[JeepnTXJ]

So my parents are redoing the floors in the kitchen, living room, and hallway with a very nice (read: expensive) laminate floor since we got our hurricane insurance check. My dad went out and bought some "Laminate" cutting blades for his skill saw and jigsaw.

The jigsaw cuts ok, but slow. The skill saw, on the other hand, is giving us alot of trouble. The blade seems to "burn" the laminate on the cut edges, and after a few passes, the blade looks warped (Both saws are Dewalt, so it's not the saw messing up...). Any ideas? Faster, cleaner ways to cut the laminate? We've got the kitchen done, but still have alot to go, so any hints would be mucho appreciated!

EDIT: BTW... Alpha, I don't wish I had your job. Working with this stuff SUCKS. Major PITA, but it looks good
:rotfl:

 

[Robert97dodge]

You cant just cut it will a box cutter??

 

[Matty]

what brand are you using? we just put down some pergo and i just cut it with a plywood blade in my circular saw. didn't hurt it any

 

[robike]

:smash:
thats what i do. but i'm an electrician :

 

[JeepnTXJ]

On 2006-03-02 14:48, Robert97dodge wrote:
You cant just cut it will a box cutter??

This stuff is pretty thick...

On 2006-03-02 15:00, matty_fly wrote:
what brand are you using? we just put down some pergo and i just cut it with a plywood blade in my circular saw. didn't hurt it any

It's uhh.. Balterio? Balteria? It's the kind that fits together with grooves. It has to go together at a certain angle & such...

The blade says it's for plywood, laminates, etc... But we bought another one after the first blade started having problems, then the second started it too :wall:

 

[BR]

i used my 12" miter saw when i put mine down. its the glueless interlocking laminate oak stuff. not sure if its the same as you're talking about. put on a fine blade, i think i spent like $60 on a blade, not just for this project, but its like a 80 tooth blade or something. very small carbide teeth. cut pretty well. i was told to put duct tape over where you are cutting, it helps to keep it from "chipping" it like you do with countertop. stuff is like 5/16" thick if i remember, floating floor. i had a really easy time installing mine, also, cut slowly, don't force the blade into it.

 

[Alphacowboy]

Hey bud, I have always used a 12" Miter Saw for cuttin that stuff. It will waste a $80 blade doing one job. That laminate stuff is hard. I can use the blade for more than one job, but nothing other than cuttin laminate flooring though, as it really does wreck the carbide. I have tried citting this stuff with a circular saw (skil saw) and it kills the blades really fast. They are so small that it doesnt disapaite the heat well enough and it wrecks the blade. I would get a 10-12" mitersaw, it will work 100% easier!

I am sure you read the installation instructions, but make sure you leave a gap around the entire floor along the walls. Depending on the product, but usually its a 1/4" gap that you need for expansion.

I wont be around the PC for the rest of the day, but post up any other questions you may have and I will answer them the best I can, as fast as I can.

 

[JeepnTXJ]

Thanks for the replies guys. We don't have a mitre saw, and since the circular saw is working half-decent, we're gonna keep using that. Damn mitre saws are tooooo expensive :wall: . We'll just go through the blades for the circular saw (cheaper, haha).

Matt, we did leave a little gap, but we were told the best way to do it is leave the laminate in the room it's going in for 2 days before we install it, so it would have a chance to "adapt" to the enviroment. So it's all good, and it looks great so far :bigthumb: If I have any more questions, which I probably will, I'll either post up here or just PM ya. Thanks again!

 

[halo 216]

Oh a wood type floor. Yeah i used a miter saw when i did them works great. I did pergo and it wasn;t destroying any blades. Have a dewalt blade in my miter and that thing just keeps cutting like nothing.

 

[Sparty]

MAN......after 5 days of laying that stuff I got done today. covered over 560 feet.

I used a circualer saw, cut box, and jig saw.....oh and a roto-zip. pretty much all carbide blades.

looks good now though

 

[Alphacowboy]

The stuff I have put down is commercial grade. My brother and I do all the Great Clips Store build outs and remodels here in Minnesota and some other states close by. The use a wilsonart flooring, and the stuff is HARD! Its damn near impossible to scratch.

Its ok that you let it warm up to the rrom temp, thats a must, BUT you still need the gap due to humidity changes and weather changes over the seasons. It will expand and move on you, nothing you can do about it.

 

[vaxem]

So my parents are redoing the floors in the kitchen, living room, and hallway with a very nice (read: expensive) laminate floor since we got our hurricane insurance check. My dad went out and bought some "Laminate" cutting blades for his skill saw and jigsaw.


The jigsaw cuts ok, but slow. The skill saw, on the other hand, is giving us alot of trouble. The blade seems to "burn" the laminate on the cut edges, and after a few passes, the blade looks warped (Both saws are Dewalt, so it's not the saw messing up...). Any ideas? Faster, cleaner ways to cut the laminate epoxy garage floor phoenix? We've got the kitchen done, but still have alot to go, so any hints would be mucho appreciated!


EDIT: BTW... Alpha, I don't wish I had your job. Working with this stuff SUCKS. Major PITA, but it looks good

:rotfl:

So our old linoleum flooring has seen better days and the new puppy (3 years old now) has stopped ripping at it,its time to finish what he started and replace the floor.was looking to do something simple and cheap like self adhesive tiles,maybe in the 12" x24" range.how clean and old glue free must the sub floor be? Ive pulled some of the old linoleum up to see what im in for,and the adhesive is still on the sub floor.theres not great gobs of it but definitly some ridges. Thanks :mrgreen: