Repeat cut with circular saw
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A real lot? You buy a mitre saw
You screw it to a bench, then you cut a block of wood and screw it to the bench exactly 600mm away from the blade, then you use it as a stop to position your CLS, cut, remove, repeat
If by circ saw you mean one of these
You can make a jig with some timbers screwed to a bench and form a thing where you can slide a timber in, then run the saw along a fence and it will cut exactly 600
Blacks the cut line of the saw, solid orange is the fence and the stop. The support timbers need to be far enough apart that they don’t get cut by the saw . If it sticks off the end of the bench, then all the cut bit will drop out.
So it’s not really the best for this job unless you’re cutting a lot of timber and you want to lay out multiple studs next to each other and cut 600 off all of them in one pass
Also note if you need exactly 600 you’re probably gonna have a fair bit of wasted on every timber because there are multiple of 600 long and you’re so late does have it with so by the time you’ve run four or five cuts you’ll end up with a piece that’s eg 596 long
You screw it to a bench, then you cut a block of wood and screw it to the bench exactly 600mm away from the blade, then you use it as a stop to position your CLS, cut, remove, repeat
If by circ saw you mean one of these
You can make a jig with some timbers screwed to a bench and form a thing where you can slide a timber in, then run the saw along a fence and it will cut exactly 600
Blacks the cut line of the saw, solid orange is the fence and the stop. The support timbers need to be far enough apart that they don’t get cut by the saw . If it sticks off the end of the bench, then all the cut bit will drop out.
So it’s not really the best for this job unless you’re cutting a lot of timber and you want to lay out multiple studs next to each other and cut 600 off all of them in one pass
Also note if you need exactly 600 you’re probably gonna have a fair bit of wasted on every timber because there are multiple of 600 long and you’re so late does have it with so by the time you’ve run four or five cuts you’ll end up with a piece that’s eg 596 long
Thats pretty thorough. Thanks. And I get exactly what your saying. Thanks.
I have done repeat cuts- non critical joinery quality but still very good by placing the mitre saw on the floor - grass actually and at the distance needed put a heavy weight as a stop. Both the saw and the weight grips the grass and soil better than doing it all an the slabs. No messing with screwing stuff to a bench.
If I needed "a real lot" at 600mm exactly, id contact the timber yard i use and get them to do it, it'll be cheaper than buying a power tool to do it.
I have a circular saw to hand
Can you tell us how many you will need to cut and what is the dimensions of the "CLS" apart from 600mm long. If your saw has tracks/guides you can build a sled with a stop end at 600mm. What saw is it
With a circular saw you would need a jig as RobinBanks has suggested. I'd use a rip blade though 24 teeth, but id use a jig where the cut section falls to the floor, circular saws can bind and kick backwards if the blade gets trapped.
That's why you use a sled
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