steveo3002
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need to cut a couple of shelves from melamine board , whats the best method for a diy'er to cut it neatly without the surface looking rough
Yes. Cut from the bottom up.i dont have a tracksaw...just handheld circular saw , assume they cut the same way?
Used to use a big sliding table like that when I was making kitchens from veneersNo good to you but I worked in a factory where we cut melamine all the time and the saws had a small blade in front of the cutting blade to scribe it first, always had a perfect cut
Yeah we used one of those and a big automatic saw, forklift loaded full sheets on it and the cutting dimensions for a full sheet were entered into the computer and off it went cutting about 5 sheets at onceUsed to use a big sliding table like that when I was making kitchens from veneers
Was on old manual wadkins iirc hated workshop work. Found it boring Much prefered being on siteYeah we used one of those and a big automatic saw, forklift loaded full sheets on it and the cutting dimensions for a full sheet were entered into the computer and off it went cutting about 5 sheets at once
Saw riving knife is the stationary upright piece of steel directly behind the cutting blade to stop the cut closing up and gripping the blade, the 2 blades I referred to were both spinning saw bladesthe second blade is called a riving blade or knife depending where u r in the country.....
Yup. Seperate depth control and on the one I used were only about 4" diamiter.Saw riving knife is the stationary upright piece of steel directly behind the cutting blade to stop the cut closing up and gripping the blade, the 2 blades I referred to were both spinning saw blades
Yeah same size I'd say separate switch for scribe aswell and 2 speed main bladeYup. Seperate depth control and on the one I used were only about 4" diamiter.
Set just deep enough to cut the laminate/veneer and stop it splintering
or if you need really good finish use circular saw say 2mm from finished line and if you have a router and straight cutter router the edge like you would do if fitting kitchen worktops
Exactly what I was going to say...
Dave H. (the other one)[/QUyep and also will be straight where as with a hand held circular saw will tend to be slightly for want of a better term a bit wavy
Yeah the scoring or scribe runs the opposite way to the main blade so it's back cutting. Where I work we've got 4 beam saws that use this principleYup. Seperate depth control and on the one I used were only about 4" diamiter.
Set just deep enough to cut the laminate/veneer and stop it splintering