I am pulling up luan plywood from my kitchen because it is buckling in
places and I want to put down a new floor. I have found that the kitchen
cabinets as well as the baseboards are both on top of the luan. I don't
want to remove the cabinets or take off all the baseboards, but rather make
a clean cut right at the bottom of the kickboard/baseboards. Right now I am
using a chisel but there must be a better way. I was thinking about a
dremel tool and a router bit.

Any other ideas out there?
JD

"JD" wrote in message
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I am pulling up luan plywood from my kitchen because it is buckling in
places and I want to put down a new floor. I have found that the kitchen
cabinets as well as the baseboards are both on top of the luan. I don't
want to remove the cabinets or take off all the baseboards, but rather make
a clean cut right at the bottom of the kickboard/baseboards. Right now I
am using a chisel but there must be a better way. I was thinking about a
dremel tool and a router bit.

Any other ideas out there?
JD


Angle grinder with a diamond blade. Little smoke, but works awesome.

JD wrote:
I am pulling up luan plywood from my kitchen because it is buckling in
places and I want to put down a new floor. I have found that the kitchen
cabinets as well as the baseboards are both on top of the luan. I don't
want to remove the cabinets or take off all the baseboards, but rather make
a clean cut right at the bottom of the kickboard/baseboards. Right now I am
using a chisel but there must be a better way. I was thinking about a
dremel tool and a router bit.

Any other ideas out there?
JD


Rent a "toe-kick saw". They're designed for this.

You should be able to find one at a good tool rental place (NOT HOME DEPOT)

Brad

If its just 1/4" use a utility knike. I have cut 1/4" this way many times
when I didn't what to pull out a saw.


"JD" wrote in message
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I am pulling up luan plywood from my kitchen because it is buckling in
places and I want to put down a new floor. I have found that the kitchen
cabinets as well as the baseboards are both on top of the luan. I don't
want to remove the cabinets or take off all the baseboards, but rather make
a clean cut right at the bottom of the kickboard/baseboards. Right now I
am using a chisel but there must be a better way. I was thinking about a
dremel tool and a router bit.

Any other ideas out there?
JD