How To Cut Wood Flooring Lengthwise

Keep your vinyl plank in place by resting a free knee on it.

How to cut wood flooring lengthwise. Place the plank on a surface you won t mind cutting on such as the subfloor or a piece of waste flooring with the bottom side up. Lay your vinyl flooring flat on the floor or table. These cuts make the plank shorter. 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.

Laminate boards can chip if separated incorrectly. Mark and measure where you want to cut the boards beforehand with chalk or pencil. They are made on planks as you complete a row and as you cut planks to stagger vinyl plank flooring. A curve cutting blade a metal cutting blade and a general purpose blade.

Since the material is thin laminate flooring cuts quickly when the proper tools are used. It has a 4600 spm motor and can cut wood metal and plastic. This process can take up to 2 hours depending on how many boards you need to cut. A circular saw is sort of like a table saw just with the portability of a reciprocating saw.

These may allow you to cut grooves under doorjambs and snugly place the planks underneath. Using a miter saw. This makes it great for basic cuts or for a more skilled installer good for basic cuts for wood flooring as well. It comes with 3 additional blades.

Measure and mark the plank on the waste side of the cut line. How to cut floor boards without chipping. If you re cutting your vinyl flooring on the floor put an extra piece of flooring underneath the section that you re cutting so that you don t ruin the floor underneath. 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.

To avoid this follow these steps when cutting your new flooring. The black decker 3 4 amp navigator combo set is an excellent option. If it s on a table use clamps to secure it to the table. Use a straight edge or another laminate flooring board to guide the jigsaw circular saw while doing the cut in order to get accurate cuts clamp the straight edge or a laminate flooring plank to your board making sure the blade of the jigsaw goes exactly over the cut line at both sides.

Lengthwise cuts are best made with a utility knife guided by a long straightedge using multiple passes of the knife until the planks are cut to the desired width. As with previous rows join these narrow planks end to end then fold the tongues into the grooves of the previous row.