Morning all. Does anyone have any tips for sawing finished kick boards and end panels please? They have the same covering on them as the doors and I am concerned that sawing them may cause them to chip as I cut through the finished facing. I will be using a hand saw, is there a particular tooth pattern or tpi number that is best? Thanks for any advice. Cheers
Depending on what the finishing face is, (i.e. whether it's possible or not) I would consider scoring first with a VERY sharp blade. Regards, Cando
As already mentioned, cut from the face side using a sharp fine tooth panel saw such as Irwin Jack 8 point per inch or similar. Cut at a shallow angle to the item being cut to reduce chipping..... If you were cutting with the saw virtually upright it would rip the guts out of the underside of the workpiece, if you let the saw cut at a shallow angle to the workpiece it will minimise this happening.
Thanks for the replies. I bought a 9 tpi Irwin saw which did the job very nicely. Scoring the face with a new Stanley blade helped immensely. I found that when I scored it the facing was actually quite easy to peel off and left a nice line to guide the saw, it also meant that I was cutting the chipboard rather than the facing material which meant no chipping. A quick once over with a sanding block and all good. Pleased with the result. Cheers.