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1. 
   kingwoodworks | Oct 12, 2006 09:25pm | #1

   Use the guide and if you want a really nice cut, score the cut line first.  Good side down when using skill saw and score the top with a utility knife.  Done this many times with very good results. 

   Bob

    

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   JasonWhite | Oct 12, 2006 11:33pm | #2

   Try one of the red Freud "Diablo" 40-tooth blades. They do a pretty good job with hardwood plywood.

   TF

   Toolfanatic (a.k.a. The man formerly known as "Toolfreak")
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   10saw | Oct 13, 2006 05:01am | #4

   Thanks,I've done it this way in the past but never for finish quality. I'm thinking about a way to make a Festool type guide rail that would work the same with a Skilsaw. Of course it wouldn't plunge but the rip capability would make it worth some planning.If any on-line plans for such a thing......Al

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   nikkiwood | Oct 13, 2006 07:13am | #5

   I think you're describing a simple shooting board.********************************************************
   "It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts."

   John Wooden 1910-

3. 
   TaunTonMacoute | Oct 13, 2006 12:27am | #3

   Score the cut line and then tape it with masking tape before cutting.

    

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   PADDYDAHAT | Oct 13, 2006 09:04am | #6

   Al, I just cut up an old ratty 4x8 of weathered ply sheathing that I had left out side after a job to make a few platforms to do some fence work on my saw horses. I am using a pc 7 1/4 mag left and a Hitachie (sp) lazer cut $9 blade. I have used pc/dewalt/ irwin and others but this blade was so sharp that I cut my finger just hanging it on the saw and it cut like a razor, no fuzzies(even on that ratty ply). I bought it at home despot or lowe's. Go for it. Pat