Cutting Countertop With Circular Saw

The countertop will probably be the same thickness everywhere.

Cutting countertop with circular saw.

Measure the thickest part of the countertop and set your saw to just a bit deeper than that thickness. Set the depth on your circular saw to 1 8 in 0 32 cm deeper than the countertop. We used blades in forw. Place the blade carefully against the start of the cut line and the outside edge of the saw guard up against the wooden guide fence.

Cutting solid surface material is a difficult process especially if you are cutting it with a simple hand held circular saw rather than one of the five guided saws officially sanctioned by the manufacturer. This will allow the saw to cut cleanly through the whole countertop. Use your saw to cut slowly along the whole line to cut the countertop. Hold the saw firmly otherwise you won t have a good control and might not get a straight cut.

In this case you re. To cut through laminate countertops you can use a hand saw but a circular saw makes the job much quicker. Cut through the marked lines and keep the piece down on top of the countertop part to see the small cutout left by the initial cut. Press down the power button of your circular saw to get the blade up to full speed first.

Measure the length of the countertop and afterward cut the countertop piece length with your circular saw to be longer. It is possible to cut counter tops smoothly without much preparation with carbide tip blades. Use your carpenters square to make a mark on the countertop area. Stores charge a lot to cut counter tops.

Laminates are essentially layers of paper tightly pressed together and glued with a resin. When using a circular saw it can be quite difficult to keep the blade running straight while cutting. After making the first cut you need to install the fence guide perpendicularly and clamp into place tightly. You can also use a jigsaw with a fine tooth blade.

Push the saw along the line through to the end. The best diy tool for the job is a circular saw with a fine tooth carbide blade made for laminate the same blades are typically sold for non ferrous metals and other types of plastics.