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Thank you very much Phil. That saw looks real nice. Actually I already went ahead and bought a small benchtop table saw (Jet 708315BTC). It's $244 on amazon.com. I will make a jig (of some type) for it. The sliding miter saw might have been a better choice, come to think of it. Being able to hold the board stationary, and moving the saw on those nice linear bearings is probably the way to go. Oh well, either way should be a nice change from a hand saw. Thanks agan.

It looks like several people have made a tool like this using a circular saw. I am trying to decide between making something like this or buying a belt drive table saw. I have noticed a lot of runout (side to side) in inexpensive circular saws (which are used in these DIY tools). Does this ever cause slots that are too wide? The Stewmac website says that their blade is .023" wide. It seems like just a little blade runout could be a problem. Any info about this will help me make a decision.