Ben this is excellent. I am new to track saws but not wood and have been using my track saw a great deal over the last few months. I now realise I hardly ever use my table saw and having now seen how simple you made the build of this jig I can't wait to make one. Thank you so much.

Thank you for citing your sources for ideas

Nice job Ben! I was noodling on how to do this type of thing when I found your video. Great solution. I enjoy Shop Talk Live. You and the others do a great job with that. Best wishes.

That was so much simpler than I had anticipated! Thanks for sharing. :-)

That's exactly what I need at home! I don't have room for stationary working bench, but I have a track and a plunge saw, and this is a simple, cheap yet adequately precise solution that can help me cut pieces out of plywood sheets easily and quickly. Thanks for the idea!!!

Just what I was looking for. Thanks, Ben.

Thanks!! I don't have a track saw (yet), but the same technique will work for using a straight edge and a circular saw too, so I might as well make one!

I Like! I Like! Thanks for posting this and ALL Your videos! Tremendous Help!..... Gus

Ben, thank you for sharing, it is an excellent idea :-)

Simplicity! Thanks for sharing

That's a good idea. I need to make one of those for mine!

I want to see more of that guys ideas... Smaaart

great video, Ben. I may need to build myself one soon.

@FineWoodworking

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dyami!

1 million thanks

This is a good starting point but there is a lot better out there now, see the Peter Millard one for example.

This is a very simple solution. I think I’ll just use a flip-stop on either end of my workbench for the same purpose

clear as mud

great!! thanks a lot!

excellent

man, so simple and useful; thanks!

That's perfect!!!

Superb

Simple idea 👍

Thanks, i used the idea.

The UPS truck just delivered my Makita track saw yesterday. After a couple test cuts, I immediately made this crosscut jig.

@bighands69

6 жыл бұрын

Makita make great tools as well just not to the same level of finish that Festool offers and not as flexible in their applications either. Still a good quality saw and probably perfect for the right buyer.

I think, this way it will be hard to repeat same size many times - need a stopper. Also it will be hard to cut small peaces. I have Bosch saw and guides, and also thinking about crosscut table construction, but have no yet ideas of how to overcome above issues.

@FineWoodworking

6 жыл бұрын

I would be simple to add a stop to the fence, or just clamp a stop block onto the fence. As for small pieces, a spacer block matching the thickness of the stock put under the guide rail, would work. -Ben

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I noticed you were using a Makita corded plunge saw with a festool track, how is that working out.

This was a real good video, and thanks for posting it. I've just made a job-site version of it, screwing the guide rail directly to my table, which is nothing but a sheet of plywood on sawhorses. But I've used the same principals. Just wondered, how do you know a sheet of Plexiglas is square? Not starting an argument, but 3-4-5 is really hard apply on things that small, at least for me! I use it to square concrete slab forms. But this is precision work. Do most Plexiglas squares come perfectly square? Thanks again, Steve

@ThePhiloctopus

7 жыл бұрын

something is square if 1. all sides are equal, and 2. both diagonals are equal. so measure the diagonals from corner to corner. if they are the same, it's square. if not, it's a parallelogram.

@balabuyew

6 жыл бұрын

Here another square check method is explained. As for me, it much more usefull, than 3-4-5: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqhtl9CYd5ubnJM.html

@bighands69

6 жыл бұрын

+Thephiloctopus Measuring square is only as accurate as the measuring tools being used. Being out by a fraction of a millimeter may not seem like much but it most certainly will get exposed when being used as a standard for a tool.

@jayballard8710

5 жыл бұрын

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I have the same makita track saw but ive found the blade that came with it to be lacking. what blade do you use with yours?

@BenStrano

8 жыл бұрын

I have nothing else to compare it to. I do know my blade is on it's last leg and needs to be sharpened but it's worked fine for me.

Didn't know makita worked on festool track! Ace

@BenStrano

8 жыл бұрын

Yup... I'm pretty sure once you cut the guide strip it wouldn't line up for a festool saw but if you ever switched to a festool you could just install a new guide strip.

Love it! But, why do you use a Makita tracksaw on a Festool rail?

@FineWoodworking

3 жыл бұрын

Because that's what I own. Got a deal on the tracksaw.

You can buy an accessory that fits in your guiderail making it like a square. I woul like to add a stop to this thing so you can cut the same piece over and over.

Silly question, but are you cutting into your table top every time you make a cut? How do you sustain this or lift up your cut piece so you don't cut into the table?

@filldev

Жыл бұрын

Not silly at all. Cutting directly into the table seems to be the norm for track saw crosscut jigs. But it’s in the same spot every time, so there’s only the first cut, and it should be shallow if setting the cut depth properly.

great idea...i can't afford a festool but I'm gonna adapt it to my DIY saw guide

@FineWoodworking

8 жыл бұрын

I toyed with the idea of doing this with a DIY guide. Next time!

are you using a Makita track saw in a Festool track? how does it work?

@FineWoodworking

8 жыл бұрын

Yup. Works great!

@bryancampbell9312

8 жыл бұрын

Are you able to use the feature thats keeps the saw from tipping

@FineWoodworking

8 жыл бұрын

No. That extra little lip is the only difference between the two tracks. Considering I've never once cut a bevel with it the saw it isn't a big deal to me. It'll work fine when I do. If I cut bevels every day it would be a nice feature to have.

@bryancampbell9312

8 жыл бұрын

is there another way to contact you - i have additional questions?

@FineWoodworking

8 жыл бұрын

fw-web@taunton.com

Did you try it with 48" cuts? See I'm thinking about doing this to split 4' x 8' and I'm wondering if i should build mine bigger for that, is it worth it?

@FineWoodworking

7 жыл бұрын

You could build it as big as you need. I rarely need to make crosscuts that big so I made mine smaller.- Ben

Most of these types of jigs are Almost square. I made one too, so thanks for the video! But mine was off a tad. A few test cuts later, one stop is now shimmed out by three strips of blue tape... But the jig is perfect.

@FineWoodworking

7 жыл бұрын

I've shimmed one with blue tape as well. What would we do without blue tape? -Ben

@bighands69

6 жыл бұрын

It maybe perfect for what you need it for but it may not actually be perfectly square. The craftsman has to judge for him or her self in terms of accuracy.

Since you made a jig to use your track saw, why not cut a hole for a handle! Great vid 👍✅

@FineWoodworking

8 жыл бұрын

A handle is a great idea!

If it's 48" wide and you stuck a 1" strip as a "fence" you won't be able to lay a full size board to crosscut. May I suggest adding the strip perpendicular to the edge along the outside edge?

Original Video by "Holzwerken": kzread.info/dash/bejne/aZasxNdmfrnOqsY.html

@davidswan4801

3 жыл бұрын

That's the German version ;-} Certainly an impressive creation, but definitely NOT simple! Beautiful nonetheless...

Take it one step further and buy mdf. Use peg board to add a grid pattern with a plunge base router. Homemade mft table.

@BenStrano

8 жыл бұрын

Kinda kills the simple nature though! Plus, I already have a DIY MFT!

@bighands69

6 жыл бұрын

There are so many options available to creative people I am sure we could speak constantly for the next 24 hours on what each of us can do.

why did you repost this?

@FineWoodworking

8 жыл бұрын

It's on our website. Hasn't been posted here. I repost our free videos here a little while after they come out on our site.

@peterfitzpatrick7032

5 жыл бұрын

Why do u ask ?? SMH ... 😅😅😅😅

It would have made more sense to make this big enough to get a 4x8 sheet in it.

@franceshawe9572

2 жыл бұрын

It can be made to any size that suits you