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Making long, straight, and accurate cuts with a circular saw can be a challenge. Build this simple track jig that serves as a guide for your saw to help make straight cuts every time.

Follow these tips before using a circular saw for your home construction.

Since a circular- saw blade spins upward, the side that the blade enters will have a smoother cut edge than the side it exits. For table saws, the opposite is true. The good side faces up. 4.

When you need to make straight cuts but don't have a miter saw handy, build this crosscut jig for your circular saw and get to work.

If I can’t use a handsaw this is the saw I grab. If you have never used a circular saw or if you have gotten too relaxed using it, this saw can do lots of damage to wood and to yourself.

Flex Metal-Cutting Circular Saw Price The Flex FX2461 metal-cutting saw retails for $289.99 as a bare tool and is backed by Flex’s limited lifetime warranty upon registration.