Home Depot has
Kreg 24" Rip-Cut Aluminum Circular Saw Guide (KMA2685) on sale for
$34.97 (price shown in cart). Select free curbside pickup where available. Thanks MaroonHill137
Note, availability for curbside pickup may vary.
Editor's Notes & Price Research
This features a universal design suitable for use with most circular saws and allows you to make straight, accurate, repeatable cuts without measuring, marking or having to keep the saw on the cut line. -Corwin
79 Comments
Your comment cannot be blank.
Featured Comments
Anyway, long story short: I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on this one, but I'll spend a little more if a bigger kit is more flexible.
Rip a 12 inch piece longways. Then rip another piece 2 inch longways. Glue and screw the little piece atop the big one about 2 inches inward. Use your circular saw along the smaller piece to cut off the excess of the big piece. When you're done, you have an 8 ft cutting jig. Repeat and make yourself a 5 footer and a 3 footer for smaller cuts.
That is the way most videos do it. If you can't make a sled off a YT video, you might want to put down the circular saw. Not trying to be a jerk, but it's pretty straightforward. These guides are quicker for ripping when you don't have a table saw
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
Anyway, long story short: I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on this one, but I'll spend a little more if a bigger kit is more flexible.
Anyway, long story short: I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on this one, but I'll spend a little more if a bigger kit is more flexible.
I'm thinking about it too; especially since HD's return policy is so good - you can return it inside six months no questions asked - may be worth a try
Anyway, long story short: I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on this one, but I'll spend a little more if a bigger kit is more flexible.
This is absolutely worth a try. I have only used mine a handful of times so far, but I wish I bought it sooner. Saves a lot of time.
Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank firefox15
Anyway, long story short: I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on this one, but I'll spend a little more if a bigger kit is more flexible.
It depends what you want to do. This is the rip cut version because it can cut as long as you need, assuming you don't need to cut more than 24 inches from the edge.
In contract, the other Kreg unit (I'm assuming you mean the Accu Cut) is made for cross cuts as they can be placed anywhere, but they have a length limitation (used to be four feet, but they just released an extension, so it can go eight feet now).
They both have their place. With the extension, there is little the Rip Cut can do that the Accu Cut cannot, but the Accu Cut gets tricky sometimes if you are cutting something that is a weird length like 6 feet since it awkwardly hangs off the edge.
Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank kupop2
Anyway, long story short: I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on this one, but I'll spend a little more if a bigger kit is more flexible.
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
I think I may pull the trigger on this. If I "outgrow" it because I'm taking apart large sheets of plywood, I'm sure I won't mind spending money again for a larger setup.
Anyway, long story short: I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on this one, but I'll spend a little more if a bigger kit is more flexible.
Someday I think I'll just make another but improved guide and forget about these manufactured guides...or bite the bullet and buy a track saw.
And, you don't need to be able to free hand a straight cut to make a guide. You always use something straight to run up against.
Anyway, long story short: I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on this one, but I'll spend a little more if a bigger kit is more flexible.
Rip a 12 inch piece longways. Then rip another piece 2 inch longways. Glue and screw the little piece atop the big one about 2 inches inward. Use your circular saw along the smaller piece to cut off the excess of the big piece. When you're done, you have an 8 ft cutting jig. Repeat and make yourself a 5 footer and a 3 footer for smaller cuts.
That is the way most videos do it. If you can't make a sled off a YT video, you might want to put down the circular saw. Not trying to be a jerk, but it's pretty straightforward. These guides are quicker for ripping when you don't have a table saw
Just know w/ this product, you need one side to be straight to guide the saw.
I ended up building my own with 2 pieces of scraps. It takes 10 mins. But I later build my track and find it much more useful.