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Big Beams? No Problem

Professional Deck Builder

January/February 2010
We found this video of Minnesota carpenter and deck builder Brian Campbell making quick work of crosscutting 6x6 timbers using a Makita 16-inch circular saw.

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Big Beams? No Problem by Andy Engel We found this video of Minnesota carpenter and deck builder Brian Campbell making quick work of crosscutting 6x6 timbers using a Makita 16-inch circular saw. Big saws want to go in a dead straight line, which makes it tricky to cut the line you want to cut. While this seems counterintuitive, it’s not, as with a standard size circ saw you actually make frequent slight adjustments to stay on the cut line. That’s a lot harder to do when you have a big blade embedded in a cut. To deal with this problem,
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