The new Kreg Rip-Cut™

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Cutting sheet goods accurately with out a guide rail?  But how do you  keep the fence up against the edge of the sheet goods? Looks like a disaster waiting to happen.

 
My first impressions are....  awkward, clumsy, inviting kick back, blade binding......    But not having used it  ???

Certainly not something  I would be trying for finished cuts or on pricey plywood, but maybe for construction ply and jobs?

I shouldn't knock it without trying it , but the set up just doesn't look good to me. Seems especially troublesome for wider cuts.

Seth
 
Unless there is something miraculously different, as Kevin wrote, seen this design before.  In fact in Lowes stores you can look on the shelves under the Kreg items and find something similar now.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Peter
 
I think this is actually a good thing for Festool. People are going to buy this thing. Heck it is priced at $35. I think that Kreg has aimed this at the DIY market. Now we all know there are several levels of DIYers out there. The really good DIYers may try this and quickly realize they need more. Once they start thinking along the lines of safely breaking down sheet goods they will eventually come across a Festool review.

Then they will follow the normal sequence of thinking.
1) that is an outrageous price. Anyone who buys that is simply nuts or a lottery winner.
2) there is no way i hell I can justify that kind of money for a circular saw.
3) you know some of those cuts look really good maybe I need to spend $80 on a new blade for my old craftsman circular saw.
4) wow that new blade really helped with cut quality but I sure make a lot of dust. I sure wish I could keep the saw straight.  Hmm got to fix that
5) I know that Festool is expensive but I get better cuts and control and accuracy, I am not breathing this dangerous dust Hmm ...maybe
6) wood working is my hobby but my health is important and I want to woodwork the rest of my life so making an investment in a good system is starting to make sense.
7) OMG the box arrived, I made my first cut WOW. I sure wish I had save that $35 of the Kreg tool and just bought this sooner.
 
Moving the guide together with the saw is a little risky, and to make it safer and more accurate, the tee bar ought to be longer, both in front of the cut and in back.

Another problem would be in squaring up panels since the guide must follow an existing edge.

Before my TS55, I had very good success with shooting boards, but I don't miss the dust and tear-out they produced compared to the TS.
 
I think it would be a little dicey when you come to the end of the cut. If you put any downward pressure on the T on the outside, Everythin could flip up. For the price might be ok for job site cutting of rough panels
 
fritter63 said:
Video only shows still shots?

(just like the Moller Sky Car!)
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I dislike a video that is nothing more than a bunch of still shots chained together..... [cool]
 
I think Kreg should stick to what they do well ... they could make money with stuff like this in the short term, but poor experiences with a brand tend to reflect on people's future purchase decisions ... and Kreg DO make some great jigs. It'd be a shame to put a future fine wood worker off of the Kreg brand name because of the "Rip-Cut".

Whenever you plan to release a new product ... think about your brand!

Think they should come up with another brand name for the shoddy stuff ... maybe "Gerk?"  [unsure]
 
Have you tried to google "Gerk"?

Came up with a Ski & Bicycle shop, a funeral home, the last name of an actor, one of the NPCs in WoW...
 
There's a reason you only see still shots. Once you get any significant width to your rip cut this set up will be very difficult to move smoothly. It might work reasonably well up to about a foot but after that it will be herky-jerky. I think I would rather just rely on a plain old rip fence.
 
UncleJoe said:
Then they will follow the normal sequence of thinking.
1) that is an outrageous price. Anyone who buys that is simply nuts or a lottery winner.
2) there is no way i heck I can justify that kind of money for a circular saw.
3) you know some of those cuts look really good maybe I need to spend $80 on a new blade for my old craftsman circular saw.
4) wow that new blade really helped with cut quality but I sure make a lot of dust. I sure wish I could keep the saw straight.  Hmm got to fix that
5) I know that Festool is expensive but I get better cuts and control and accuracy, I am not breathing this dangerous dust Hmm ...maybe
6) wood working is my hobby but my health is important and I want to woodwork the rest of my life so making an investment in a good system is starting to make sense.
7) OMG the box arrived, I made my first cut WOW. I sure wish I had save that $35 of the Kreg tool and just bought this sooner.
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It's maddening. On ver 3.0 of a shooting board for a rigid circ saw with new freud blade (only $20 from the online jungle store).... These day's it's more a game of planning on the eventuality of #7, and spending as little on #3 as till you can.

 
In case anyone is interested...  This just popped up on YouTube.  It's a video of someone using and explaining the new Kreg Rip-Cut.

 
GPowers said:


Cutting sheet goods accurately with out a guide rail?  But how do you  keep the fence up against the edge of the sheet goods? Looks like a disaster waiting to happen.
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Piece of junk in my opinion.  Kreg makes some great items, unfortunately this isn't one of them.
 
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