The skil 3601 02 flooring saw is not just a regular laminate floor cutting saw.
Can you cut vinyl plank flooring with a miter saw.
When it comes to cutting the laminate flooring using a miter saw you just need to be careful to protect the material as well as your body.
Mitre saw or flooring cutter.
Just use a utility knife.
This tool can easily make a 90.
Use a miter saw for cutting vinyl plank flooring.
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In fact using a miter saw is simple.
Much easier to buy a floor cutter.
Using a miter saw is too dusty and noisier when you can just snip it with a floor cutter.
You can use a circular saw if you d like but the base plate is probably too big for a standard vinyl plank.
Hello in preparation for an upcoming flooring install i will need to cut vinyl plank flooring 6mm or 0 23 inches.
A miter saw is nice because all you need is a simple little mark and the saw will do the rest of the work this is the ideal tool and can cut perfect 90 degree cuts or any other angle up to 50 degrees for most saws.
I m not looking forward to doing that again.
It s incredibly easy to do.
Use a miter saw that can cut at through a 9 plank in one cut.
Days of running back and forth to install the flooring after cutting it are bygones.
Using a miter saw.
18 x research source wood cutting circular saws also can t use metal cutting blades which is a problem for some vinyl planks.
How to cut laminate flooring with a miter saw.
What you need is to create the cut marks properly and leave the rest to your miter saw.
You score the wear layer and then bend them until they snap.
That s why you don t need to cut the flooring outside.
I have 500 sq ft of shaw repel vinyl flooring plank to install and this stuff is 5 5 mm thick.
1 point 1 year ago.
Cutting vinyl plank flooring.
While this can be done with modin rigid plank the 40 mil 1 0 mm wear layer and the rigid core makes.
Being that the pieces are fairly large 48 x9 x0 23 i was thinking that cutting these on the table saw would be the best.
Make sure you are using a blade designed for cutting plastic.
Circular saws also have issues with kickback when working with thinner materials.
You can use either a sliding model or a non sliding model just make sure the blade is large enough to cut the entire width of the laminate flooring in one pass.