![]() ![]() Now that the Cursor is on the Sled which is on the Rail, it’s time to make sure the cutline is aligned with the measurement markings. Orient the Sled’s filler strip for angled or flat saw edges, install the Cursor, remove the Indexing Stop, swivel the base clamps and tighten the screws against the saw’s shoe, replace the Indexing Stop, and slide the Sled onto the Rail. The Edge Guide and Rail screw together with two screws. Ok, maybe about 5 minutes if you really read the instructions carefully but that’s still pretty good. When I say some assembly required, I mean that you’ll spend about 45 secondsputting it all together. In no time I was rippingopen the package to get to work. ![]() But as the figurative dust of life settled it was time to make some actual dust. But as the carpet Pros and I realized on installation day, some of the work I avoided by keeping the parquet underneath was returned to me in the form of doors that had to be ripped down.Īnd instantly I remembered the Rip-Cut, still in its package, which I hadn’t used yet only because of the chaos of selling one house and moving to another. Instead of removing it, we had padding and carpet put down on top of it, saving a great deal of demo work. A hallway and some bedrooms had some pretty hideous parquet flooring that was well past its useful life. My wife and I recently bought a wonderful house that only needed a little attention. It’s as simple as that, but it’s an example of Kreg’s typical attention to detail that makes using the tools enjoyable by removing tedium. Like the Cursor, it’s a small, plastic piece that performs a much bigger function: marking the saw’s place on the Sled so the saw can be removed from the Sled and replaced without re-indexing. The last piece of the Kreg Rip-Cut Circular Saw Edge Guide puzzle is the Indexing Stop. It’s a small but important part of the tool’s precision. The Cursor is a clear, plastic piece with a red strip that orients the Rail’s measurement markings to the blade’s cutline. No, you don’t have to put a quarter in the swear jar. Slide the Sled with saw off the Rip-Cut’s rail and set it on the Accu-Cut for straight cuts at any angle up to 48 inches. That’s the presumably awesome (but stay tuned for the review) turn-any-saw-into-a-track-saw Rip-Cut counterpart. ![]() And bonus points to Kreg for product crossover foresight: the Sled is also the saw’s foundation for Kreg’s Accu-Cut. Base plate clamps secure the saw to the sled. It’s essentially a rip fence, but with much greater capacity and function than one that a manufacturer might provide with their saw.Ī filler strip on the Sled accommodates saws with flat or angled leading edges by popping out with a screwdriver and flipping over. The Sled slides along the rail and clamps securely to make the cut. The Edge Guide and Rail are reversible for right- and left-handed operation. Three major pieces make up the Rip-Cut: an Edge Guide with its generous handle slot, a Rail with measurement markings, and a Sled to which the saw attaches. ![]() Just clamp me to your saw, set the width, and cut away.” Can the Rip-Cut live up to the personified words and soothing voice I just attributed to it? The only way to find out is to rip one. For all the time you spent clamping a straightedge or wrestling a sheet of plywood on your table saw, the Rip-Cut says, “Hey man, chill out, I’ll handle this. With the Rip-Cut, you can cut with the confidence you want and the precision you need.The tool’s name probably gives the game away, but the Rip-Cut is a universal circular saw attachment designed to create straight, accurate, and repeatable cuts up to 24 inches wide. The Kreg Rip-Cut turns your circular saw into a precision edge-guided cutting tool that makes straight, accurate, repeatable cuts in plywood, MDF, and other large sheets. Great projects start with high-quality cuts, and you can make those cuts - more easily than you ever imagined - using your circular saw plus the Rip-Cut Circular Saw Edge Guide. ![]()
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