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Will a makita circular saw with 'nice cuts only' blade and a rail guide perform comparably to a dedicated track saw?
Doesn't this come up time after time and the answer is yes, and it's the route you should go down as a track saw only tracks, whereas a circular saw is useful for other stuff too?
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I have a Makita circular saw (DHS 680), an adapter and a track. It is quite fiddly to set up the adapter and to place the blade in exactly the same spot compared to the rubber edge every time. Also, most of the mass of the saw is cantilevered on the adapter rather than sitting directly over the track, this can make it hard to keep the blade vertical.
Finally, having to manually pull the guard up to get the saw sat in the track is a job where I wish I had 3 hands. Caveat: I've never used a proper track saw.
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Will a makita circular saw with 'nice cuts only' blade and a rail guide perform comparably to a dedicated track saw?