Cutting Laminate Floor

[Perfidiajoe]

This has probably been done to death, but which side up w/ miter saw, w/ table saw, & w/ circular saw. Thanks, Joe

[siliconbauhaus]

IIRC its good side up on a mitre and down on a circ / ts

[JSCOOK]

FWIW, I tried it both ways on my CMS and with the proper blade I can't see any difference in the quality of the cut ... YMMV

[L. D. Jeffries]

Without getting too technical, I always look at which way the blade turns-which dictates which side of the wood has the splinters after cutting!

[bigfoot]

IIRC its good side up on a mitre and down on a circ / ts

umm, good side UP on TS, no?

[crokett]

The way to remember it is you always want the teeth turning into the good side - any chipout will occur when the blade exits the work piece. I'm with Jscook on the quality/sharpness of the blade. I have one blade that will chip out and another better one where it does not matter.

[siliconbauhaus]

umm, good side UP on TS, no?

thats why I said IIRC head like a sieve most days

[messmaker]

I have not seen it chip out much. It may just be the brand I had. It cut pretty slick either way.

[Stormbringer]

In general (don't know if it matter for laminate flooring)

Circ saw - Good side face down

Table saw - Good side face up

Miter Saw - Good side face up.

As previosly stated, you want the teeth to exit on the bad side

[scorrpio]

To add - if you are going to put in on the floor, and not use for something else - like a countertop - it really makes no difference how you cut it. Cut edges are all going to be at the wall, and covered by baseboard/quarter-round.

[Stormbringer]

To add -- it really makes no difference how you cut it. Cut edges are all going to be at the wall, and covered by baseboard/quarter-round.

Excellent point that's often overlookedduring the planning stages!