Learn how to plunge cut with a circular saw
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- Опубликовано: 22 фев 2020
- Learn good technique for fast, safe, and accurate plunge cuts with a circular saw (commonly known as a skill saw). Most importantly, learn how to start the cut running parallel to your cut line! This an important cut for starting a rip that does extend to either end of the work piece. I have noticed that even some moderately experienced carpenters are not proficient at this cut, and/or are even terrified to attempt it! This type of wood cut could also be made with a jig saw, but the circular saw will generally give you a much straighter, cleaner cut on your board. Also, learn a trick for fast and accurate rip cuts without using a rip guide. My dad taught me how to do this when I was about 15 years old and I have been doing it ever since. This video is aimed to help young and/or new people entering the construction field become better carpenters.
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Really nice tip about using your finger to guide the saw.
Im 26 and just started building and none of my friends are into it 😂 my generation hates manual labor but i love it! Love your videos!!
Aaaa same!!! Im also 26y.o never thought i would be into woodworking , so if i told my friends about this, i bet they’re not gonna believe me lol
I started in the industry a couple months ago. These videos have been super helpful in getting the basics up and running for me. Part of the issue in me getting into it was I simply wasn't exposed to a lot of the stuff as a kid.
Wanna be your assistant😁
Same here. I'm about to start Carpentry "school" lol
you're channel helped my decide to get into carpentry so thanks!
I'm a small contractor in Jamaica, our construction methods r basically worlds different from u guys. I really wish i could come to the states and get some hands on experience with u guys.
Out of curiosity, what do you guys do differently than us? I love seeing how different methods are used across the world.
I second this would love to know
Construction was one of the most fun things I've ever done. I don't know why more young people aren't getting into it. It's so satisfying!
No kid knows how to join the trades and most parents want there kids to go to college. Most kids don't know about the trades they realized about it when they get invited by some random person. If you looking for workers go to home improvement store look for Young workers tell them to consider the trades. Than go to other retail and community colleges. Kids these days won't talk to you. You will have to talk to them first.
@@orangecookie3132 people interested in learning a trade should look into local building trade union apprentice programs. They provide a solid and safe working environment.
6:15 "Don't be afraid to take the plunge."!!!!! I'm laughing so hard I'm holding my sidings!
There have been times I've back-cut with a battery circular saw and ONLY a battery circular saw and it takes and extreme amount of focus and patience to cut a tight line going backward. For those curious, if it were not a battery saw, I would not attempt it. Battery saws have more forgiveness in that they stall quickly rather than a corded saw which will run through a bind until the freespin of the motor stops.
Super like your work Sir.😊🥰 from Philippines 🇵🇭
Thank you! Just learning plunge cut, i kept on searching how to cut in the middle. Lol.
I love your videos. It takes me back when I first strapped on a set of bags, nearly 50 years ago. I love building stuff and I’ve always enjoyed the guys who work in the industry. Seems all of us have a very similar sense of humor and see the world in the same way. Was a builder for 35 years and still work on our properties. Oh to be 40 again. Take care.
Nice job man.
Thank you for the guide line highlight
Good stuff you guys have taught me alot with all your videos
I’m 18 and part owner of a business with my dad and uncle I’ve been doing this with my dad for almost 6 years and finally full time I’ve learned so much and I’ve finally grown to be able to install and use your tips and tricks to make everything go easier love your videos ❤️👍👍
Very well explained, thanks a lot!☺
Ive been a contractor for a long time. And i enjoy yall videos very much. Keep up the great work.
Always enjoy your videos guys!
Man those Diablo blades!! 👍👍
Thanks again, stay safe, stay busy.
Exactly the way my brothers-in-law taught me.
Back when i was 20 i was a helper ripping rotted deckboards out. I was doing plunge cuts to split the board because there was like 6 coats of paint over the screws. I tried to go backwards and the big skil77 framing saw shot out of the cut and the blade guard ran along my inner thigh. If the contractor i was working for had removed that guard ,like some like to do, i wouldnt be around today. This was a rural area and it was gonna be over an hour until he was back from Lowe's with the new boards. Could have been a real bad day so im glad to see you mentioned not to move it backwards lpl
Excellent advice, especially for new carpenters. Have a blessed week!
I’m a kid and I love wood working so I am one of the very few
Thanks for that awesome tip Erik and all the great videos
Thanks for the video man. Very helpful for me. For years i thought if you touch a trigger on a skill saw it would kill you lol!! Love your channel
Haha! I thought the same thing for years
Nice video! Thankfully I've been doing pretty much what you explained all along. I know the kickback will do just that, kick back, but your explanation about finger placement is spot on. Will definitely be checking out more of your videos.
Cool tip on plunge cut! Wish we constructed timber frame houses here in SA , everything brick and mortar here. So slow and messy!
Nicely done !!! U are an expert
May I add to your safety list.
Before starting your cut make sure you're in a comfortable position and able to make the cut without having to readjust yourself part way thru.
Fr, fr, fr.
Sometimes you just cant get comfy. But oh well. Gotta get as comfy as possible
Thats what i like about right hand saws
Hey! At 3:52, That's how my Mum waves! As a young child, her cousin was playing with her father's tomahawk around the firewood block and he said "Move your hand or I'll chop out off!" She didn't move it... Them's the breaks.
Thx for that tip on the plunge cut, I believe I was always doing it wrong.
Liked the comment you started with about getting into trades. I quit high school in 10th grade, eventually went to college. Got a degree in physics. Later got a degree in medicine and multiple educational attempts at various things in between. I am now an emergency medicine doctor and the amount of financial stress, debt, frustration and disenchantment is overwhelming. This is why just built a small house by myself - enjoyment and education in real skills. Too many kids think college is the only way to success. Let me tell you, don’t write off trades. Getting paid from day one after high school and managing your money properly will put you in a WAY better financial position than I am guaranteed. In addition, you can take trades to an amazing, scientific and artistic level. A lot of job satisfaction and you are doing something that matters, that creates a real thing that lasts. Also, if there is a major collapse of society or financial systems you have skills that you can use to continue living. I am pushing my kids towards the trades or other non-college based career choices. I still love college as an experience, but don’t expect college is going to give you a ticket to anything. Not anymore. I am rambling. Just don’t discount on-college options for life and career just because everyone tells you to “go into college, get a degree and program, or become a doctor or a lawyer or whatever.
Love this channel guys, got in a habit of using a Japanese hand saw to finish plunge cuts thanks to a channel called Scott brown, hope all are well and look forward to more vids.🇺🇸👍🏼🏴
This was the very first cut I learnt to do as a young apprentice on a large scale building project, doing formwork..its as basic as it gets... but people will learn from your vids, lots of DIY'ers use yt for tips so it's a good video in that respect..
Very useful, thanks!
I love all your guys videos they are very informative and helpful to a DIY home owner. Can you guys do one on how to read a tape measure? Asking for a friend
No sarcasm intended. It is nice to know that sometimes some of the techniques that the pros use really are common sense. I thought you were going to show some special technique that the normal diy like myself would never pick up. But you did it the same way i figured out many years ago. I thought i was doing it wrong as i always needed to use a jigsaw to get good corners but it seems that is just the correct way that i just happened to figure out. Thanks for the great videos.
Love you guys you do it no different than us boy in Australia cheers mate
Saludos from Chile! !!!
Sweet video. Lol as I watch and listen I hear one of your guys shooting like 3 nails a second for about 30 seconds. Lol Nail it bro! Nail it! If you ever cut with a worm drive saw ripping can get really dangerous, it just doesn't stop. Be blessed
Very good
Thanks!
Thank you. This is helpful.
Would you be able to show how you properly cut a collar tie?
I am adding them to my roof and have struggled to find the angle and also make the cut with my circular saw.
Thanks
S.
awsome video couple of questions. what do you recommend hardie or wood for the sighting? and have you and ur brother made a video of daily driver (work truck)?
Ok. Thank you
Очень хорошо объясняешь. Мне понятно, даже без английского.Спасибо. Успеха в работе. С меня лайк и подписка.
Nice saw, my dewalt cordless is cheap, but lefty, which i prefer. My batteries, 4 amp and 5 amp dont last that long, especially cold weather. I ordered a skilsaw 7 1/4 blade left corded online last year, it works pretty good when im going to do alot of cutting in one place.
I work on alot of barns, so the cordless tools definetly come in handy. Often just too far to run cords
For those fussing about him not taking apprentices, get yourselves some trade school training first. Training people is hard and time consuming, this man is not making a living doing you-tube videos, he works for his money. Not to mention most will not last a week, and this is from training people a dozen years ago with it harder to find a job. Now you will make more at fast food than a contractor can start you at.
Yeah school taught doesnt mean much, only way is actually working.....like studying for DMV test only to find out actually driving is while different animal....
@@kirkdunn1379 right, ive only been in the industry for 2 years and the crew that i started with, the boss genuinely did not believe i would come back the next day. But i did. And the day after. What the guy means is that most of my generation are a bunch of pussies who quit the moment someone uses a harsh tone. Who expect to never carry 2 sheets of osb at a time. Who dont want to carry 10 10 foot studes on their shoulder. Who work ONLY to finish the DAY not the JOB.
Practice on scrap...lol.. Also, some saws have a start and end mark on the bottom plate to mark the start and end of the blade on a plunge cut. Wish they all did. Good vid as always and look forward to your content.
hey brother u videos help me lot because i get scared off tools when they turn on u siad dont get scared
First time I ever did this the saw kicked back hit me in the leg but for some reason I had the truck in my pocket I always leave them in the truck because I lose them but they saved my leg got bound in the saw and only thing was I lost a really good pair of carharts shredded them like you technique sir much safer
Wow!! That’s incredible! Glad the keys saved you. We have one guy on our job that always carries his keys in his pocket… About twice a day he somehow hits the panic button and sets the alarm off. But… It could save his leg!
Putting a band aid on your index finger when grabbing the saw table to help guide helps against splinters too.
A piece of electric tape, after a while you will get used to it and won't need anything. ...
nailed it
How do you feel about lp smartside? I have read some reviews that it rots in a few years!
Great video! But so much easier with a worm drive. Btw 24 year old carpenter, been doing this full time fur two years
Great vid man yeah it's crazy how schools don't have trades classes anymore. Would been hilarious if the inch monster struck while putting that piece up lol
When I'm doing rafters, I fling the saw towards the horses on the ground, plunge cut every time
Hey Guys. I really like watching your quick videos. To the point. Factual. A bit of humor....great job as always.
I couldn't tell from this video, but I was wondering if you do a dado cut on the bottom piece of trim along the bottom inside edge of the window trim?
Here, in the rain-soaked land of Washington state, I always dado the bottom inside edge of both of the side pieces and the bottom piece of trim so that my siding tucks up under/behind that dado'd trim board. I'm not sure if I explained that well.
Thanks for all the work that you do to put out these videos. It's nice to be able to send a link to one of your videos to someone who has a question on how to do something.
Mike para-CAD thanks Mike... Great idea doing the dado cuts on the bottom piece of trim.. that’s a bombproof way to keep water running down the outside of the siding! We didn’t do it on this window… It’s up under a huge porch roof. Appreciate your comment
Plunge cuts are essential to many things. Just the other day I wasted a perfectly good piece of laminant flooring notching it free hand on the table saw. I'm used to having the non finish side up for the circular saw....I should've known....
I over notched it.
Whenever I make a plunge cut I usually use my plunger for smooth finishes.
I back up plunge cuts, but carefully....sometimes you just have too in certain situations and have lot of experience but no for beginner would not recommend it.....I also find heavier worm drive saws to be bit more stable, and for life of me (know plenty who use them) I hate to cut with right handed blade.....in 80's they're weren't around so everyone had standard skilsaw wormdrive.
..so that's what I've used since....
Next show em a plunge cut with table saw freehand with no fence....that can be lil spooky!
Ok good comment... I do back up pretty often as well, but Is always sketchy! Didn’t want to advise anyone to do anything dangerous! For beginners is definitely better to just cut forward one way and then reverse the saw and cut forward other way to extend the cut.
It's the same here in the UK.
It's all about getting a degree, apprenticeships are seen as second best. Also, people seem to be impressed by degrees, yet spend years doing an apprenticeship and people seem to regard you as one step up from a ship's rat.
The hours we work to scares most off, they want flexi hours, lunch hours etc. I started off as a plumbing and heating engineer, then went to earthworks operating excavators etc (I've always loved machines). I'd go wherever the machine was sent, that could be a two hour drive away the other side of London. Leaving home at 6.00am doing a 10 or 12 hour shift and getting home anywhere after 7.00pm would also put off many of todays youth.
Neil Crawford Not In all cases my firm employs a few young guys, I’m one of them being 20, at the start of my apprenticeship I was doing 12 hour days with 4 hours travel on top of that which lasted around 2 years, I’m at the end of my level 3 nvq now
@@karlmoran2031
Well done on the NVQ.
It's a bit of a killer on your social life doing those shifts and the travel on top.
Good luck for the future.
Maybe not a cool way to wave to anyone but I'm sure you'll keep the old lady happy😏
In response I’m trying get back into the trade but I worry about winter time. I have bills due and rent. I love the industry
Great construction ... and with the next gust of wind everything flies off if it has not rotten by then (or rather, I don't even want such a construction)
How is the battery saw? I've been looking at those DeWalt saws but wondered how many cuts you can make before changing batteries?
Love the dewalt 20 volt. Got a. 6 1/2 & a 7 1/4. Love the 6 1/2 better. Bigger battery last longer.
@jm the dewalt cordless circular saws are fantastic but if you want one that is going to keep on cutting all day on one battery then I would suggest that you go for either the dcs575 or the docs 576. They are the 54volt(60volt in the us), the difference between the 575&576 is that the 576 has the base/sole plate that will fit on the dewalt guide rails which provides a perfectly straight cut without the need for clamping on a piece of wood to guide your saw.
They are truly a fantastic tool and thanks to the battery technology they are just as powerful as corded and will last you all day long!
what kind of paint is that? How do I find it?
Man, because your channel I'm been doing a lot of projects in my house, thanks, by the way are you hiring? Lol
#SpeedSquareProTip Since you're almost always making plunge cuts parallel to the edge, you can keep the blade lined up with your pencil line by placing the shoe of your saw against your speed square.
We have plenty of young guys wanting to work, they just want $25 per hour to start. Good tips but not sure why you thought it necessary to throw me the SHOCKER!😃
You're implying that $25 is too much?
@@Bottleworksnet I am not implying anything, I am saying that $25 per hour is too much for a guy just starting out with absolutely no experience. I should have clarified that. We are talking someone that can't measure and will only carry materials and clean up while being trained. We give raises very quickly. The more initiative you show, the more you make.
I do commercial framing, our company employees over 300 people I'm the youngest at 33.
Same here man. I’m the youngest at 19 by quite a margin. Not enough people are willing to get into framing nowadays because other trades pay more for less backbreaking work.
When possible, isn't it better to have the blade go as deep as possible? This way there is less change of a kickback vs a shallow depth setting.
Hello everyone, question. I’ve been doing undercover security for target 11yrs. I’ve been itching to get into the trades. As of recent some doors have opened to have a chance to get into carpentry or concrete/masonry. Any suggestions for someone with no experience or skill like me at age 29. Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Hey there… Trade school is great and if you can take any classes on carpentry that would really help as well. If not just start building something. Even something as simple as a saw horse… Figure out how to build it sturdy and quickly. We are always pleasantly surprised when we hire someone and they actually know how to build something!
Perkins Builder Brothers thanks, as of recently I opened up one of my walls and removed some studs and framed a door frame. Also built a wall mounted tire rack for 5 tires. So far the information I have gotten from my mother in law and my cousins husband is that school would start paying me from the beginning roughly $600 a week. And I’ve gotten a ton of ppl tell me to not turn down any chances I get to get into the union. I’m really interested into getting into this career path of trades
I’m 48 and only wish I started sooner. Do what u love and the money will follow. Trust in ur process.
Nicholas Huss thanks for some reason I feel like I’m starting late at my age
Look for a job as a maintenance man. That's how I started. Hands on experience is the best teacher!
I took a pre-employment Carpentry program a couple years back, and the majority of the people in the course were either fresh out of high school, or early twenties, whereas a couple of us (myself included), were looking to change our career paths. There are still a fair amount of young people looking to get into the trade (especially here in the maritimes), but the numbers are definitely declining.
The hard thing about getting in young now is there is still a ton of harrassment if you dont know a lot and the vast majority of new workers want way too much to start. If the harrassment would go away the industry would be able to get many more hard workers. I worked under those conditions and learned a lot but not everyone can just shrug off the nasty attitude that many many foreman have towards newbs.
Remember, shearing is a method when cutting fiber cement siding since it does not create dangerous dust.
Brian Young this isn’t fiber cement board.. it’s lap siding made out of osb which doesn’t create the same dust.
I know, just throwing some random knowledge out there! A composite floor is one in which that the steel deck mechanically bonds with the concrete topping so that the concrete and steel can work together to form the floor structure.
We do this for flooring taking out boards or cutting new plywood for vents and stuff not a cool way to wave to ppl lol
I use a multi tool instead of the jig saw
I think more young people would be into building if people under 18 were allowed to work on jobsites (I don't know if the law is the same everywhere, but here in Michigan you can't hire anyone under 18 for hazardous jobs, which includes work on construction sites). Helping build a home would be a great summer job for someone 16 and 17 years old. It doesn't have to be dangerous; they can learn how to tile, drywall, or install fixtures and hardware. I think being able to work in construction as a teenager would develop a love for building that would carry into adulthood. As it is, teens are not allowed to work in construction, and no one they know works in construction, so it's not enticing.
Totally agree… Safety is number one but it’s good to learn safety at an early age. I was helping my dad when I was 12 years old.
I still gave you a like.
Heck I back cut quite often when I miss on a plunge. It’s going to happen I feel like. Just hold on and go slow.... he’s got a good point though. The saw will go crazy.
Have you tried a track saw for this?
I was thinking the same, but the results are pretty much the same factoring in having 2 saw's in site plus extra cost of the plunge saw.
Show HOW YOU DO A BEVEL..CUT...MORE THAN 55 AND UP DEGREES....
On a serious note, I'm in the Pacific Northwest, we are having the same problem too. Most youngsters want something different labor intensive jobs isn't their priority.
Where I live there is a new shopping plaza with several restaurants and a milk shake store. All have delayed opening due to the fact they cant get a full staff. Side note. It is 1 (one) mile from a university campus with almost 5,000 students. I think no one wants to work anywhere anymore.
is it me or the sidewinders that everybody seems to use these days are actually more dangerous for doing plunge cuts than the worm drives?
great vid. please dont use lowes housewrap. and more stabila please.
why can't you finish the cut with the circular saw? why switch to jigsaw? genuine question, thanks!
I’m 18 and I live to build
Yall aint hiring 🤣🤣🤣
Remember a few yrs ago I broke my last coping saw blade while scribing a base board or in my language "skirting board". I cramped onto a bench and scribed with the circular saw. Wouldn't recommend it for beginners.
How can you say there are no Young people in trade, when you don’t open your company to apprenticeships with young ones. I’m 15 and I’d love one with you guys!
Very good young sir... I appreciate your enthusiasm and very pointed comment :-). I guess maybe I made it sound like we don’t do anything to encourage people into the industry, so I will say this: I have had the pleasure of apprenticing many of our former and current employees that were young guys just looking for a job and some new skills. We also work with a program at our local high school where we have high school students come out on the job and work with us. We also set aside five days per year to do career days at local elementary and middle school‘s to get kids excited about working with their hands and going into the construction field. This type of thing has been very rewarding for me and hopefully for the kids I’ve had a chance to work with.
One of the most frustrating times of my life was 15-18. You come into your own competence, but still need to putter around for awhile for "legal liability" and other excuses. Tough it out, learn the safety stuff that will give you a long career and tackle your own projects. :)
Get a right hand side motor saw with the blade on the left so you don't have to look at the Zero all the time and guess what are you cutting !
take the plunge XD
Why you cut from the face when you used your jigsaw haha you literally said 2mins ago always cut from the back
Or at least fit a jigsaw blade that cuts on the downstroke...
I understand what you mean, but the blade of the jigsaw doesn't stay as straight as you'd think. Sometimes even though the top(that part you are looking at, doesnt matter if material is face up or down) cut sees to be going supe smooth and straight, the blade has been wiggling around and has bent itself into an awful angle and the bottom cut is not good. SO since its a finished piece of material, if he uses his jigsaw cutting the way he did, and if the blade went all crazy, it wouldn't affect anything because no one will ever see that.
Where’s ya ear protection?
You can back up a cut you just have to know what you are doing
I was a building inspector in California and I remember seeing every framer was hispanic. Pretty much all the trades were. Except the sheet metal guys. Only one person was required to speak English. Ranchero music was the predominant music played on the job sites. It hit me that if I was a young American kid starting out I wouldn’t want to work in an environment where I couldn’t understand anyone and had to listen to that shit all day long. When you work with people you need to have some things in common like speaking the same language so you can communicate properly and also have a sense of comradery. And as an American you probably won’t want to hear the bass notes of ranchero music playing in your head all day, it just starts to piss you off if you didn’t grow up listening to that music. It’s a Shitty horrible music. Nevertheless the guys that I could speak to were all very nice guys and I respected them. But I would not want to work side by side because of the communication gap. So no, being a young guy that grew up American wouldn’t be so appealing working on a residential construction site in California. Commercial construction is different. Commercial doesn’t have the same shit going on. And kids today think they will work smarter not harder. Yeah they can work smarter at the local Starbucks slinging lattes until they finish school and struggle to pay off their student loans, living at Ma’s house and still working at Starbucks while looking down their noses at guys making 4 to 5 times of what they are making.
You have a good point but you lost me when you gave your opinion about the music choices. Every job site has its own beat. Not every city was built on rock and roll. Many were built to blue grass, gospel and hip hop.
Rich Wood
My point was not about the type of music native to the USA as you described. When you work on a job site and you cannot understand the majority of the tradespeople, they cannot understand you, (except for one out of each group of subs) and to top it off you’re having to listen to a type of music that you cannot understand and it’s a very annoying music to most who weren’t brought up with it, it deters young American workers from wanting to be a part of that industry. If You like the accordion, a constant BOOM BOOM, BOOM BOOM baseline and some guy whaling away in a language you can’t understand, it gives you a headache.
My main point was about the communication barrier and young American workers being able to relate with their coworkers. Not whether or not someone listens to classic rock.
chefpete1978
Yes knowing you will be stuck on a job site listening to that whaling shit is enough for me personally not to want to be around it. You could wear earbuds I guess. But it’s such a distracting sound if your don’t come from that culture.
@@wyattsdad8561 Meanwhile there's an entire generation of hispanic workers that went into these trades not knowing a lick of english and had to learn it along with their craft. If you really want it, get after it; who cares about what music is playing lmao. If you actually put in the effort to communicate and understand where others are coming from you can build rapport. You come off as an asshole, so I wouldn't be surprised if the entire crew wouldn't want to work with you either.
LOL I am Mexican and can agree that it is horrible music. I got very lucky early on and built a recording studio for a famous artist and am now stuck in construction world and finding "white" workers is very rare. Maybe in some parts of Orange County there is still but for the most part everything is in spanish including my plan sets. makes it so much easier
Love the channel starting one up of my own !! Check it out !
I was skepticle of a 20 volt circular saw. But I have several B&D 20 volt batteries and the drill Works great ruclips.net/user/postUgkxjpBI8OOeUXib_iT7UomCrQ-uauwZJ62c . I saw the 4 stars and some glowing reviews so decided to purchase this saw. Well, leave your money in your pocket and run a cord because this little saw won't cut
Here in the UK young people are lured in apprenticeships only to find that the college part is okay whilst the work part is impossible as employers simply refuse to take on apprentices.This is an endemic problem here in London and North West England as well as Northern Ireland.
The irony of this video