BORA530416 Quickcut Circular Saw Guide With Rail & Angle Assist, All-In-One Woodworking Tool, Strong Aluminum 16 Inches Long, With A 14-Inch (35.5Cm) Guide Rail

This has become my go-to circular saw guide for quick cross cuts. No setup time at all and very safe. Lightweight but solid build quality. The straight edge is also good for drawing lines. And the ruler is very handy to quickly doublecheck short lengths without having to pull out the tape measure. I just leave it hanging on a peg for a quick grab and cut. Easy to wipe/shake off dust from the cut. A very practical invention.

Cut quality:Easy

I needed the tool to do some DIY work, it worked great, easy to use and to set up.

the orange part is plastic so it feels a bit cheap and it's very big so not the best for small hands. Overall good.

I built a large trellis with the Bora tool plus a 20V Porter Cable hand saw. It is extremely helpful and made the project fun and accurate. Love this tool. You must use it with caution, and it is possible to run your circular saw blade onto the tool if you are not careful in your stroke.

Useless. Difficult to set up and change position. It sticks and the metal part scrapes the plastic.

I read the mixed reviews and decided to try it anyway. Unfortunately, the negative reviews were right. The concept is good, but the execution is poor. The extruded aluminum track is nice, so I give that 5 stars. But the plastic handle is junk, so I give that 1 star. The fit of the plastic handle into the channels of the aluminum track is poor, making the angles inaccurate and the track difficult to adjust. Both the 90 and 45 degree angles were off by half a degree. If I wanted accuracy that bad, I could make my cuts freehand.I do like the aluminum track, so I'm going to keep that and build my own handle from scrap plywood and some aluminum angle I have lying around. But this is the kind of thing that drives me crazy as a mechanical engineer. It wouldn't have been that hard or expensive to make a better, more accurate handle. Now I have to make one myself with free scraps from my shop, and it will work better than the crappy Chinese plastic I just paid for.

This product is only ok. I’ve used it extensively at this point, and (for me at least) in consistently generates cross cuts that are slightly off square. I think this is due to the fact that it has a grippy rubber contact surface where it is held against the board you are cutting. This means that depending on how you put pressure on the tool, it may deviate slightly from square.Is it bad enough that the cuts are not usable for framing? No. Is it annoying? Yes. Would I buy it again? No.