Rip plywood with a circular saw quickly and easily with a DIY rip jig! Quick video showing how to make a rip jig customized for any circular saw. Detailed Plans: www.ana-white.com/woodworking...
You’re an inspired apprentice Carprentess, Ma’am. That Union doesn’t count age, just smiles. 😉🤗. Measure twice, cut once and keep in mind you’ve got a good teacher / carpenter keeping an eye on you. 🤔🙏 Ps I don’t mean me, someone of a bit higher authority. 😆😁
Nice idea. This will work if a person has a smaller vehicle, to cut down a sheet of 4×8 plywood in the parking lot of a home center with the ol Ryobi 18+.
You have helped me so many times, i would have to thank you for days and days...You ROCK Mademoiselle...thank you so much again...hoping to bui;lt your greenhouse at my place this spring...Merci Beaucoup Ana...
Good Morning, Ana. Your smile and pleasant attitude are always such a 'kick start' to my day. Thanks for this video and for all of the smiles you've shared through the years. I made one these jigs for my circular saw and for my jig saw. They are a tremendous help to me in my shop.
Thank you for all the advice you share! I just used your online tool to design a bookshelf wall and i am going to make it tomorrow! So excited to try building something. I never would have been brave enough without your example!
Very innovative to be able to use either side of saw & use of thin material for base of jig. Hard to improve on a basic rip jig but I think you just did.
Now if I could only get back up after cutting the plywood, seriously, thank you for your generosity, from videos, free plans, the layout tool on your website, your very kind.
I've been a viewer for many years, about 14 years; I always enjoy your creative ideas. I remember you used many jigs from a brand name company that I won't name that makes all sorts of jigs, I actually have some of their jigs but they are expensive. I am enjoying seeing you make some homemade jigs. I watched the circular one recently; I hope you turn this into a series for all sorts of jigs.
Finally someone showing the way I discovered 7 years ago...I was using clamps and straight edges for 15 years before this... believe me as a pro carpenter this is a game changer and worth every second making!!
this is such a simple but cool idea... I've been using scraps of wood and metal as fences for my circular saw, but the idea of rip cutting the jig to match the saw is genius! I've always just measured the offset and marked a line where my not-even-a-jig needs to be clamped, but yours i could just lay down and clamp without messing about with offset marking... nice
Great techniqué. I want to cut some lattice (1/4x1.5"x8') strips. Or trim the round corners off of 2x4s. I only have a circular saw. I was hoping that there a hack you could show in a short video. Sending lots of love 💖 from sunny 🌞 Arizona 🌵. Take care of yourself and each other 😷.
I got a bunch of huge cherry live edge slabs I gotta do a counter top with . I need to rip them and then join them up to make up the dimensions needed and yeah I basically doing this exact same thing . This is a great idea if you don't have a saw track. Just do a straight edge line and use the saw base . Line it up and boom . Clamp a board down and it forces you to cut a straight line.
If you have a piece of 1/4 inch plywood that was cut with one of those big cutters at Home Depot, can I just line of the 1x3 on the cut end and attach and then only cut the one side? In others words, not needing to cut of the 1.5 inches.
I’m wondering how you trued the fence. A narrow piece of one by isn’t necessarily straight. I clamp my 6’ level to my fence when fastening. Also I don’t glue the fence because flush cut edge will eventually wear back necessitating moving the fence to get a fresh edge. Well Countersunk screws through the back of the plywood will secure the fence. Short assemblies like this with a perpendicular fence on the bottom front are great for square crosscuts.
I like your first two sentences and the question it raises. By eye (and check edge with your 6' level as best you can), you could get a good (enough) idea if the 1by is a straight edge. When you then screw it to the plywood then it should never appreciably move. That's the best idea I have at this point.
Hi Ana I made one of these jigs a while back I also live in TN where it is very humid & shortly after I made this jig it warped so bad I couldn't use it. Do you have any ideas on how to make a jig like this that wont warp in a humid inverimet. oh I forgot to mentesion I used all 3/4 inch plywood for this jig.
@@AnaWhiteDIY Thank you for the suggestion using a thinner thickness of MDF sounds like a good idea 3/4 in MDF can be very heavy thanks for the suggestion
Wait, I have a dumb question. Is the straightness of the cut dependent on the one by three that you choose? How do you do with all of this wonky lumber?
Yes, the saw's fence follow the edge of the 1x3; hence, the cut line edge will match whatever 1x3 does. Might help to snap a chalk line for the 1x3 to sit on.
Only problem is finding a 1x3 that is 100% true. Any cupping will transfer to your cut. Good for general rough in stuff but not for something that needs a true and square edge.
@SR-te2db make your marks on each end then use a chalk line or proper straight edge to make a straight line, as you staple or nail the 1x3 just ensure it's on that line as you go
I do the same with rip saw but I make it easier just get a 1 by 3 or four straight edge clamp it to what your cutting line up the saw and blade were you want to cut and rip it along your guide much less work
You can snap a line on the plywood with a chalkline and straighten some minor imperfections out of a 1x as you work your way down it with the staple gun.