Band Saws

[dydey90]

Just had a new kitchen floor put down, which looks the business. But, the fitter had to take off the kick-plates from the bottom of the kitchen units which now will not fit due to their being floor under them, rather than up to them.

Ideally, I'd like to use a band saw to do a nice even job of skimming some wood off the bottom of the boards to make them fit again, but I don't have one.
Is there such a thing as a workshop that'll hire me a saw for around half an hour?
I could jigsaw them but I'm worried that I won't get it quite even as I don't have any sort of clamp or jig to set it up with.
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[weasley]

I did ours on a table-top circular saw with a fine-tooth blade. Same for getting a bit off the bottom of the door. I'd imagine even a hand-held circular saw with a cutting guide on it would be OK.
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[dydey90]

I've found a couple of table saws for sale locally, sort of a flat surface with a circular saw poking through and a clamped guide on one side.
Having a ring around now, hopefully be problem solved.
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[Suntan Sid]

If you've never used a band saw before, you might find it a bit tricky, they take a hell of a lot of setting up and cutting a straight line, over a long length of wood, is not as easy as it appears!

I've done the same job and used a jig saw, for a rough cut, then used a router to square up and make everything neat!
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[UnknownStuntm...]

If the floor is flat, don't cut the bit that touches it, cut the bit that meets the bottom of the cabinet carcass. When you're stood up, you can't see that bit - unless you make a right crap job of it. I'd use a jigsaw and do it by eye.

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[J4mes]

Got the same to do this week, using a circular saw to take the top of the board off.

Looked at table saws but cheapest one was screwfix for £99, which is a bit much for one job tbh.

[dydey90]

I have solved my problem by having to spend some money. Bought a table saw for £60.
Despite the above advice, I've taken the excess off the bottom because there was a veneer on the top and three of the pieces had wiggly bits* cut out for the skirting boards. I've only skimmed 5mm off and it's all now fitting in nice and flush.
I'm thinking about finishing it with a dab of silicon to seal the counter to the floor, so water can't get through and damage the counters or the MDF underneath the laminate. The counters are white so it should blend in nicely enough.

*stop me if I'm getting too technical

[stevo as b4]

I need a table saw myself at the moment. I've got about 4x 3m lengths of 3-4'' wide planks to cut. Theres no way on anything small in width I'd go near it with a circular saw, too much risk of tragedy with a bodged up saw guide strip etc.

I did think of clamping the circular saw upside-down in a work mate and cable tying the on switch down for a while, and quite liked the idea before realising what a lunatic I was being.

I've run a jig saw with a sharp blade along a straight edge on thin boards with some success, but you've still got the same problem when you get to narrow planks like plinths etc.

Table saw is the only right tool for the job, and though they are big and bulky to store, I get the feeling once you've got one it'll be one of those tools you wondered how life ever existed before that moment.

Maybe we need to buy a BCF table saw and pass it around for all those of us that have one or two awkward jobs and then we're done with it?

[dydey90]

[stinkwheel]

I'm presuming they're fibreboard rather than proper wood/ply or the correct tool would be a plane.

It still might be.

A router would also do it.
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