Ngl I was dead set against track saws until I borrowed one for a kitchen job last week

Been using a circular saw with a straight edge for like 8 years. Thought track saws were overpriced and fussy. But my buddy made me try his Festool on a set of 12 cabinet doors and I cut all of them square in under an hour. No chip out, no adjusting the straight edge every 3 cuts. Now I'm looking at the Wen one for $250. Anyone else switch over and not look back?

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the_jason1d ago

That part about cutting 12 doors in under an hour really made me stop and think. Were those doors all the same size or did you have to change setups between each one? I'm trying to figure out if the speed comes from the track system itself or just not having to clamp a straight edge over and over.

quinn5821d ago

I read on a woodworking site that with a good track saw, the real time saver is not having to measure and mark each cut, just set the track and go. Those 12 doors were probably all the same size, cause that's how production work goes - batch out the cuts, then assemble. So yeah, the track system helps, but the real speed comes from not stopping to reclamp a straight edge on every single piece.