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Cheeter 10101 Crosscut Saw Guide | List Price: $13.44
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Brand: Cheeter
Binding: Tools & Hardware
Features: - Precise cuts
- Supports and guides saw
- Eliminates vibration
- Produces cantilever cuts
- Eliminates vibration, allowing perfect square cuts
Give it a Try [Posted on 2002-11-05]
This is more of a homeowner product. A professional carpenter or framer probably wouldn't need it and you can accomplish pretty much the same thing with a 12 inch speed square. This guide is made out of heavy steel and appears well made. I do have a concern that over time, and with use, the "friction" lock for the two legs will become less accurate from wear. The instructions were simple, but make sure you look at the back of the box since it is where the pictures are for the initial set up instructions. This item is "left hander" unfriendly (but so are a lot of things in life). I too had problems with clamp down of the product. This wouldn't be a problem with one of the newer style circular saws where the motor is on the right side of the blade. I'll get some use out of it, but not as much as I thought when I ordered it.
Another dust collector [Posted on 2005-03-09]
A tool that you'll likely stuff under a shelf and find once or twice a year while moving around the tools that are practicle.
Lack of Information in Catalog [Posted on 2005-08-20]
I received the Cheeter PN 10101 thinking it would work with my Porter Cable Extra Heavy Duty framing saw, only to discover that the guide works only for blade-on-right saws, and mine is a blade-on-left. The only way to do 90-degree cuts is by clamping the guide on the other side of the board, and the cut is made so that the guide is being pushed out of alignment. The catalog should state that the guide is for blade-on-right saws only! If there is a blade-on-left version available, please let me know.
hard to trust for a square cut [Posted on 2006-05-10]
Have not even bothered to use it, just returning. It is supposed to "lock" into place to give you a 90o cut guide, but the alignment holes are off for the dimples that are suppose to fit in the holes, so it never "locks" into place. The only way I would trust that is was square would be to use a right angle to check for square. Mine was hard to set at 90o using just my hands (does not rotate smoothly). However, when using it, it would be easy for the saw to push it slightly out of alignment because there is no way to lock it at a set angle.
Elimination of the 90o alignment holes/dimples and the addition of some kind of real lock that was accurate would be good.
Several years behind times....... [Posted on 2007-12-26]
The Cheeter may not even be available anymore. I bought mine yrs ago at Harbor Freight and "stored" under the workbench. Just recently, decided to master the contraption. Frustrating until I also discovered it is for RH blades. I was using a cordless 19.2V Craftsman (LH Blade). The Instructions obviously not applicable, especially with 1/16" blades. Couple of beers, some pencil work and re-figuring "tick" marks....works great BUT you have to Quickgrip on "top" of board. For 1X, almost matches table saw for accuracy plus quicker to set up and use.
This is "antique" design, but snatch one if you come across. I have no experience with other Cheeters' but mine is true 90 degrees and very stiff. Instructions recommend setting with square and peening to ensure constant friction. A "gizmo" nowadays but very useful....
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