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[@brentadamson8373]

I’m a small business owner myself and a 20000 dollar mistake can be detrimental to any small business!!!

[@kennanlynn4977]

A 2000 mistake would be detrimental to mine thats why i work very slow and careful cant afford a fuck up.

[@rooknado]

@@kennanlynn4977That’s the best way to work, for the customer and the craftsmen

[@rooknado]

@@kennanlynn4977Respect

[@bartholomewst.juniorstein8814]

Had an employee cost me over 90k because he tried to use old pigment to “save money.” So instead of spending $400 on new pigment, i endure a nightmare instead.

[@iclimbeverything2990]

TIL $20,000 is a lot of money

[@scumbaag]

Just the fact that you landed a hardwood job of that caliber, shows a lot. Nice work man, love building decks.

[@keifydabzz5745]

Clearly don’t know where you are, but is hardwood not the standard in your parts? You’d be hard pressed where I am to do anything else for decking

[@dannyhectare4295]

@@keifydabzz5745in aus its a mix, just preference, some like hardwood some like soft🤷‍♂️

[@LonePomegranate]

Where I'm at, most hardwoods used for decking likely wouldn't survive the environment. It's soaking wet 300 days out of the year, and would turn into dirt within a decade. You have to use cedar, or fake wood (which is just tragic), so cedar it is. You could get away with some rarer expensive hardwoods, and treat them annually, but it wouldn't be worth it for most people. In a sunny dry place like this though, this is a beautiful choice. I love this good work 👍🏻

[@dannyhectare4295]

@@LonePomegranate where you from bro? Interesting to learn what its like around the world, Ive even use treated pine for just home jobs and they have lasted years, but then again Ive used some of the hardest woods ive ever seen.

[@PiLLO360]

@@dannyhectare4295where are you from?

[@mr__southern1492]

It's nice seeing someone who actually adjusts the depth on their circular saw is 10/10. I see people just always have it set to max depth for everything and it drives me insane.

[@Arcidi225]

I am amateur, and yeah, even I can see that setting it to max is a mistake. The cut is so much better when you adjust, and more importantly, the "cover" don't get stuck on planks. Just this alone makes it worth it.

[@atjandreau]

Situation dictates. Full depth will always be desired for straight cuts. It maximize surface area from the face of the blade which will help prevent the saw from twisting. When cutting a curve like this you will absolutely have to have the least amount of surface area so the saw can turn.

[@bojanglesobrien6883]

I’ve never been on a site with professionals where they didn’t adjust cut depths.

[@patrickboyes8201]

This comment from andreau I wanted to write but he took the words right from my mouth. The depth of the blade on a straight cut has so much more size movement stability when you’re at full depth. Yeah yeah the argument still stands “but it’s less strain on the motor”. I don’t believe in all that. If your cutting curves 100% adjust it to the thickness of the work

[@CajunRenaissance]

My mentor was really bad about that, and his reasoning is "every second you waste setting blade depth, is money out of your pocket". Which, I think we all can agree, that's a bit gratuitous and maybe unethical

[@davidmc62]

I'm a builder, and have built some crazy decks with crazy angles and bows. If I'm not 100% certain that I have my cut marked out correctly, I make a cut a couple of inches long. This helps me to see what the final cut will look like, and leaves some room for adjustment if needed. Yes! This does add time to the project, but it's worth it, because a bad cut can get expensive!

[@longbow6416]

Cut big then grind in! Well, coming from a granite countertop installer

[@alhassirakhdugani5813]

​@@longbow6416my exact thoughts! you can always take away, you can't put back

[@longbow6416]

@@alhassirakhdugani5813 granite and engineered stone is so fickle. Glorified landscape material! I've honed my skills with Corian and solid surface. Theres so much you can do like inlays, integrated sink bowls, cove splash. My company used to do induction chargers through the material, we'd inlay a small lightning bolt to mark the charging area, it was pretty neat

[@esmurphy9405]

I was thinking the same thing as I watched him cut it.

[@a1uffy]

I built my back deck with garapa. It was my first time using hard wood. All my angles were pretty much 90 degrees with only two 135 cuts. I would have a panic attack if I had to cut a curve. Hardwood is amazing but man! is it tough to work with. Especially if you can't afford to replace any pieces and have little experience. So dang expensive but worth it. I don't know how I didn't mess up.

[@lunckytunk]

My dad was a luxury cabinet and furniture builder for years. I remember him telling me once, he had built a kitchen the price of a Ferrari (about $300,000). From that job, he made $78,000 profit, his best year ever. On average, he didn’t ever make more than $50,000 a year and his worst year, he made $20,000. It’s sad to me that these artists, really don’t get paid what they’re worth. But he always loved what he did

[@oggyoggy1299]

Don’t care.

[@pamelah6431]

"Worth" is totally subjective. If he asked for a rate and someone paid it, he decided what he was worth and they agreed.

[@tombprospectorvulcan6440]

Supply and demand sure he could quote himself higher but then hed struggle finding people who would actually pay that if anyone ​@@pamelah6431

[@tombprospectorvulcan6440]

​@@oggyoggy1299womp womp fatherless

[@madd6795]

Same here we make decent money on really expensive jobs but not crazy amount and these install jobs the mill work are sometimes around 250k or 300k and they complain about how much they pay us and want it done in a week when it's a 3 week job... mabye if they didn't pay thier 10 architects with no time limit and 4 people just to set schedules and fly out to the jobs to just sit there and look and take lunch and email all day they would have little extra money.

[@scrapironfish]

Ipe, aka Brazilian walnut is one of the hardest woods out there on the jenka scale. It's so dense, it actually sinks in water where most wood floats. I worked in the hardwood flooring business for 12 years. The dust is also somewhat toxic, always use respirator, and if you get a splinter, get it out asap. Anyways, nice work!

[@dilldowschwagginz2674]

As a pro builder I'll just say - there's no way that you're going to miss that cut badly enough to scrap the entire project and start over.

[@AtimatikArmy]

I'm not even a pro builder but I was thinking the same thing.

[@rookiexreviews]

😂I have done jobs like this for almost 10 years and I guess I wouldn't exactly say I'm a professional because ive done every job imaginable maybe 2 or 3 times each(besides the usual sink, toilet, calling fan replacements) but I even know this worst case have to replace a few of those but most likely 1 or 2 and I would just made a guide which might not be the most efficient way but like i said I don't specifically do decks but I would think if you really thought it could cost u 20k just make a guide right?

[@iron_mink]

Idk I’ve seen some dumb moves like people not adjusting the blade and cutting deep through most of the deck framing.

[@TushhsuT]

It is wood and not a dovetail cut to fit or whatever. If one cuts to much, just swears, changes slightly an arc and cuts again, being more thoroughly. Completely off? Replace a board.. 20.000..... pff People just like to emphasize with some huge numbers how cool they are.

[@jacobsummers1530]

You would just re cut in a little further in

[@Tonguepunchurfartbx]

I put in 16,000 square feet of ipe decks in Oahu, Hawaii for a BIG name client and was one of the best job sites I’ve ever worked on! It was the old magnum P.I house from the show

[@avancarr8690]

Since you seem experienced, can I ask why someone wouldn't cut the decking down and just number it for the degree of the cut before placing it versus doing a wide cut like this- is it just the risk of everything coming out wrong greater than doing it all together? I feel like you could easily have a team of 5 people running saws, measure out the degree for the board and then cut each one and have a nice arc without the potential ability of losing 20k, and instead would only lose a single board if it was off.

[@SerenityES]

Very Cool

[@toronjanahera1143]

No picture of the finished product? That would be nice. I've done a few decks myself but it's not my thing, they were very small for front and back doors

[@TheGaMePlAyEcKe]

My grandpa always said Measure twice cut once And I think that’s good advice to live by

[@flexinclouds]

As someone who use to build fully custom designed & tuned sub boxes/enclosures, I certainly lived by this. With my OCD Id measure twice, then double check my lines to be certain it's parallel & the pieces will all fit together perfectly once assembled. But most people didnt want to even pay $175-275 for a really high quality enclosures, w/ (perfect internal volume & port tuning frequency) designed for their exact subs.. made from ¾ birch, high quality decking screws & tightbond.. carpeted, bare, or bedlined, with copper wire push terminals & threaded inserts for mounting the speakers etc. Wasnt worth material cost & my time to barely make anything

[@anthonyr640]

I've learnt to measure twice, walk away, come back after a bit and measure again.

[@batmansdad3195]

Im surprised you're not wearing a respirator of any kind! Ipe is brutual on your lungs with being such a fine dust. Up here where im at we treat it the same as if were cutting fibre cement

[@Stephen.R4]

Woodworkers that arent from a giant company dont wear it. Its just annoying all the time and is hot in the weather.

[@TheBearOfSpades]

​@@Stephen.R4 Some minor discomfort is a bad reason to fuck you lungs up, but you do you.

[@pkkiller_apathy4568]

​@TheBearOfSpades you say that Until you start working hard everyday most times people stop wearing them after the first week.

[@batmansdad3195]

@@pkkiller_apathy4568 it's your lungs just remember that.

[@josephdontworryaboutit4495]

@@Stephen.R4Not sure being uncomfortable really tops not having detrimental lung issues or diseases from chronic exposure to fine dust

[@RigoVids]

The idea that a simple deck has become 20,000 bucks really indicates just how inflated prices are.

[@avancarr8690]

It's IPE wood he said. I looked it up. It's Brazilian Walnut. That stuff has practically 0 knots and is highly resistant to everything from insects and bugs, to weather, to rot. From what I saw online just slapping a UV coat on it will have it lasting for your entire life. Idk much about wood types, but it sounds like a dream wood when it comes to decks.

[@spdcrzy]

Ipe is absolutely worth the price. When people call it a lifetime wood, it's not an exaggeration - it will EASILY last a full human lifetime.

[@bryantaylor948]

I got a board of ipe it is extremely dence, probably 2 or 3 times that of walnut

[@BlastingXNP]

This is far from a simple deck. One, due to shape. Two, due to the type of wood. But on the other hand, this is $20,000 in materials and labor for what isn't even a finished deck, so that's that.

[@spdcrzy]

@@bryantaylor948 for reference: Aluminum, admittedly a very light metal, has a density of 169 pounds per cubic foot. Walnut weighs in at 35-45, and Ipe comes in at 69. The heaviest wood, black ironwood, has basically the same density as pure carbon fiber at 84+ lb/cu. ft.

[@AlexBerezovskyJr]

Rough cut with circ saw. Then buy yourself a quality large router.

[@guitarf1mtb902]

Yes to the router, but depending on the size of the radius you’re cutting a circ saw isn’t necessarily always best. You can get away with it on larger curves, but most would be better served by a high quality jigsaw.

[@strangefame81]

@@guitarf1mtb902 A jigsaw is probably the way to go unless you want to burn through 400$ in router bits.

[@WAVE_ZERO]

Who’s going though 50’ of 5/4 Ipe with a jigsaw?

[@michaelrandall7667]

​@@WAVE_ZERO Anyone with a good quality jigsaw. I've cut out circles in 1.75" walnut without issue. It just has to be a good one because cheap ones tend to not stay square. With the jigsaw, he can nail a template down and get a perfect cut guaranteed.

[@DeuceAlchemist]

​@@WAVE_ZERO or a router bit for that matter

[@TomTheEnglishPicker]

Hats off to you. I’ve never seen anyone cut a nice curve with a circular saw 👏

[@artv4nd3l4y]

You must not work with many people

[@deriac8365]

Just want to note that the only reason to set the saw down is to clear sawdust and let the blade cool. Weve cut a few hundred feet of curved ipe walkway, stopping the cut just leaves more room for error when you pick it back up later.

[@Artpentry]

It’s because of overheating. If I didn’t wait I would have a snake cut. Otherwise I am 100% with you. Better in one go. Blade couldn’t handle it though

[@foolishly7366]

THIS is correct. While some mistakes can be unnoticeable at first glance, it's important to recognize what the kerf is on your saw. You will almost NEVER pick up in the exact same spot without some kind of guidance.

[@MrMarkpark]

There was a time I’d have been afraid to cut that free hand. But over time you gain confidence. I would have 100% cut the other direction with a left hand worm drive. It’s much easier to be behind the saw and push like you do with a worm drive, that over top of the saw using your wrist to keep the saw straight, like you do with a standard skill saw. Unless I absolutely have to cut the right side of something I’ll always use a worm drive. People think they are bulky and less maneuverable, but the fact is they are more stable and easier to keep straight. They use the same blade, the length from blade to front of deck is the same. And the distance from blade to side of deck is the same. The difference, which I think makes it better, is that you operate the saw from behind it, rather than over top of it. Making it easier to cut a straight line. Yes it’s heavy to lug around all day, but for an important cut who cares about that

[@brucewelty7684]

I never have determined the culprit that made sidewinders wrong handed!

[@Fnberg744]

"...easier to cut a straight line". Straight line , worm drive line of sight directly behind....I can agree w that. But ultimately, im thinking that barring any safety factors involved in any cut, I'd say it'd be up to the guy holding the saw and how is he/she most comfortable . Not necessarily how somebody else is comfortable. Also, I must have missed the straight part of this cut.

[@MrMarkpark]

​@@Fnberg744 i should have explained better. I dont mean straight like you snapped a line. I mean a cut that you want very smooth the whole way through……. Regardless of the shape. It’s easier and less fatigue on you wrist with a worm drive. It’s hard to position yourself over the saw and keep the cut moving forward, but also straight with no variation. It’s a lot on your wrist. It’s simply less wrist fatiguing positioned behind the saw. I wouldn’t want to use a worm drive to cut 2x4’s all day, or small plywood pieces as it’s bulky as hell and it wears on you. But for a long important cut that needs to be smooth with no hiccups id use the worm drive every time.

[@addictionsucks8848]

I think it's good. It's not the best for a straight carpentry perspective, but the homeowners can easily put a smooth rock feature with a flower bed in there. It make a more interesting home overall

[@bryanbaldassarri3248]

Best way to get a crisp clean line on curves like that is to cut most away with circ, then get yourself a good router bit and router, you can set a board to ride along to make it real easy but nice work anyway keep it up

[@malachiXX]

That sounds like good advice but Ipe changes a lot of the rules. You would need several really good (tungsten carbide) router bits and expect to wear out a few on the job when dealing with this wood.

[@bryanbaldassarri3248]

@@malachiXX same with mahogany, it’s still going to do better that trying to curve a circle saw blade through ipe or any hardwood, cut it close and router best way

[@malachiXX]

@@bryanbaldassarri3248 Also be careful. Powdered Ipe is a respiratory irritant and can cause long lasting breathing problems.

[@alessandrobertoli7950]

Keep going son🎉

[@7777osunajoe]

Hi bro ' I'm a Structural engineer and we had a really large IPE project for the parks department and what I had the crew use was " self tapping " stainless screws instead of having to be painstakingly prefill pilot holes " saves so much it can't be compared. Thank you " good luck "

[@WGHunter]

Epay is a CRAZY dense wood! Worked with it a few times, good stuff my man.

[@sarabellaj]

Another way would be to measure the foot of your saw to one side of the blade an use a piece of vinyl just tacked down or clamped down 3 inches or whatever the distance was from your saw blade and use it as a guide for the saw to ride along

[@coreycantrell1627]

With a circ saw? On a curved cut? Good luck with that…

[@k9elli]

Comments be like “Play it safe and use a coping saw, been doing it for 50 years, perfect every time.”

[@foolishly7366]

Hand saws have their upsides, friend. This guy had to switch in a brand new $50 blade for one job.

[@ti3mpo618]

People don’t understand how much skill this job takes. Well done 👏🏽

[@chubbywombat7402]

Not sure what’s exactly being built here. But I really liked the uncut freestyle look of those planks.

[@beezzarro]

My dad made a really neat jig for himself that uses scooter wheels with high friction. He has them on adjustable axels so you can turn a small crank to adjust the degree of the curve and then just go

[@bostonmarketfeministbookclub]

I would die to see a picture of that mate

[@beezzarro]

@@bostonmarketfeministbookclub oof. I'll ask him to take a photo of it. I can describe it though. Imagine a sturdy H-shaped board with a recessed cradle in the top of the H bit where the empty space is. This is where the circular saw sits. Then each "leg" if the H has a scooter wheel that's basically drilled right into a sort of cog, each of which fits into the large metal screw that sits right where the "axle" of the H is. The idea being that when you turn the screw, you adjust the angle of the wheels simultaneously. I think he has just marked the screw itself with a few common degrees of curvature that he uses. If you wanted to make one yourself, the only magic/difficulty involved is creating the mechanism by which the wheels are all parallel and turn at the same time. I'm sure there is something that you could buy to fix that or have something printed

[@bostonmarketfeministbookclub]

That's awesome thanks so much for replying.@@beezzarro

[@beezzarro]

@@bostonmarketfeministbookclub sure thing. Let me know if you need clarification

[@nathanhammes7803]

Great job as always I love all the keyboard warriors on here. I'm a twenty eight year vet you're doing a great job.

[@AlexBerezovskyJr]

How can you be a 28 year vet when your pic looks like you 25 years old. Lol

[@strangefame81]

28 year vet of what? Meth addiction ?

[@nathanhammes7803]

@@strangefame81 building houses. I wish I was as young as my picture looks.

[@nathanhammes7803]

@@strangefame81 🤣🤣 I needed a good laugh this morning I appreciate that

[@548129636411234]

So u have one or 2 years experience and 26 repeated years okay. Keyboard warriors up in here!

[@IdTakeAbojah]

Awesome work! Learned a lot! Keep it up 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Artpentry]

Thanks! Will do! Glad you liked it!

[@ROCKNROLLMODS]

Circular saws and cut off wheels are 2 things that I use on a very regular basis and it's still blows my mind every time I see somebody cut a curve with one of them.

[@alexpattie9265]

Watched a guy cut off 3 of his fingers doing something very similar to make window arches

[@ROCKNROLLMODS]

@@alexpattie9265 Yikes! It's definitely not a tool for the distracted 🙄

[@jordanbarnett7247]

I don’t know anything about how to build decks or work with wood but I’ve been following you for a while and the comments have gotten much nicer and approving so I think you’re improving. Always love the vids man they are fascinating

[@screamingchickenshoppingne2390]

Yes,,,I am not sure why folks were harsh early on,,,he is.doing fine,,,some things may be his way,,,but in the end,,,as long as he figures each step out , takes his time and makes the best decisions he can as it seems he has done,,,then all will come out fine

[@DreadfulDreamer]

That’s good that means he’s taking peoples advice

[@itsridley8700]

No matter where you go on youtube you will have nasty people, he could be deleting them like alot of creators do. If I was a creator I'd delete them 100 percent. Negativity is just lost souls trying to bring you down when they do fk all with their own lives

[@fewminutestudio959]

@@DreadfulDreamereveryone literally has different opinions and advice on how it should be done though 😂

[@rensoalink4101]

From regular planks to a nice deck, just love craftmanship

[@yoshi2413]

I have a lot of respect for you and everyone else in the business! Keep it up and make that $ !

[@michaelrandall7667]

Nothing against your method as it certainly works. Another option would be a high-quality jig saw. The good ones are made to stay square in thick hardwood. You could then nail some blocks and clamp that siding to them to run along as fence. You can't really mess that up and you can cut without breaks.

[@isaiahoneil8668]

Ive been using the same vlade for about 7 years now, just a good ol angle grinder and file job and she's brandnew. Just a bit of a smaller blade now sadly...

[@Artpentry]

Damn bro! That’s wild 😂😂

[@SaltyFarm]

I use my skilly to cut arched trim and arched header gates on fences all the time. I used to use 3 nails and bend a picket to get my lines but I've cut so many i can eye ball them now. I stand directly in the middle of the picket and hold the skilly sideways with my arm as the guide. Kinda like waving in a half circle. Not as precise as your cut but it ain't furniture and bad cuts just get tossed. The few times I made a cut like yours on a deck or pergola, i used a stringline fixed to a nail with a pencil tied on the other end and drew my arches. I cut similar to you as well but i never thought to let the blade cool. Smart idea.

[@SilentBob713]

If you didn’t like that cut just replace the planks that are too short then cut again

[@D1EG0000]

Free Game 👀

[@Artpentry]

As much as I can offer man! Take it! 😊

[@user-cy8rk4os8n]

20k not in my area

[@toreyyoung1518]

I was doing that with hardwood floors. Going a quarter of an inch deep repetitively until I went through the hardwood. That was 20 plus years ago. At least it's an outside radius we were doing inside and outside radiuses. Good job man!

[@TheBeefSlayer]

I love how you marked the line

[@devinharrison4418]

Using Milwaukee would be better

[@Artpentry]

Hey we all have our preferences 😊

[@Artpentry]

I can respect that.

[@erikn3377]

Don’t listen to that fool. Makita all the way

[@erikn3377]

I am joking. My trailer is full of all brands. Best tool for the job.

[@ferv888]

Ain't no way that wood coted you 20.000 Dollars. 2000 would be more believable.

[@ricksmith3045]

TIME and materials. Also, ipe wood is rather expensive.

[@ferv888]

@@ricksmith3045 time can't be a big part of this. 1k would already be a big scam for the working hours. I am a very 'what you do yourself, you do better' type of guy, i wont pay people who can do the same job as me for 10 times the price... Ok it could take me much longer but it's all about the money. I know that hardwood is expensive but 20k is fkd up.

[@GaroMatossian]

1000 wouldn't even cover a 10x10 space

[@yikes6969]

​@@ferv888you're like 15 years old

[@somebody700]

You have no idea what deck wood costs, do you? My friend is a general contractor, he spent $15k on materials only for a deck he built. No, you don't just go to home Depot and get a bunch of 2x6s, you actually need the pressure treated stuff, then you need to apply an expensive process to make it withstand the elements.

[@thatguy-wo7cd]

I like the, wait a while, come back to it. That definitely helps at times.

[@heywoodjablome2018]

Beautiful as always. I love Diablo blades.

[@GospelOfTheo]

Man you must’ve done this so many times to know so much and do such a good job. Pretty sick

[@Artpentry]

Thanks man!!! I’ve done it a few times now. But ever this long of a curve on Ipe!

[@ianbrinkley5968]

Idk ab flooring but I’m a glass cutter and I always like to go a little big when I cut really expensive stuff so I can just grind it down to the mark and it’s almost impossible to mess up that way

[@imchris5000]

if you cut that siding down to a 2 inch strip you can use it as a sawguide its how I cut track beams for wooden rollercoasters you just push the saw into the guide and go perfect cut every time

[@Bawcum21]

Excellent tips my guy.

[@sensen9900]

Or you know cut a centimeter or 2 on the Side of the Material you dont keep and grind the rest. Which basicly means you will be safe on any kind of Saw Problem.

[@bjornl9458]

Grinder and a zipcut work great for tile and hard surfaces as well

[@McEveley1]

Good Tips! Thank You!

[@trevorcleveland3015]

definition of slow and steady wins the race

[@pcer9973]

Good man, using the best MAKITA 👏

[@carmonacrafts1972]

I work at a lumber yard dealing with ipe and kumaru and tiger Wood all day and it is definitely pricey! Good job knocking that out

[@druckerman247]

Top work mate. 👏

[@Artpentry]

Thanks 👍

[@heatalldayy]

You guys are artists man, keep up the great work 😎

[@whychry]

Wish we could have seen more of that job

[@ryebread8925]

Great tips and craftsmanship 👍

[@leoverran311]

Arc a pencil on a string and draw the radius on Kraft paper. Then transfer to the project, no bending pieces of siding that will create flat spots in the curve

[@Seneric]

Or you use a reciprocal saw, cut an inch wide and make the actual finish with a router and a guide to make any flow form you want to absolute perfection. And you can also put a perfect radius edge on it after. It's also faster because router bits are far cheaper then saw blades so you can just swap them in and out fast.

[@ClutchClips365]

Diablo blades are by far some of the best on the market!👌

[@thekeepers15]

Diablo makes the best everything, from blades to hole saws, all the way to sandpaper. I couldn't recommend them enough

[@hallquiche]

I actually really liked the asymmetrical look of when the planks were different lengths😮

[@juanmespinoza65]

GREAT WORK!!

[@johnstrauch4481]

Would it be possible to build a guide with what you used to begin with for marking?

[@alexl405]

I love working with IPE its a really strong wood an looks beautiful.

[@n1co2017]

idk why but i think it looks pretty good with the uneven board lengths

[@skrenits1300]

He’s working with what he got👌🏼👌🏼smart man

[@frikyouall]

Much attention to detail does a good carpenter make.

[@jamesmoore6935]

As a 40-year woodworker, I know that feeling of regret, even though no-one knows but myself. You learn more everytime. Hard knocks.

[@wigglyman6713]

Relief cuts would help a lot as well impressive work for that saw

[@RR-ss1tj]

Wow, great tools. Didn’t know MAKITA was so great.

[@oneyearunder]

Love the tip about keeping the blade only as deep as it needs to be to cut

[@unclrogPitcher]

love that makita, only saw i used in 30 yrs of framing

[@caiosantana4837]

That accent... you got to be a fellow brazilian 😉🇧🇷 Hugs from your homeland, amazing what we can build ! Keep the Nice job !

[@crossfitpittsburgh1542]

Nice work!

[@GutterJon]

U still did a magnificent job

[@iron_mink]

Props for cutting so perfectly. My question is why not after drawing the line. Move the line guide inward the width of the saw frame and use as a saw guide to make it way easier.

[@adrianojames8388]

I have made templates for cutting radiuses out of 7/16th OSB on decks as big as 26' wide , then place each 8' template in the correct order on the deck to draw my radius . I actually cut it , both the template and the deck surface with my worm drive 7 1/4" , but with my blade as you say , not the full depth . I use the same system to do arches in a framed opening , which is a lot easier to lay-out then than a 26' deck , because I barely had enough room to lay out the radius of the deck , I actually had to lay 4 sheets of OSB end to end on grass , find center , snap a line on that sheet , then extend that line square to my sheets to find my radius point to swing the arch . Don't have a clue how I would do it without having enough room .

[@westcoastlifestyle5916]

I use that wood to make knife handles. It's super nice to work with and the weather resistance is amazing.

[@MCarm69]

when you tape the material it reduces the chipping

[@Tallero]

Why not use a guide jig, that bended wood for example. Makes the cut a lot more secure.

[@gunghokage4986]

Quality craftsmanship guy's.

[@javiermartinezjr8849]

Te la rifaste carnal awesome job

[@Pim3211]

Nothing wrong with this approach, well done.

[@frankiehitman2610]

Nice work. Just a question, why don't you use a jigsaw to make those cuts? Would it be easier for you to handle the curve with a jigsaw or is the skillsaw easier to handle on curves?

[@tompalmer5114]

A shallow blade cut will give you more control in the curve if the blade is deep it acts like a straight Rudder on an airplane or a boat it just will not let you turn

[@aero8922]

money cut has a better ring to it, like you money shift a car

[@Kevin-tt3wn]

How you like the new xgt 40v max compared to the lxt ? I love my 40v tools !!

[@privateidho]

ALL GREAT ADVICE BROTHER!

[@TheMediaMachine]

You know something. I wish this type of work was what was taught in my school when I was a kid. I really wish I took opportunity go to out with my dad and uncles and learn from them too. Daym shame, missed opportunity. It's only now in these years I have this hunger to learn building and this skills.

[@Datacorrupter234]

balls of steel to even use that tool god bless you

[@cantstartafire]

Wow! Great attention to detail. Inspiring work.

[@wesman7837]

And after the cut hold the trigger down to straighten and cool the blade for 30 to 45 seconds!

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

Was wondering how you would mark the curve. Great idea

[@josephrodriguez7107]

Just use a bottom bearing flush cut bit on a router no jigs or guides needed .

[@EVOMAN14]

Nice cut 👌🏻

[@larrybarnett5799]

Dude!! thanks for this...this helps...

[@deebo5474]

Just do a rough cut like 10mm away from the line then go back with a jigsaw to get it perfect. You could literally sneeze n fuck it up if you try it do it perfect on the first run

[@resignator]

Rough cut first with circular saw then use a guide rail and router to finish. Far less stress in getting it perfect that way.

[@johnandersson7095]

Agood way to lay out long twisty cuts is by using a long tent brase that pops to gether with a alastic strig