This is a lifesaver (and a money saver). With no table saw and a tight deadline, I can rip cut the hardwood floor stock down to patch my 100+ year old floors in time for Christmas
Collin, you do an excellent job of explaining the many aspects of woodworking. I have leaned that if I want to learn something or get great ideas, I can count on your no nonsense and professional presentations. Thanks so much!!!
Great video. I’ve been in construction for about 26 years and finally had a freak run in with my circular saw. Fortunately everything was reattached. I’m going back to the basics a building a bunch of jigs and fences and keeping them in rotation.
Good outcome. I briefly worked with someone who had a similar event happen to him (not as severe, tablesaw) after 20+ years accident free. But he didn’t learn as you did. Still doesn’t respect a tablesaw…takes 8-12’ boards to cut 3’ long mitres on earth 1.25” thick oak/maple boards with no fence, no guards, no splitter/riving knife, no brains. Just a helper to catch the other end. There’s a safer and better way but he won’t change. So it’s a matter of when the next accident will happen.
@@ruidadgmailcanada8508 sounds like a couple people I know. Some people like the school of hard knocks, they just don’t realize how brutal the lessons can be at times. A swordsman once told me to feed every blade a tiny bit of blood. Sounds crazy but it forces one to realize the outcome of not respecting a blade. Doesn’t necessarily apply to tools but your post made me recall that. I wish your friend well.
Awesome tip with the cross cut jig. I've always used a speed square (orange triangle) in the past but every once in a while it moves during the cut or the saw deviates from being tight up against it ruining the cut and sometimes the whole piece. Having that extra piece on the bottom allows me to square things up AND clamp if need be to use both hands on the saw. Thanks. Faster, simpler and haven't botched a cut since. Great channel!
Thanks Colin. I was able to build the Crosscut jig with old piece of 3/8" plywood. Just added some glue, a few 5/8" staples, a piece of 1" x 2" and 3 wood screws. I do not have the space for a sliding miter saw. I usually cut my long boards outside on an old picnic table using a 12" speed square as a guide. The jig will make it easier to clamp the work down and get good square cuts,
So easy to understand your teaching in good English as i heard it was 30years ago in my class room of my Professor taking class in the my undergraduate degree. I am a South Indian having so much interest of listening to your demo for my DIY wood work of using all the power tools of Black&decker. Thank you Sir.
This is just perfect for me! I will just use my circular to cut or rip cut my hard wood floor material in future! Ty and I love your video instruction and the speed you talk! You can be great instructor for high school kids
Well presented Colin. I made one of these about 30 years ago and it's the most efficient way to get accurate, straight cuts with a circular saw- AND you ALSO have a great edge guide for your router too. I also made one for my jigsaw with same method. Thanks for doing the video!
Buen trabajo como siempre lo felicito, usted es uno de los mejores maestros de ebanísteria que haya visto, muy humilde y buena gente. Good job as always I congratulate you, you are one of the best woodworking teachers I have ever seen, very humble and a nice person. I can see that you care about your students ... Muchas gracias...
Colin, this is one of the best vids I have ever seen. I am not new to using a circular saw but I still have trouble cutting a straight line that is until now so thanks so much.
A+ video. Thank you for this video and your time to share these videos with us. The best diy jigs with the best demonstrations and best tips. Love your videos because you don't wonder on with excess talking or annoying music most people add to their videos.
Great jigs. Some years ago I made a ripping jig for my circular saw I used till 3 months ago. This one looks better, should make it for my new circular saw. The cross cut jig is new to me. Looks perfect. I hope I have time to make some of the jigs you showed in the last few videos next week. And I'll straight buy some new paint in order the jigs not to mess up with pieces of scrap wood. Thanks for sharing.
I bought a table saw couple of days ago. I wanted to do some hardwood floor project. But I am so afraid to operate the machine. Then I bought myself a circular saw. I was wondering how to do the rip cutting. I got your video now. I think I can return my table saw and keep my circular saw to finish my flooring with my little jig saw now. Thank you. Your video is very very helpful to a new wood worker like me.
Very helpful and much cheaper than buying specialty jigs and accessories from the store. One of the most often-used jigs in my shop and for projects since I don't like hauling long, cumbersome 2x stock over to my miter saw. Easier just to grab the cross-cut jig and cut it where it sits.
M’s husband Peter here. The fence on my rip jig is an aluminum extrusion held on with flat head machine screws and wing nuts. Blade flutter causes the edge to wear back so I periodically shift the fence back and cut a fresh edge.
Excellent tip for the jig. One way I have seen it done is using a factory edge rip the guide strip on the table saw and when you mount it to the base cut off the base on both sides of the guide strip using the different sides of the circular saw so you end up with both a wider base and a narrower side for using with the "motor" side of the saw.
Thanks for sharing this kind of video..it will help me to make my own circular saw guide..regards from philippines..salute to you sir..you deserve my subcription.
These things work just fine for jig saws as well. I made one 3 feet long and the fence board was straight within 1/32" so I figure by the time the ripples are compensated for it's closer to 1/64" accurate.
It's best to keep the speed square ("triangle") on the opposing side of the board to cut (ie. not against the nearer side to you but the farther one) - as was first shown in this video - if you're going to hold it by hand, because then you'll be pulling the board against the saw which makes the procedure safer and easier. If you clamp that speed square onto the board, then it works as a guide that doesn't move anywhere. Quick clamps are handy for this! I do that quite often. Instead of a jig i just cut a simple spacer (the width of the narrower space between the side of the shoe of the circular saw and the blade) which i first place beside the cut line, then i place the speed square on the other side of the spacer and clamp it there, then i remove the spacer and perform the cut - perfect cuts along the line each time! Saves time walking to the chop saw and back (eg. if i'm up there, building a spiral staircase or something).
I'd love to get a small table-saw. Sometime soon I need to make a new set of shelves on castors for my workshop and a table-saw would be ideal for doing that job. But, realistically, afterwards I may only use it once or twice a year, if that. Something like these would probably do all I need for those shelves and not take up as much space as a table-saw afterwards. Having said that, if I see someone selling a cheap used one locally ... well, sometimes you just have to do these things! :-)
Thanks I made one to rip a 4×8 Sheet of plywood it's big but that the only way unless you have a table saw ,but I think this is actually easier than trying to push a big piece of wood through a table saw.
Very nice. These are a must have! I made one of these but made the mistake of using 3/4 inch pine which was too thick. My saw blade diameter wasn't big enough to cut all the way through the object board. My second one was 1/4 inch like shown here but I added handle holes to make it a bit lighter and easier to maneuver. Also my guide was centered to allow cutting on either side equally. I then made an additional shorter one. They're great!
Several years ago, I made the rip cut jig you show. But, my saw kept turning to the right and I thought the saw may have been dropped one too many times. A few years later, I was using a friend's saw and it did the same thing. When I told him, he immediately knew to replace the blade and fix it. I changed the blade in my saw and have been happily using it ever since. So, if someone tries this and still can't get a straight cut, change the blade and see if that helps.
Made my first lap joint free handing my circular saw, and my cuts look like Rocky Road. I need to make one of these so that I can make tighter fitting lap joints. Thanks for the video.
When I do company training, the educational training video links go to some of your videos. Little do they know I've been subscribed since before they hired me.
Great video and good reminder for me to make these jigs. Not new to the circular saw... but my eyes aren't what they were 30 years ago. Doing it free hand without your reading glasses, or using a wonky 2x4 as an edge, makes for some rather 'artistic' cuts :^)
I've been trying to think of how to rip perfect 2x4s with the circular saw forever - I'm making this in the morning and trying it out asap! Would save me from having to buy a table saw (for a little longer anyway). Thanks!
Update: It works great*, the only issue I have with ripping now is that the 2x4 tends to slide in the direction I'm pushing the saw as it's not anchored down. For slimmer pieces like the sample plywood in the video it should be fine - I may put a stop block or something at the end to make sure it isn't shifting.
And with one full sheet, you can get a 8' for full rips, 4' for cross cuts, the bench hook style cut off (from the end of the video), and still have some left over. And you can even use the back side of each for the router. That's a ton of functionality for just one sheet of ply.
HEY, LOVE YOUR CHANNEL MAN! I HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE RIP JIG FOR YEARS. I DID NOT KNOW YOU COULD MAKE THE C/C JIG USING THE SAME PRINCIPLE. I'M RIGHT HANDED AND USED TO BLADE LEFT SAWS. I JUST GOT THE MAKITA XSH06PT (BLADE RT. KIT) AND AM NOT AS COMFORTABLE WITH IT AS I AM WITH BLADE LEFT SAWS. THE C/C JIG IS GOING TO MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE. THANKS FOR PRODUCING THE VIDEO. CHEERS!
It's great that you teach how to build this without using a table saw which would be a problem if we next wanted to make a DIY table saw. I see that the factory edge of the purchased ply is the key thing to avoid the need for a table saw.
That was really easy. So many of these jigs require like 10 tools. If I had them, I wouldn't need a cross cut jig for a circular saw. Thanks for this.
You just made my life much easier with this video . Takes away the head ache of trying to buy all power tools at once. Thank you
Excellent Ida for crosscut jig, and well explained. Thank you from England🏴
A safe, economical and clearly presented video for a person like me who is a beginner at woodworking with power tools, thank you.
Learn something new every time I watch your videos
This will make angled cuts SO MUCH EASIER! Thank you very much for saving me money and aggravation
I like how the beginners video is presented using one of the best circular saws around. drool
Liking all the videos
I've been a carpenter/ woodworker for nearly 40 years and love your ideas and jigs... keep on keeping on brother...GOD bless
Thank you again for sharing your wisdom
This is a lifesaver (and a money saver). With no table saw and a tight deadline, I can rip cut the hardwood floor stock down to patch my 100+ year old floors in time for Christmas
Collin, you do an excellent job of explaining the many aspects of woodworking. I have leaned that if I want to learn something or get great ideas, I can count on your no nonsense and professional presentations. Thanks so much!!!
Great video. I’ve been in construction for about 26 years and finally had a freak run in with my circular saw. Fortunately everything was reattached. I’m going back to the basics a building a bunch of jigs and fences and keeping them in rotation.
Good outcome.
I briefly worked with someone who had a similar event happen to him (not as severe, tablesaw) after 20+ years accident free.
But he didn’t learn as you did.
Still doesn’t respect a tablesaw…takes 8-12’ boards to cut 3’ long mitres on earth 1.25” thick oak/maple boards with no fence, no guards, no splitter/riving knife, no brains. Just a helper to catch the other end.
There’s a safer and better way but he won’t change.
So it’s a matter of when the next accident will happen.
@@ruidadgmailcanada8508 sounds like a couple people I know. Some people like the school of hard knocks, they just don’t realize how brutal the lessons can be at times. A swordsman once told me to feed every blade a tiny bit of blood. Sounds crazy but it forces one to realize the outcome of not respecting a blade. Doesn’t necessarily apply to tools but your post made me recall that. I wish your friend well.
Awesome tip with the cross cut jig. I've always used a speed square (orange triangle) in the past but every once in a while it moves during the cut or the saw deviates from being tight up against it ruining the cut and sometimes the whole piece. Having that extra piece on the bottom allows me to square things up AND clamp if need be to use both hands on the saw. Thanks. Faster, simpler and haven't botched a cut since. Great channel!
I was trying to figure out how to do this in my head and happened to stumble on your video, solved all my problems!
Thanks Colin.
I was able to build the Crosscut jig with old piece of 3/8" plywood. Just added some glue, a few 5/8" staples, a piece of 1" x 2" and 3 wood screws. I do not have the space for a sliding miter saw. I usually cut my long boards outside on an old picnic table using a 12" speed square as a guide. The jig will make it easier to clamp the work down and get good square cuts,
Nicely explained, just covered what was needed. thanks
So easy to understand your teaching in good English as i heard it was 30years ago in my class room of my Professor taking class in the my undergraduate degree. I am a South Indian having so much interest of listening to your demo for my DIY wood work of using all the power tools of Black&decker. Thank you Sir.
You're Welcome!
Great video. I like that unlike every other saw guide video, you need nothing else than the circular saw.
Love it. This is what I needed it. I am new and I want safe ways to cut. Thank you
This is just perfect for me! I will just use my circular to cut or rip cut my hard wood floor material in future! Ty and I love your video instruction and the speed you talk! You can be great instructor for high school kids
Well presented Colin. I made one of these about 30 years ago and it's the most efficient way to get accurate, straight cuts with a circular saw- AND you ALSO have a great edge guide for your router too. I also made one for my jigsaw with same method. Thanks for doing the video!
Excellent. Just what I needed. Thanks.
Very useful idea. Fantastic.
thank you, so well explained that even someone like me could understand. cheers.
Excellent for us beginners
Buen trabajo como siempre lo felicito, usted es uno de los mejores maestros de ebanísteria que haya visto, muy humilde y buena gente. Good job as always I congratulate you, you are one of the best woodworking teachers I have ever seen, very humble and a nice person. I can see that you care about your students ... Muchas gracias...
Excellent video, I'm going to make it. Thanks.
Colin, this is one of the best vids I have ever seen. I am not new to using a circular saw but I still have trouble cutting a straight line that is until now so thanks so much.
Its very clear thank you very much👍
Thank you for this video! I've never been that comfortable with a circular saw so these jigs will make life easier (and safer!) for me!
Thanks for the easy solution and very well explained.
A+ video. Thank you for this video and your time to share these videos with us. The best diy jigs with the best demonstrations and best tips. Love your videos because you don't wonder on with excess talking or annoying music most people add to their videos.
Nice one... Thank you Colin 👍
Very good video, congrats!
Brilliant thank you 🤗
best teaching thanks
Great jigs. Some years ago I made a ripping jig for my circular saw I used till 3 months ago. This one looks better, should make it for my new circular saw.
The cross cut jig is new to me. Looks perfect. I hope I have time to make some of the jigs you showed in the last few videos next week. And I'll straight buy some new paint
in order the jigs not to mess up with pieces of scrap wood.
Thanks for sharing.
Second one was great .......... i wish i had thought about adding the extra long piece of wood for clamping. Brilliant!
Thanks you!
Very useful jigs when using the circular saw. Thanks for sharing them Colin.
Amazing tips
Explained perfectly, thank you...
As a begginer in woodworking, thanks a lot for your advices, they are very useful for me.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
This so far is the simplest track / jig I have seen. Very beginner friendly. Thanks
I've had the Rip fence for years but now I see I should make a short Cross cut to go with it. Thanks Colin
You're welcome Peter!
This is amazing thanks
I bought a table saw couple of days ago. I wanted to do some hardwood floor project. But I am so afraid to operate the machine. Then I bought myself a circular saw. I was wondering how to do the rip cutting. I got your video now. I think I can return my table saw and keep my circular saw to finish my flooring with my little jig saw now. Thank you. Your video is very very helpful to a new wood worker like me.
Very helpful and much cheaper than buying specialty jigs and accessories from the store. One of the most often-used jigs in my shop and for projects since I don't like hauling long, cumbersome 2x stock over to my miter saw. Easier just to grab the cross-cut jig and cut it where it sits.
I'm learning alot from your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and ideas.
Thank you for the good tips sir. 👍👍 Im new to woodworking.
Great clip. Didn't know about the crosscut version until now. Will try out for sure
M’s husband Peter here. The fence on my rip jig is an aluminum extrusion held on with flat head machine screws and wing nuts. Blade flutter causes the edge to wear back so I periodically shift the fence back and cut a fresh edge.
Thank you for making it so simple! I'm definitely doing the same thing!
Thanks, it is a good idea.
Thanks Colin. I’ve picked up so many great tips from watching you.
Excellent tip for the jig. One way I have seen it done is using a factory edge rip the guide strip on the table saw and when you mount it to the base cut off the base on both sides of the guide strip using the different sides of the circular saw so you end up with both a wider base and a narrower side for using with the "motor" side of the saw.
Agreed. Handy to have both sided usable as you some times just need to have the narrow side of the saw resting on the guide.
You can also use the other side as a router jig too
Thanks for sharing this kind of video..it will help me to make my own circular saw guide..regards from philippines..salute to you sir..you deserve my subcription.
very excellent
Simple and effective. Superb
Good idea
Thank You ! Sir for Very simple, Accurate, Nice & Useful Jig.
Hands down the best video. I've been struggling to make straight cuts with my circ saw and this helped a lot
You are the king of jigs. I learned a lot from your videos thank you.
Just made this and worked perfectly. thanks for your great ideas and teaching 😊
THANK YOU! For sharing. Made one of these. Works great.
Going to make one to cut angles next.
You're welcome Shawn!
I’m new to wood working but i am an artist with a skillsaw
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
LOVE. IT. !!!
These things work just fine for jig saws as well. I made one 3 feet long and the fence board was straight within 1/32" so I figure by the time the ripples are compensated for it's closer to 1/64" accurate.
marvelous
Great tips Colin! I will be making both! I’ve been using the “triangle” technique, had a close call with it! Luckily the saw stalled!
Sounds like you had a close one! Hope these work better for you!
It's best to keep the speed square ("triangle") on the opposing side of the board to cut (ie. not against the nearer side to you but the farther one) - as was first shown in this video - if you're going to hold it by hand, because then you'll be pulling the board against the saw which makes the procedure safer and easier.
If you clamp that speed square onto the board, then it works as a guide that doesn't move anywhere. Quick clamps are handy for this!
I do that quite often. Instead of a jig i just cut a simple spacer (the width of the narrower space between the side of the shoe of the circular saw and the blade) which i first place beside the cut line, then i place the speed square on the other side of the spacer and clamp it there, then i remove the spacer and perform the cut - perfect cuts along the line each time! Saves time walking to the chop saw and back (eg. if i'm up there, building a spiral staircase or something).
Thank you sir
I'd love to get a small table-saw. Sometime soon I need to make a new set of shelves on castors for my workshop and a table-saw would be ideal for doing that job. But, realistically, afterwards I may only use it once or twice a year, if that. Something like these would probably do all I need for those shelves and not take up as much space as a table-saw afterwards.
Having said that, if I see someone selling a cheap used one locally ... well, sometimes you just have to do these things! :-)
Thanks I made one to rip a 4×8 Sheet of plywood it's big but that the only way unless you have a table saw ,but I think this is actually easier than trying to push a big piece of wood through a table saw.
Very nice. These are a must have!
I made one of these but made the mistake of using 3/4 inch pine which was too thick. My saw blade diameter wasn't big enough to cut all the way through the object board. My second one was 1/4 inch like shown here but I added handle holes to make it a bit lighter and easier to maneuver. Also my guide was centered to allow cutting on either side equally. I then made an additional shorter one. They're great!
Several years ago, I made the rip cut jig you show. But, my saw kept turning to the right and I thought the saw may have been dropped one too many times. A few years later, I was using a friend's saw and it did the same thing. When I told him, he immediately knew to replace the blade and fix it. I changed the blade in my saw and have been happily using it ever since.
So, if someone tries this and still can't get a straight cut, change the blade and see if that helps.
Nice job, Collin!
Collin, very clear presenration, you make it look easy 👍👍👍
Thanks Josh!
Made my first lap joint free handing my circular saw, and my cuts look like Rocky Road. I need to make one of these so that I can make tighter fitting lap joints. Thanks for the video.
Wow, very basic and well demonstrated... Good job sir
Great tips for beginners Col 👍👍👍
Thanks for watching Sumo!
When I do company training, the educational training video links go to some of your videos. Little do they know I've been subscribed since before they hired me.
You´re the best. Thank you for helping us !
Great video and good reminder for me to make these jigs.
Not new to the circular saw... but my eyes aren't what they were 30 years ago.
Doing it free hand without your reading glasses, or using a wonky 2x4 as an edge, makes for some rather 'artistic' cuts :^)
lol ... I can relate to those freehand 'artistic' cuts' as I get older too ;)
Really helpful 👍
I've been trying to think of how to rip perfect 2x4s with the circular saw forever - I'm making this in the morning and trying it out asap! Would save me from having to buy a table saw (for a little longer anyway). Thanks!
Update: It works great*, the only issue I have with ripping now is that the 2x4 tends to slide in the direction I'm pushing the saw as it's not anchored down. For slimmer pieces like the sample plywood in the video it should be fine - I may put a stop block or something at the end to make sure it isn't shifting.
Thanks a lot for these tips. I made both jigs and they work just great. Kind regards from Cape Town
And with one full sheet, you can get a 8' for full rips, 4' for cross cuts, the bench hook style cut off (from the end of the video), and still have some left over. And you can even use the back side of each for the router. That's a ton of functionality for just one sheet of ply.
All your videos are awesome, very helpful hints
HEY, LOVE YOUR CHANNEL MAN! I HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE RIP JIG FOR YEARS. I DID NOT KNOW YOU COULD MAKE THE C/C JIG USING THE SAME PRINCIPLE. I'M RIGHT HANDED AND USED TO BLADE LEFT SAWS. I JUST GOT THE MAKITA XSH06PT (BLADE RT. KIT) AND AM NOT AS COMFORTABLE WITH IT AS I AM WITH BLADE LEFT SAWS. THE C/C JIG IS GOING TO MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE. THANKS FOR PRODUCING THE VIDEO. CHEERS!
Excellent vid
It's great that you teach how to build this without using a table saw which would be a problem if we next wanted to make a DIY table saw. I see that the factory edge of the purchased ply is the key thing to avoid the need for a table saw.
Collin thanks I now can make a straight cross cut
Hope it helps! Thanks for watching!
As always simple, easy and accurate, Kev UK
Really a great video, simple but effective technique!!
Thanks for watching!
great video. make a tool with simple way!!!
Awesome instructional video Colin! Kudos to you my friend :)
Thank you Colin Joe H. Toledo, Ohio
fantastic tutorial, regards from the netherlands
Thanks for watching!
The cross cutting jig would be useful in making rabbits and dados as well.
Good job. Thanks.