Get More from Your Circular Saw

Step 2 The first step

The first step is to begin cutting 3 inches from one of the machine cut edges of your plywood. This piece will be 3 inches wide and 4 feet long. Cut as straight as possible, even though you may be guiding the saw freehand. Once you have this piece cut, you can mark the factory edge and use it as a saw guide for cutting another just like it. Glue these one on top of the other to make the front fence for the saw guide. Keep the edges aligned and square as shown in the photo. Glue and clamp the fence to the saw guide table.

Cut another piece from the plywood that is almost 3 inches wide and 4 feet long. You want the remaining large piece to be 3 feet by 4 feet because the steel angle iron rails are 3 feet long. You will use this last narrow piece to make the rear support for the angle iron rails. Cut two pieces from it about 12 inches long each. Glue them together. I also glued two short pieces from this together to make a block 3 x 3 about 10 inches long. I fastened this block below the saw guide table so I could mount the saw guide on my Black & Decker Workmate as well as on saw horses.