@GG1 4877 posted:I use a metal blade on my 12" compound miter saw. It is quick and accurate.
Amen ! I have not used this trick in years though it is a big help when you need very accurate cuts. I don't have a compound miter saw so I used my radial arm with a bit of a twist. Take a scrap of 2x4 and run down it's length on a router table to put three grooves where you place your section of straight track rail head down into the grooves. It holds the rail rigidly in place while you push the board against the fence as the blade cuts thorugh. It is a great aid when cutting very short pieces. You set the depth of the cut about half the depth of the 2 x 4 and make your cut somewhere in the middle of the board so both ends of the track are supported. Obviously this does not work for cutting curved track but a convenient work around is to cut four 1" long sections off the grooved 2x4 and space them along you section of track and put two of them close to each side of the saw blade. About a 1" gap is plenty wide enough not to fowl the blade. Both these techniques work well with conventional sectional track and flex track such as Gargraves but are not really needed with track that has a molded on roadbed such as Fastrack. Even if you don't have a Miter saw or a radial arm and use a hacksaw you can make a track cutting miter box from a few scraps of wood that hold everything in place. j
