great idea, and as long as common sense is used to plunge, crack on!
Hope your renovations going well, and well done you for your excellent videos which inspire 1000’s! Now I’ve got to go back to fitting heavy oak veneer doors into old linings! 😩 Good vid on that also👍
Your videos are just mesmerising and informative.
Glad you like them!
Thanks. Will make one of these.
Enjoy!
Love that- going to make one!
Do it 🙌👍
Great idea! Thanks 👍🏻
Thanks as always!
Thanks for the video brother.
Great video, I have a corded Makita track saw which I love for its precision. However, I keep meaning to make a track for my 18v Hitachi saw for doing rough straight cuts, but havent yet because I couldn't make up my mind on how to make it acurate enough. Seeing this one made with the tile edging has made up my mind. Thanks
Glad to have helped your decision
This is golden!!! very clever and cost effective.
Also i like the honest comparison at the end.
Considering all the videos of yours ive seen i must say your more of a expert trades man than a diy guy ( i understand the diy guy might be better suited for youtube channel title)
I dont normally bother with the long winded comments.
But fair play to ya keep up the good work awesome stuff.
Looking forward to your next projects 👍
Awesome, thank you! I try appeal to as broad base of people of all different skill levels as possible. I’m far from an expert at most things but I do try and share my experiences 😊
Very good video, very interesting good job thankyou 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it
I can't wait to watch it.
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it is great solution for DIY guys and many many more. sure it is not comfortable as the makita. but its sure worth it
Bonkers timing. I've been trying to figure out if I get a DeWalt saw or one of the fancier expensive ones! Thanks for answering my question. Off I pop to B&Q.
Any time!
👍👍👍 Brilliant. Thank you
Thank you too!
Ive built a ton of saw jigs, finally bought a makita track saw. Just for the dust collection alone its worth it. Of course if your a weekend warrior these jigs are great!
Right on!
You'll never please everyone bud. Just post what you want to post and if people watch they watch, if not, that's OK too. Plus if you do post different stuff like this it can draw new people in who are searching specifically for that thing and it might get them into other things on the channel. I do occasionally post unrelated stuff in the hopes it can kind of draw otherwise uninterested people into my niche 😀
Absolutely 👍, thanks for the comment and good luck on your channel.
Great advice. 😊
Couldn’t agree more. Just remember mate in every single one of your great videos the positive comments massively outweigh the negative ones - keep up the good work! You make a lot of people happy and take pleasure from DIY!! 👍🏻
Brilliant, thanks a lot 😊.
I wish this video came out a few months ago ,don't have the need for an expensive track saw so I bought a cheap Evolution track saw for those odd times I might need one .
Still I'm still going to make one and keep it in my van to go with my Erbauer circular saw that way it won't hurt as much if it gets robbed of damaged
Thanks for another great video
Brilliant. Who knows, it may come in useful 👍
What an amazing build. I'm glad I found this channel, but I have to ask... why such thick plywood? It would seem a 10 - 12 mm board would be sufficiently strong for a track.
To get the same quality of cut as the £800 track saw, you could just run a length of frogtape along your marked cutting line prior to cutting and then cut over the cutting line you make on top of the tape with your DIY track saw to give you a laser clean edge...Good vid! It would be amazing if it could rip a 2.4m board though ... a small ammendment to bring the DIY track saw to about 2.8m would be perfect!
Good point 👍
Same here, not long since got a WORX plunge saw for DIY, the 120mm blade version, I think I'll be having a bash at making one of these,
Hope your well 👍🏻
Give it a go. Hope your well too!
Hi . Thoroughly enjoying your videos . Very helpful indeed . Wee suggestion for you . I’m thinking of building a small brick garage . Would it be possible for you to do a video on this . 8 x 6 if possible . Cheers 😊
Great video, really helps you decide whether you need a plunge saw or not. If it's straight cuts this will suffice and can spend the extra savings on some nicer blades.
Glad you liked it
I use just one rail, measure from the blade teeth and line the board with the cut line. Basically half of what's just been built. Works fine for a DIYer, but I get big cuts done at the store. I use to clamp an angle iron onto the board to be cut with the measurement I mentioned earlier.
When setting out your guide rail, put a layer of masking tape on the side of the saws base plate. After you've finished fitting the guide rails remove the tape. This will be a defent tolerance for the saw to slide
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I made something similar about a year ago but unfortunately only lasted a few cuts! I was cutting 12mm plywood with it, when the circular saw blade began to walk/bend off to the side somehow and make a curved cut. Not sure how that happened as the track kept the saw in a straight line. It was also really difficult to line up the track with a pencil mark quickly.
I bought a Titan track saw and it was worth the purchase, much more accurate and miles ahead in terms of ease of use.
If you modify the baseplate of the circular saw somewhat to have an overhanging slot that runs over one rail, you can do away with the other rail, having the saw overhang the edge of your board like an actual tracksaw.
Having been in both sides trust me when I say that it works but doesn't compares. If you really cannot afford the Makita (or any of the other cheaper similar systems) then go for that. Otherwise do a favor to yourself and get the real thing. The difference in precision, reliability and practicity is like night and day.
Thank you for your guide video very helpful
Glad it was helpful!
Usefull jig there I think even for a tradesman, as I often found that a circular saw is more useful on site work when cutting some materials that quickly blunt the blades of the saw. Using this jig would give you similar accuracy to a track saw for first fix work.
Great point there! Cheers
Great video! I got a Makita circular saw, adapter and a rail. But if I hadn't have gotten the adapter and rail I would have given this a go!
Thanks!
I've got the same, the adapter makes life much easier allowing you to use the track
nice video
Thanks for the visit
Useful, as I've cut contiboard a stack of times and it never seems to be particularly clean or straight...
Hope this helps you 😊
Can you cut melamine good side up with no chipping on face with a plunge saw. Good video
This guy is the Kickback King. It hits your neck, you hit the deck.
I've seen another video where they covered the base in a thin coat of silicone to act as a non slip base that seemed to work very well
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The chip out was probably because the DIY rail wasn’t touching the piece you were cutting because you put that tape on bottom of it. I’d also rub some candle wax on it to help saw slide along better. I love making things like this. Would take too long to explain but I made a router jig in similar style to level out 600x600 pieces of wood I needed.
Good point! Thanks for watching 😊
After being perhaps a little bit skeptical yesterday about this video I take my hat off to you, however it really is worth noting that the 40v one is only 40v and it will only run on a single 40v battery, however like I mentioned yesterday the 36v Makita plunge saw will run on 95% of the average DIYer 18v Makita battery platform as it is a 2x18v plunge saw and for those on the Makita 18v system they can without batteries for just under £530 with 2x 1.5m rails and rail bag and jointing pins, or with 2 5ah batteries and charger and 2x 1.5m rails and jointing pins and rail bag for just under £680 overall though a very good video and had we not have bought the 36v plunge saw we too would have been on the 40v Makita plunge saw 😂
Fair comments. The 40v is a mega piece of kit , as is the 36v 👍
Really good video but bear in mind that you don't need to spend anywhere near £800 for a Makita tracksaws. The SP6000J will do everything that your £800 one will but of course needs a 230v power supply. However it only costs around just over £400 including the tracks.
Turn it round 180 degrees and then you could have an angled cut as well? (Albeit just one way)
You may well be right!
To do a 30mm cut you need to account for the thickness of the blade kerf.
Yes you do
Lidl were doing plunge saw with track for £69
Be interesting to test one of those out
About the chipping. If you look at where the chippings occur I’m sure that you will find them to be where you have visability holes. 😉
Absolutely right
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@@TheDIYGuy1 Yup
Can i use a jigsaw instead?
Afraid not. There is too much flex in the blade
What shampoo do you use mate. Your hair is luscious
😂😂 whatever the other half buys
Is that a Stanley hacksaw
I think it is!
@@TheDIYGuy1 great video. Have you done a video on how to hang a door ? Or install loft ladders 🪜
@@theshark2931thanks. Hanging a door yes, loft ladder not yet.
Grrat video, now stopped me buying a track saw.
Thanks. Give one of these a try but a track saw is still an awesome bit of kit
@@TheDIYGuy1 just invested in a table saw and first fix DeWalt nail gun, a track saw would have been pushing it 😂
😆 true that
Am i allowed to build it with my Makita plunge saw or is that cheating ?
😂 I also considered that
Or just buy a Makita circular saw that already fits the Makita track. Works perfectly.
But if you already have a circular saw of different brand this is a great way to do one on the cheap.
Agreed. The track is 50 quid or something so doesn't break the bank
If I was using that Makita and track I still wouldn't be able to cut a straight line lol
Complete noob here, does this mean you lose 18mm cutting depth from the blade?
You will lose the depth of the plywood yes. Thanks
We will put the saw back in the blade... no
We will put the blade back in the saw and then we will cut ourselves
A nice straight line
P r o m o s m
You all ready lost me when you said plywood. Plywood in Denmark are pretty expensive.
Just buy a lumber jack plunge saw for £119 ,done
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0:10 that rubbish cost £800?!
Rubbish?
Way not make it so that you could cut angles with it? Its not like it would be hard to do ? Genuine question not being funny or out
Your right, you could do if you wanted to
There is no way for this to be a plausible experiment. Nothing compares to a track saw. I own the makita in this video, it’s just non sense
What’s non sense about it? It’s a solution for those who don’t or can’t buy a track saw.
Keep it real mate, you're thumbnail says plunge saw. I'd like to see you make a plunge cut on a say a sink cut out with a circular saw. Make videos by all means but don't tell porkies. Somebody that doesn't know better might try and plunge cut with a circular saw and that's dangerous isn't it?
I couldn't agree more and lining the line up through a thick piece of board? Keeps Ng the board from bowing over time? Keeping the "rails" straight when there's always a chance of them getting knocked and bent?
A diyer is better off getting a parkside tracksaw + rails for the same price and the DeWalt + the time it takes to make what I would consider to be a "get you out of the shit jig" 😂😂
The internet experts are out in full force. Why you lot watch novice DIY videos I’ll never know.
@station-7 Because when we see a circ saw with plunge saw written next to it we know something is wrong. And there is, OK? You can't make plunge cuts safely with a circular saw and it needs calling out, OK?
@@station-7And the criticism criticism police have come on duty too😂😂
Agreed, plunging a circular saw is dangerous especially if the user doesn’t remove the riving knife! Stay away and use a circular saw as it is intended
First test….depth? Oh shit, failed!
or just buy yourself kreg accucut, slap it on your cordless circular saw, realize you quite good with building cabinets (woodworking in general, plus handyman stuff) also looks less embarassing, earn money, buy a festool tracksaw, quit your terrible job. make 60 plus grand a year. kreg accucut is a decent track for a very little money especially after adding low friction strips at a bottom of a base for a zero play
I’ll have to check those out 👍
Sorry, this feels like a video to satisfy making some UA-cam content and a catchy title rather than anything practical. Given you can get a perfectly acceptable plunge saw from B&Q for just over £100, there just isn't any point wasting time and money building this or putting up with its limitations
Some like it some don’t. I can’t please everyone every time I’m afraid
There is always a point to making your own. If you have scrap wood around, it's a free track saw. Free is much better than £100 and some people want something for one off jobs. Obviously if you're doing a big project with a lot of materials £100 don't matter, but £100 saved is £100 you could spend on other things. Times are tough for a lot of people
Good points made 😊. I do try to please everyone but as with anything in life, that will never be the case.
Not only is this a great instructional video for a mini project, it leaves the viewer to decide what is best for them, which seems like the perfect fit for a DIY channel.
A plunge saw is a great tool, but not one the typical DIY-er will use frequently enough to justify an additional purchase, when this gets you 70% there.
I kind of agree. I've seen hours of this channel on a whole load of subject matter, and most of it is excellent. And I mean that. I'd hire him in a heartbeat over the clowns I've had this misfortune of using in recent years working with the trades.
This one however... it's a bit sus. In reality, the same guy (or non-guy human) watching this channel and considering buying a tracksaw isn't looking at the £800 version.
It's okay to take a wee holiday. Unlike your mortgage lender, we don't need staccato output. Stick to the best practice have a go yourself crowd stuff. That's the good shit!