My wife is a kindergarten teacher and just inherited a bunch of really cool furniture for her classroom, used but still usable. One piece has a removable framed dry-erase board that sits on an easle-type ledge. The dry-erase board has been abused and is trashed, but fortunately the maple frame around it is easily removed. So, my idea was to go get another board from Staples, cut it down, and swap it into the frame.
Well, she came home with the new board today, and it's a magnetic board made by Quartet, very nice (it was $50), but it's a little too big. The magnetic part is a sheet of thin steel laminated to the back of the whiteboard, I don't think I can peel it off. So, the question is, how should I cut it? I was originally planning to use my circular saw, but I don't want to ruin the carbide blade. What about a cheap plywood blade, in my worm-drive saw?
I was also thinking about using my jigsaw, with a metal blade, with a straightedge guide. It doesn't have to be a clean cut, as it gets hidden in the dado of the frame.
I also have a metal cutoff saw with abrasive blades, but don't think it will cut the wood part very well.
And I also have access to a plasma torch, but I don't think that would work out very well... ;-)
Suggestions welcome. She has her heart set on having the magnetic feature, so taking it back and getting a non-magnetic one is not preferable.
Well, she came home with the new board today, and it's a magnetic board made by Quartet, very nice (it was $50), but it's a little too big. The magnetic part is a sheet of thin steel laminated to the back of the whiteboard, I don't think I can peel it off. So, the question is, how should I cut it? I was originally planning to use my circular saw, but I don't want to ruin the carbide blade. What about a cheap plywood blade, in my worm-drive saw?
I was also thinking about using my jigsaw, with a metal blade, with a straightedge guide. It doesn't have to be a clean cut, as it gets hidden in the dado of the frame.
I also have a metal cutoff saw with abrasive blades, but don't think it will cut the wood part very well.
And I also have access to a plasma torch, but I don't think that would work out very well... ;-)
Suggestions welcome. She has her heart set on having the magnetic feature, so taking it back and getting a non-magnetic one is not preferable.
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