I've learned alot here over the past few months preparing to do my first floating install.

I'm trying to do it on a budget and buy fewer tools. Am I a fool to think I can rip AND crosscut these on a table saw or do have to have a miter saw to crosscut? Even the 12 " (pricey) miter saws I've seen don't seem to be able to do this in one cut.

If I can use the table saw are there any tricks to keep the 8 foot long board tight to the miter guide ( a clean square cut without rocking)? As you can tell I'm a real newbie!

Any thoughts/advice are much appreciated.

If I'm just straight laying and nothing real complicated with wide plank, I just use the table saw. If it is going to be some precision cuts at a weird angle across a header board, I breakout the sliding compound(which I hate using)

Buy a framers "speed square" and mark your staight cut with a pencil, and follow it on the table saw.

Holding a long plank steady while trying to cut the end on a table saw is pretty hokey. The way to do it if you do not have a sliding powered miter saw is this way. Make your cut mark on the BACK of the board Use a larger speed square as a saw guide (fence) and make the cut with a circular saw. This is the way carpenters cut siding. By cutting upside down, the cut will be clean on the face as circular saws cut up into the board. I do it this way sometimes when installing and don't feel like dragging out the slider. But I'll use my cordless to make it even easier.

Thanks floor guy and Gary! Your advice is much appreciated.