I have one of those amazingly useful EZ Smart Guide Systems from Eureka Zone. This is an extruded Aluminum track that you can use to ride your circular saw on to make very straight cuts. You have to add a special shoe to the shoe of your circ saw so that the new shoe rides on the groove of the track.
OK, here's the deal, the shoe adds some thickness, as does the thickness of the track. Possibly I've got a circular saw with one of the smaller max depth of cut, but it drives me absolutely insane that I can't even cut through two by material while using the smart guide. While using the guide, I can cut exactly 1 and 7/16 inches which means I have to hand saw that stupid last 1/16 of an inch. Of course it never comes out perfectly smooth. Anyway, I am wondering if other people have the same issue. Also, I am considering purchasing an 8 and a quarter inch circ saw. I've not laid hands on one yet, but have read about them. Anybody have one? Are they significantly larger, heavier, or harder to handle than the standard 7.25 saw? The one I am considering has a 3 inch max depth of cut. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu Tel: (412) 268-9081
