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Don't Try This DANGEROUS CUTTING TECHNIQUE! (Here's How To PLUNGE CUT W/ Circular Saw Instead!)

I'm focusing on controversial cutting techniques this year, and one circular saw method in particular is very worrisome. It's called LOOSE PLATE CUTTING. This short video will explain what it is, why it's dangerous, and how to avoid it by using proper plunge-cutting techniques!

A PLUNGE CUT is a cut that starts in the field of the board, rather than at the edge.

Loose Plate Cutting is a technique of cutting with the circular saw where the operator loosens the sole plate, and uses the free-swinging action of the plate to make a plunge cut into a piece of wood.

This is especially dangerous because the sole plate is a crucial safety feature on the circular saw (sometimes called a skilsaw or skill saw). It helps maintain stability, and also CONTROL DEPTH.

Loose plate cutting is dangerous because the loose sole plate wants to slide around, and it's very hard to control depth as you sink the circular saw blade.

DON'T USE IT! Instead, set your sole plate depth, and make plunge cuts the right way...

Use the front of the sole plate as a pivot point for the rest of the saw. Lift the blade guard lever, and establish that the blade is positioned at your cut line as much as possible.

DON'T have the circular saw blade in contact with the wood surface when you pull the trigger. Instead, make sure it is slightly above the wood surface, then pull the trigger. Let the saw spin all the way up.

Slowly lever the saw down into the material, sighting down the wall of the blade to make sure it is indeed cutting at your marked line. Lower until the sole plate is sitting flush on the wood surface, then begin driving the cut forward like normal. Cut until you reach a stop-mark, release the trigger, let the saw spin down, and remove the blade from the material.

That's the right way to make a circular saw plunge cut.

Thanks for watching!
The Honest Carpenter