Switch to track saw for sheet goods, wish I did it sooner

I fought with a circular saw and a straightedge for about 8 years on big plywood cuts. Last month I borrowed my buddy's track saw for a kitchen cabinet job in Wichita and the difference was night and day. The cut edges came out clean enough to skip jointing, and I did a full 4x8 rip in under two minutes without any measuring tape drama. Has anyone else made the switch for good, or do you still keep the old setup for rough work?

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river_wright8d ago

the zero clearance thing is what nobody talks about. with a regular saw you get tearout on the good side no matter how careful you are, but a track saw just drops a perfect edge even on crappy home center ply with that weird pithy core. i actually kept my old circular saw for ripping down pressure treated stuff and fence boards, that thing eats nails and concrete dust without me caring. but for anything that'll be visible or glued up, track saw all day. the other sneaky win is dust collection, my garage doesnt look like a cocaine scene after every sheet cut now, that alone sold me.