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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: emtdonald on December 16, 2011, 12:32:13 pm

Title: left over laminate flooring for cutting
Post by: emtdonald on December 16, 2011, 12:32:13 pm

just wondering if anyone has ever used leftover flooring to cut designs.

Title: Re: left over laminate flooring for cutting
Post by: BilltheDiver on December 16, 2011, 01:42:06 pm

Yes but it is very hard on blades.

Title: Re: left over laminate flooring for cutting
Post by: GrayBeard on December 16, 2011, 02:36:00 pm

I got some Bamboo flooring fro the local Habitat for Humanity, "ReStore" and used that ( it was solid and not laminated)
Right, Hard On Blades but worked beautifully. Sanded off the factory finish and then did in the BLO mix and it was very nice.

~~~GB~~~

Title: Re: left over laminate flooring for cutting
Post by: emtdonald on December 24, 2011, 11:23:35 pm

i have the tile look laminate or swift lock flooring just thought i would try it. will post pics.

Title: Re: left over laminate flooring for cutting
Post by: tux_linux on December 25, 2011, 04:49:32 am

won't work. At least not well and your blades will suffer. That stuff is nothing like ply or so.

@ GB
Bamboo is hard, it's one of the hardest woods one can get:
Wood Comparison on Janka Hardness Scale (http://tinytimbers.com/janka.htm)

Janka Hardness Scale @ wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janka_hardness_test)