Cutting floorboards

[LukeD]

Is that the one with the little 136mm blade ? heard good things about them.

Cheers,
Lofty.

Yes. Bought it cheap and it paid for its self very quickly. I never ever ever use anything that will protrude more than 1/2mm past the thickness of the floor boards. Seems like every god dam plumber and sparky loves to have their work as close to the underside of the boards as possible !

 

[DH Electrical]

Hi i dont often cut floorboards now , i use an Armeg cutter which gives a 127mm dia circular hole with a rebate which you insert an Armeg blank into run a bead of silicone around rebate before insert blank plug. it fits flush to floor and can be used on floorboards or sheet flooring (chipboard) etc
hope this helps? Darren

 

[Bigboy247]

I have used a Dewalt DW007 24v skill saw, very good at the floorboards.

 

[GrannySmiff]

I am going to look into a circular saw, but like has been said the fein is good but for cutting the tongue's it is very noisy and really gets through allot of expensive blades. And chipboard is to much for a fein however I would highly recommend the fein for cutting boards to the length you want neatly.

But a floor board saw can do a good job you just work up a sweat.

 

[SirKit Breaker]

What do you use to cut up floorboards? Jigsaw/ circular saw or any other. I use a jigsaw but it is on its last legs and I have been usuing a reciprocating saw lately which is only going to lead to trouble when my luck runs out.

Buy another Jigsaw yer tight bugger, you will wish you had when your luck runs out been there done that

Cheers..........Howard

PS comment in jest mate.

 

[pennywise]

Club hammer and brick bolster and the number of a good chippy who specialises in reconstituted timber

 

[LukeD]

Hi i dont often cut floorboards now , i use an Armeg cutter which gives a 127mm dia circular hole with a rebate which you insert an Armeg blank into run a bead of silicone around rebate before insert blank plug. it fits flush to floor and can be used on floorboards or sheet flooring (chipboard) etc
hope this helps? Darren

No good if its a nice floor !! and terrible access issues. Far better to mark the nearest joist and cut it. Look nice and allows for work to be carried out a lot easier

saw a demo of the Armeg at a show and most did not think it was going to much good. The hole is far too small

 

[dragon-av]

I considered one of these Exakt Saw but haven't "invested" as yet

 

[LukeD]

I considered one of these Exakt Saw but haven't "invested" as yet

save your money. its a silly product sold on tv and asda etc

 

[Lofty]

I considered one of these Exakt Saw but haven't "invested" as yet

As Luke says save your hard earned. Looked at one of these in Makro's. Flimsy casing and the max cut depth is 12mm, handy on 18mm flooring.

Cheers,
Lofty

 

[Amp David]

Dewalt 18v here too. Also have a hand floorboard saw to cut between the boards as its nice and neat.

 

[rocker]

Some arse outbid me on one of those old fashioned floorboard saws on eBay today. Own up if it was you!

 

[Pete1961]

Years ago I saw a couple of tools in use, one was like a giant glass cutter wheel mounted in front of an aluminium foot plate, a serrated lever engaged on the floor - thus driving the smooth but sharp cutter wheel forward acting as a tongue cutter. The other was similar but had a small dia circular saw blade rotated by a ratchet handle, this was the cross cutter. Both were slow by today's standards

I am trying a 'mini circular saw' as I've never been happy with the results of the full sized ones, as people often want to stain & feature boards later. These little saws have a slimmer cut or 'kerf' - so it is less noticable when reinstated. Mine is an argos version of the 'Batavia speed saw' others include Worx Handy Cut, & Exakt DC270. I went with 26 mm max depth rotary cutting rather than one of the oscillators. I found the forum while looking for better ways to lift boards. The Batavia is dearer (& not all metal built) but would cut closer up to the skirting than mine does.
The Exakt I mention cuts 25 mm deep, rather than the early 12mm depth model, the worx is 22mm

 

[ExArmy]

where can i buy a floorboard saw that is rigind at the top? only one i have tried was too long and bendy , during college i saw a powerpoint of a small convex saw that had a rigid peice at the top like a tenon saw but i've never seen one available to buy.

 

[TheFishmonger]

Jigsaw just asking for trouble! I use a cordless circular saw with the depth set just short of the depth of the board.