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Thomas Prufer
 
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Default Cutting laminate in-situ.

On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 19:45:57 +0000 (UTC), "Grumble"
wrote:

Use a router like I did with a straight
cutting bit and run it against a straight-edge. You could always try a
circular saw with a fine blade run against a straight-edge but you might
find that it chips the surface. Use a good quality double sided tape to fix
the straight-edge in position, you'll want it fixed along its entire length
or it's likely to flex, you should get good adhesion to the laminate anyway,
you don't want it to move once you start. Both options will probably require
a manual cut at either end to finish. Next you want to join the new to the
old, I used a biscuit joiner to do the business although setting the height
was a bit of a fiddle to get right. Real chuffed with the outcome and the
floor is level with no thresholds or any other protrusions to marr the
effect.


You could also use a biscuit joiner and run it along a straightedge to cut the
laminate. Set the depth properly, and move the jointer so that the blade doesn't
pull the machine into the material.

Thomas Prufer