Making a track saw is easy. All you need to get started is a table saw.

I've been building these tools for years BUT never with the metal track. That is incredible thankyou for sharing. It improves an OK plan to a great plan. I will be building them like yours from now on. This tool makes cutting sheets of plywood much safer for one person, as opposed to using a table saw. It also means there is no $1000 dollar table saw left on the job site when there's no one around. That was common practice in the past.

Perfecta!! Ésta es la guía para sierra más fácil y práctica que he visto. Recomendable 100% !! 👍👍👍

I like how your mind works. I'm inspired to use creativity and ingenuity more in my hobbies.

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The candle wax idea is spot on. An ancient method that works really good and it is still used today in shipyards.

Thank you ! I needed that adapter bracket segment to have a layout plan for my Makita skill saw attachment.

I have looked at many different types of guide, made one myself but this one seems to be the best idea, so simple, I shall make one just like this, thank you for the idea!

This is the BEST DIY track saw idea I have seen. Saved!

I did same thing minus the channel has worked well for the last 20 years Thumbs up on your mods

The best homemade track saw I have seen in the net. Excellent!

I like the way the "outrigger" on the saw's foot plate is small and simple enough to leave in place all the time.

Tracksaws are the great unsung heroes of the workshop. Way better than struggling with large sheets on the table saw. Both safer and much more accurate. In fact, for the home shop, they can be a real space saver as you can get away with a jobsite saw plus a track saw.

Best track saw guide so far.I still use the straight edge and clamps.I think they will retire after I've built me one like yours😊😊😊.Saved.

Ive got 6 full packs of 12mm laminate left over from my house renovation... im so glad i found your channel

I love handmade tools the best! Great project! Love how you turned something like laminate into a tracksaw guide. Great!

The best uncomplicated saw track. Well done.

Thank you so much for this! Racking my brain on how to do better than using a 2”x8’ piece of metal and a circular saw and now I know!

This is the best track saw i have seen being made

Great video. I like how there’s no talking, just doing. Thanks for letting us follow along and not have to keep skipping through any of it!

The best guide rail I've ever seen!!

Uma excelente ideia com peças de pisos laminado assim o corte e preciso, parabéns

Можно проще и не хуже,но вы для себя делаете инструмент и вам виднее,что лучше для вас. Хорошая профессиональная работа. Благодарю. Усть Лабинск

I used silicone on the back of my diy track... spread with a fine V notched spreader .. it worked great !!

Incredibly impressed by this video. I will definitely be building this for my circ saw. Thank you for the brilliant idea here.

I was wondering about the sandpaper at the bottom, until I saw that rough piece of lumber that you cut. Nice job.

Great job, I believe I'd buy a piece of furniture from you, sight unseen. You are a great craftsman!

I just made one myself today, more or less exactly the same.it Works great! Thank you so much for this video.

Очень хорошо и бюджетно. Спасибо за работу.

Awesome Track saw, one of the best I've seen

That's incredible and I know even at my level, I could make it. Thank you!

Parabéns...., ficou excelente e muito funcional!!! Abraço aqui do Brasil 🇧🇷

Здорово! Такая простая вещь и такая гениальная!

Sehr gute Idee mit dem Alu-Profil. So werde ich meine Schiene auch bauen! Danke!

Method + logic + patience = success. Well done!l

Truly inspirational right down to non slip backing. I've been looking for a rip track idea for my Circular saw for some time now, can't seem to manage free hand any more . Looks like I have just found it . May thanks for sharing. Great work

Le voy a hacer una pregunta si me permite, es usted profesional de la madera? porque los detalles que le observo en su trabajo son altamente tecnicos. Con 43 años trabajados en el mundo de la madera le puedo decir que se maneja usted impecablemente bien, le felicito. Me ha encantado

Great! All I need now is a fully equipped workshop to make a simple guide to allow me to cut more accurately with the basic tools I already have.

I often use the countersink to spot through the screw holes of a bracket or hinge then pilot drill. If just drilling holes, I do the pilot first & then countersink. It keeps them concentric.

Отличная идея, как раз всё есть в гараже!

The addition of the sandpaper as a non-slip footing is very cool. Nice

Brilliant, been looking to get one of these, might make a couple so I can have a shorter one as well.

great ideas. I had seen one similar made on youtube but no added track or non stick backing. I also have laminate but it is very thin and wobbly 🤔. I shall search out a broken box or spares friends might have.

Very nice I like the quick attach attachment idea it still gives you the ability to use your saw without having any thing attached to it. Using laminate flooring very good. I think I'm gonna make one like this. Keep up the good work man 👍😁

I believe so that it was a best idea to create a saw track that I seen so far! but it is not a general used because it is designing just for this type of the circular saw. I want to make it for my Ryobi because its hook & holder exactly as same as this one! " Thank you very much for sharing that with us" Great job done!!

Ficou perfeito. Parabéns!

Привет с Приморья!!! Суперская работа со всеми подробностями!!! Шикарный мастер!!!

Sem dúvida a melhor guia de serra circular manual! Parabéns!

It's what separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom. The ability to make woodworking tools!

A lot of effort, but a real nice result. Congrats. Thanks for the upload.

Cool idea. I think I will make one myself as I have most of the materials laying around anyway. I did chuckle at grinding the screw tips down for two reasons. 1. Just use the right size screws. 2. You put foam tape on the bottom anyway.

So using those two inverted pieces of "U" track was brilliant. Great idea!

Приспособа хорошая! До просмотра, её кому то не хватало!👍

Very well done. Thank you for sharing.

Your perfection has no boundaries

Классная самоделка! И ролик грамотно сделал! 🤘!

Awesome build! Loved the sandpaper and double stick tape on the bottom for grip! Great idea!

Wow, im impressed... this one especially useful video... thank you.

Good work , bravo👍👏😉. Thanks for this video. Norbert(France)

Your timing (or mine, I suppose) is very good. I need something like this as we speak for cutting sheets of plywood. Thanks very much for the ideas. In my case, I'm going to add a channel to the bottom to use some clamps I have from previous cheaper straightedge extrusions. Thanks again, and thumbs up to crush a troll.

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beautifully simple in concept and excecution. well done!

Great job. You just inspired me to build my own. 👍

Хорошая работа! Просто👍

Really good idea using engineered wood!

Nice job !!! I'll be making one from some leftover laminate. I'm going to try using Plasti-dip for the backing.

Thank you for the laminate flooring jig idea.

Good effort. Next make yourself a dust extractor for the saw. Even fitting a plastic bottle

Awesome! Great build. I've been thinking about building I've similar to this for a while but have been hung up on how to make the track glide part for the saw footplate. I really like your solution. I was thinking about using some of the UHMW I have and milling a glider out of that but wasn't sure how to fix it to the saw. You solved my problem 👊🍻 Keep up the excellent work brother 👍👍

One of the greatest ideas I've seen so far on UKposts, thank you.

I actually own a track saw but I have to clamp it every time I use it as it slips. The sandpaper on the back is a great idea and i think I'll try it on mine.

Excellent build. An alternative to the sandpaper grip - skateboard grip tape - Black Magic or another quality brand

Thank you for the inspiration and idea for the track. I stole your idea but simplified it a little. Like you I used the laminate flooring but had to glue two pieces together to give me enough width and instead of a U track rail I used an L track rail. This allowed me to use a U section attached directly to parallel fence that came with my saw. I turned the fence upside down so it cleared the table. Attached a strip of wood to the fence with a minimal recess to allow the strip of wood to contact the full length of the saw baseplate. I then attached the U channel guide to the wood. It doesn’t matter that the screw heads protrude into the channel as it sits over the L shape of the track. This negates having to construct special brackets to fix the guide to the saw. As long as you are careful positioning the track against the stop there is no play in the guide as it travel along the rail. I also taped some nonslip matting (like you use to stop items slipping in the car) instead of the sandpaper to the base. Hope this helps someone who hasn’t the skills, like me, to make a bracket.

Great Idea and a really nice video! thank you so much! I'll do this!

Looks like a good alternative to other methods. What sets a great DIY method is knowing what you are suppose to do. Silent videos without comment and explanation doesnot help one to successfully duplicate the demonstrated process, so DIY becomes a trial and error process. An exact replica of this tracksaw or any other is only possible with detailed information. Great video and bravo for the owner but again I will prefer a track saw that I can build to exact specification. 👍

За прихватки из суперклея благодарочка, взял на вооружение 😉

What kind of sanding belt are you using to grind the screws flush without tearing the belt up??

I always wondered why they sell those blue sheets in builders markets... :) Perfect video, keep them coming...

Ide kreatif yang menginspirasi...👍👍 Terima kasih telah berbagi ide✔✔ semoga ilmunya barokah...❤❤

11:50 You can re-purpose that rip cut jig. Cut it shorter, screw thicker plywood to the bottom, and install a miter bar. You now have a tapering jig for the table saw to cut tapered table legs.

it's interesting.tanks👍

Молодец !!! Завидую , розовой завистью !!!

Many thanks for sharing ! I built mine ans and found it very usefull and cheapest than any saw rail from shops....

mmk. seems overly complicated to me. I just screwed the channel onto a piece of plywood and let the saw define the edge. I don't have any tablesaw or drill press to create this.

Great job. Seems completely over-engineered, but still a great job

Very elegantly done, my compliments! Thanks for sharing, and greetings from the Netherlands

Great idea using vinyl flooring. Thanks for sharing

Nice, simple, I love it. What width panel did you use and what type of fitting mechanism is it?

Great job- wondered about using laminate for this. How is it holding up over time?

I like the use of the composite floor boards :)

Excellent job. Congratulations.

Forget the DIY tracksaw. I want that wide tablesaw. BD

How did you make sure the long track was perfectly square when you screwed it down? No bow in the middle?

sweet adaptation of the idea. multiple thumbs up. now to find a second hand saw like that. the cheaper ones don't have the double slide adaptors on the base :/

I still have two units that I made from two pieces of cab-ply about 37 years ago . I made one 98" long and another 54' long . Thanks for sharing Your build .

Could vinyl flooring that already has the rubber backing be used instead of the flooring you used here? AND instead of a candle for the wax, what about using wax like the kind used for chalk painting furniture? I have these on hand and don't have taper candles.

Hello from Australia!, I have subscribed!, the best DIY track saw on the internet!. You are a genius my friend. Where did you buy the metal C-channel's?, and what are the dimensions for both channels?.

Muy buen consejo.... A mi me sirvió perfecto muy buen dato saludos desde chile 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

I see a lot of rubbish on UKposts but that's excellent, I've a lots of leftovers from jobs that will be used for making a few of those for myself and friends.Thanks for sharing

Great stuff!! What were the measurements of the two aluminium profiles you used (including thickness)?