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Stuart Noble

wrote:
John Stumbles wrote:

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:51:28 +0100, oh wrote:

Hi all,

does anyone know about any powertools like this one, that's capable
of cutting flooring chipboard?
A jigsaw. Take off the shoe and hold the machine so the blade is as
close to parallel to the floor as possible and cut carefully down into
the wood. Once you're through you can put the shoe back on and cut
normally provided there's nothing below (a bit hard to know without
X-ray specs in most cases though). You can cut right up to a wall
(which you can't with a circular saw) and even cut through floorboards
halfway across a joist.

I think you missed out the bit about snapping off the jigsaw blade so it
does not exceed the thickness of the chipboard. Better to be safe than
sorry, and avoid chopping through a water pipe.

Geoff Beale

That doesn't work in practice, at least not on my jigsaw. Something to
do with the length of stroke vs the length of the blade.
The OP doesn't say whether he's laying new flooring or cutting into
existing. In the former case any old £30 circ saw will do. It's one of
those tools where cheap is ok, unlike jigsaws.