On Saturday, 8 November 1997 18:00:00 UTC+10, Keith Fisk wrote:
Could I please have suggestions for trimming the iron-on edging tape for
melamine coated MDF. I have been using a snap off cutting knife by hand.
This works well enough but is far to slow. I was thinking of buying a
Makita laminate trimmer. Any recommendations out there?

Keith Fisk

I have Makita laminate trimmer. Too slow and messy. Use Stanley scraper tool, with trimming blades. Hold flat on face of board overlapping the edge of the iron on edging at about 20-30 degrees and push along edge. it is fast and neat. You can lightly sand edge with 120+ grit sand paper if you wish but not necessary.

On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 05:44:15 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Saturday, 8 November 1997 18:00:00 UTC+10, Keith Fisk wrote:
Could I please have suggestions for trimming the iron-on edging tape for
melamine coated MDF. I have been using a snap off cutting knife by hand.
This works well enough but is far to slow. I was thinking of buying a
Makita laminate trimmer. Any recommendations out there?

Keith Fisk

I have Makita laminate trimmer. Too slow and messy. Use Stanley scraper tool, with trimming blades. Hold flat on face of board overlapping the edge of the iron on edging at about 20-30 degrees and push along edge. it is fast and neat. You can lightly sand edge with 120+ grit sand paper if you wish but not necessary.

I use one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/Quad-Trimmer-Carbon-Steel-Blades/dp/B000WULWX2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492267390&sr=8-1&keywords=edge+banding+trimmer

On 4/15/2017 7:44 AM, wrote:
On Saturday, 8 November 1997 18:00:00 UTC+10, Keith Fisk wrote:
Could I please have suggestions for trimming the iron-on edging tape for
melamine coated MDF. I have been using a snap off cutting knife by hand.
This works well enough but is far to slow. I was thinking of buying a
Makita laminate trimmer. Any recommendations out there?

Keith Fisk

I have Makita laminate trimmer. Too slow and messy. Use Stanley scraper tool, with trimming blades. Hold flat on face of board overlapping the edge of the iron on edging at about 20-30 degrees and push along edge. it is fast and neat. You can lightly sand edge with 120+ grit sand paper if you wish but not necessary.



20 years later. ;~0

On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 10:09:37 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 4/15/2017 7:44 AM, wrote:
On Saturday, 8 November 1997 18:00:00 UTC+10, Keith Fisk wrote:
Could I please have suggestions for trimming the iron-on edging tape for
melamine coated MDF. I have been using a snap off cutting knife by hand.
This works well enough but is far to slow. I was thinking of buying a
Makita laminate trimmer. Any recommendations out there?

Keith Fisk

I have Makita laminate trimmer. Too slow and messy. Use Stanley scraper tool, with trimming blades. Hold flat on face of board overlapping the edge of the iron on edging at about 20-30 degrees and push along edge. it is fast and neat. You can lightly sand edge with 120+ grit sand paper if you wish but not necessary.



20 years later. ;~0

Some people are slow readers.

On 4/15/2017 11:28 AM, OFWW wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 10:09:37 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 4/15/2017 7:44 AM, wrote:
On Saturday, 8 November 1997 18:00:00 UTC+10, Keith Fisk wrote:
Could I please have suggestions for trimming the iron-on edging tape for
melamine coated MDF. I have been using a snap off cutting knife by hand.
This works well enough but is far to slow. I was thinking of buying a
Makita laminate trimmer. Any recommendations out there?

Keith Fisk

I have Makita laminate trimmer. Too slow and messy. Use Stanley scraper tool, with trimming blades. Hold flat on face of board overlapping the edge of the iron on edging at about 20-30 degrees and push along edge. it is fast and neat. You can lightly sand edge with 120+ grit sand paper if you wish but not necessary.



20 years later. ;~0

Some people are slow readers.


Wait till he reads about the new TS that will not cut you, looking
forward to those comments in about 10 years. LOL

On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 05:44:15 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Saturday, 8 November 1997 18:00:00 UTC+10, Keith Fisk wrote:
Could I please have suggestions for trimming the iron-on edging tape for
melamine coated MDF. I have been using a snap off cutting knife by hand.
This works well enough but is far to slow. I was thinking of buying a
Makita laminate trimmer. Any recommendations out there?

Keith Fisk

I have Makita laminate trimmer. Too slow and messy. Use Stanley scraper tool, with trimming blades. Hold flat on face of board overlapping the edge of the iron on edging at about 20-30 degrees and push along edge. it is fast and neat. You can lightly sand edge with 120+ grit sand paper if you wish but not necessary.
I have a little Kid 24 BOSS plane that works great for that kind of
work. It usesw utility knife blades as the blade. VERY precise.