J clip pliers are the devil (vent)

[greybeard]

Ours are all Makitas and we always buy the same brand so the batteries and chargers work. My next addition will be an angle drill. I have corded tools too, just in case but other than the corded circular saw I seldom use them. I had to build a sloped floor in the dairy and needed to rip some 2x4's for bracing under a sloped drain and the battery one just couldn't rip 12' of 2x4. I didn't want to use the table saw as the boards went for 3" to 0" in 12' so I freehanded it with the circular saw; easier to get that angled cut.

That would be a 1.193° angle. Angle fences are usually calibrated in 2°. Set your adjustable fence at 2° and I bet it would be close enough.

 

[babsbag]

If there is an angle fence in my DH's shed I have never seen it. He buys the tools and then I end up learning how to use them. Now I have to go in search of this adjustable fence, that would be so handy to have on hand. I didn't know there was such a thing.

 

[AClark]

So what exactly does that do? Is it like a protractor that measures the angle? I looked at pictures but I don't get it (but I know we have one now, lol).

Makita's are nice. We have some corded tools but those are mostly mine - when hubby and I got married, he had all kinds of wood/household tools, and I had a huge toolbox full of automotive goodies. So between us, we have one of pretty much everything. Except a kreg jig, those are too expensive for me to justify.

 

[babsbag]

I bought a Kreg jig for pocket holes as I was going to build a curio cabinet. Now to find the time to do that.

The adjustable rip fence would allow you to rip boards with an angle. So lets say your nesting boxes wanted a nice sloped side you could figure out that angle and set the fence accordingly and rip them all to match. I understand the concept but have never seen one in person but it would be a great thing to add to my arsenal. I always do angled cuts with the circular saw. Now that have all of my sloped floors done I find out about this accessory.

 

[AClark]

Oh cool, I did an angle on my boxes, but I had it drawn out and ripped it out with a circular saw. Not as easy since I realized after the first long cut at an angle that I had to re-approach from the side because circular saws don't turn! I think a jigsaw might have been a good investment for this kind of thing! Those things are pretty awesome.