Well now I have a great excuse - er, PROJECT for which to buy a router! HF trip tomorrow...
------------- Max Charleston SC On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 5:06 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Put blue tape on both sides of the cut line to make the cut cleaner. If > it is an "inside" cut I would clamp a straightedge to the laminate on a > flat surface (sheet of plywood or something fairly stiff on some sawhorses > for a "bench" top so you can clamp all around it) and run a router with a > straight bit along the guide to get an exact clean cut. Just offset your > straightedge guide from cut line by whatever distance from the edge of the > router base to the bit and clamp it all with the cut line just hanging > over the edge of your "bench" so it is mostly supported. A router cut is > very clean and will be dead straight (or as straight as your guide). I > find a saw does tear the cut line a bit, even a fine tooth blade, so I have > always used a router for the cuts. > > --FT > > > > On 1/16/18 4:43 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > >> OK thanks for all the input guys, keep 'em coming if anything else comes >> to >> mind. >> >> Rick - question on the meaning of "both sides". Do you mean tape on the >> top (visible side) and on the back of the formica, or something else? >> Tape >> down, draw the line over the tape, and make cut through the tape, right? >> >> I'm pretty sure that all the pieces I'm considering will either be on a >> cabinet side (end of the kitchen island) or inside (under the kitchen >> sink) >> so I won't have the luxury of finishing the edge with a router. Flip side >> of that coin is that the edges will be either caulked or covered with >> trim. >> >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC >> >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC >> >> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Max asks: >>> >>> My main question right now is cutting >the stuff, do I need a special >>>> >>> saw / >>> >>>> saw blade or technique? >>>> >>> Use a fine crosscut blade (like for veneer plywood), and apply tape to >>> both sides of the area to be cut. >>> >>> Rick >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
