The plastic sheets would not snap clean. They are quite flexible. Even after a fairly deep score you had to bend it back and forth quite a few times to break it. The plastic was flat sheets 30x50 inches for a cheap shower kit. I used it to line a medicine cabinet. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:24 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] using table saw cut laminate, sharp cutting tool
But why!! Scratch & snap is so quick and easy! ----- Original Message ----- From: Lenny McHugh To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 6:49 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] using table saw cut laminate, sharp cutting tool Dale, Like you I have had the problem where thin plastic laminate went under the rip fence. To solve this I used a piece of vinyl J-channel. I just then had to add about 1/16" to the cut width. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 11:59 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] sharp cutting tool Trouble with using something like a table saw even with a find tooth blade is that it will chip pretty badly and the edge wants to crawl under the rip fence ultimately binding or running off straight. If you can hold it down tightly to the table surface and run the blade backward that helps but a nice scratch and snap is really so much easier! Depending on the grade a sharp knife will go most way through anyway. Trimming with a file is the recommended method by the manufacture or it was before routers became so available, back in the day when we weren't so affluent. I bought my first router at an auction for fifty bucks because I figured I wanted to try one but was afraid to pay full price and wind up with an expensive tool I couldn't safely use. At that it was half a days pay for me back in 1980. I have had five more since and there is at least one more I would like to have. To trim with a file you apply your file at a slight angle off of the adjoining surface running the teeth toward the adjoining surface. For example, trimming the vertical edge piece to the top surface of a table you point the direction of the file in the direction of the flat surface grinding the top edge of the vertical edge but run the file at about 15 degrees off of horizontal. As I get close I then run the file sideways the length of the edge but sustain the angle so the file won't spoil the finish on the flat surface. Even after finishing with a router I usually like to make a few passes with a file to put a touch of a bevel and make the edge near perfect. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Vos To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 11:11 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] sharp cutting tool I have run plastic laminate through my table saw. I put a fine tooth plywood blade in it, then go slowly through. I agree, that it should be cut a little over size and trimmed with the router bit. I've never tried the file, but that might work well too. Blessings, Tom -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 7:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] sharp cutting tool THankws, I figured that a saw would likely make more a mess and that is also why I avoided using it. I wasn't so sure about snapping it as I wasn't totally sure it would snap the way I intended. The stuff wasn't horribly expensive, but I don't want to wast a lot of material either. Maybe I'll glue this piece I have on and file it down to the right size and yeah, I thought of the router, but of course I don't have a bit for that so the slow road it is for the minute. Thanks again. On Aug 18, 2008, at 7:30 AM, Dale Leavens wrote: > You score the Formica along a straight line usually then just bend > it up to snap it off. The edge is very sharp usually. You should cut > it a little large then when stuck down you trim it down to precise > size. These days people usually use an edge trimming bit on a router > but a file sliding along the edge on a slight angle works equally > well if slower and I find I often finish with a file anyway. > > There is a special hooked knife with a carbide tip which drags along > very nicely and scores the material however the tip of a sharp > utility knife works well enough too. > > Sawing tends to chip and even crack the Formica or Arborite unless > it is well stuck down already and generally works better cutting > from the opposite side. > > Hope this helps. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Scott Howell > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 5:34 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] sharp cutting tool > > Folks, I know this will sound a little crazy, but I'm trying to cut a > piece of material with a utility knife and it just doesn't seem to be > doing the job. Now this is a new blade, but let me explain what I'm > cutting and how I'm cutting it and maybe the how and what are the > problem. > > I purchased a sheet of material I believe it's formica, the same stuff > most counter tops are made from. I need to cut this to fit the end of > the counter top I am using as a desk. The guy at the store said a > utility knife should do the trick. I've made a few passes and then > tried digging in to cut through, but seems the knife first of all > wants to skid around on the surface and just scratch the material. I > then tried a really sharp pair of scissors which did help, but weren't > really sharp enough. Now I realize I could get my Dremmel or even > possibly my jig saw out, but I really was looking for a manual non- > powered tool for such a simple task. So, the question is, do they make > scissors that could be used for cutting material like this or is a > utility knife my best option? > > tnx > > Scott Howell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.4/1616 - Release Date: > 8/16/2008 5:12 PM > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ---------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. 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