Please go easy with me, I've not used a circular saw before so may be asking a stupid question...
I'm near to finishing an octagonal deck for a gazebo and was planning on laying the decking on the base in simple parallel lines across the surface of the deck, but to trim the outside perimeter of the deck with the same decking at tangents to the main area to contrast the main area of the deck and to give a nice finish to the edge.
I've allowed plenty of surface area for the joists around the outside edge of the deck but my question is, can I screw the deck down and then use a circular saw to trim the decking to make room for the decking. Just to clarify, the decking is 25mm thick and what I was hoping I could do with the circular saw is set the depth of cut to 25mm (or thereabouts) and cut through the decking over the top of the joists, without cutting through the joists themselves.
Is this possible ? ...or safe ? ...if not is there a better tool for the job. ...as I've said I've not used a circular saw before so might be asking a really dumb question. I only ask as I don't own one (yet) and don't really want to buy one now if its not the right tool for the job. My concern is there seems to be a protective guard that I guess retracts as you push the saw through the material, but does this guard retract all the way ? ....I guess it must if you can use a circular saw to cut through the middle of a sheet of ply.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Jamie
I'm near to finishing an octagonal deck for a gazebo and was planning on laying the decking on the base in simple parallel lines across the surface of the deck, but to trim the outside perimeter of the deck with the same decking at tangents to the main area to contrast the main area of the deck and to give a nice finish to the edge.
I've allowed plenty of surface area for the joists around the outside edge of the deck but my question is, can I screw the deck down and then use a circular saw to trim the decking to make room for the decking. Just to clarify, the decking is 25mm thick and what I was hoping I could do with the circular saw is set the depth of cut to 25mm (or thereabouts) and cut through the decking over the top of the joists, without cutting through the joists themselves.
Is this possible ? ...or safe ? ...if not is there a better tool for the job. ...as I've said I've not used a circular saw before so might be asking a really dumb question. I only ask as I don't own one (yet) and don't really want to buy one now if its not the right tool for the job. My concern is there seems to be a protective guard that I guess retracts as you push the saw through the material, but does this guard retract all the way ? ....I guess it must if you can use a circular saw to cut through the middle of a sheet of ply.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Jamie