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How cut puck board?

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skiburger
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It looks that I'll get some puck board from my local icering, but I dunno how to cut it. It will have to be straight and cleen, so what should I use?? What equipment? What cutting disc? (donno how to say that in english)
Aug 31 2008 11:32AM
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chames
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jigsaw
Aug 31 2008 2:46PM
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skiburger
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And did you try it? I thing it will be hard to keep it cutting straight. Do I need some special blades for plastic?
Aug 31 2008 4:02PM
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-Nick-
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i just used a regular circle saw blade and it worked fine
Aug 31 2008 4:22PM
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chames
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i haven't tried it, but i will be doing it tomorow when i make a couple rails. Just draw a straight line with a marker and keep the saw right on the line. If you can't do that then you must have polio or something
Aug 31 2008 4:31PM
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skiburger
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ok, and are you going to use some special blade for plastics or just some regular for cutting wood?
Sep 1 2008 8:17AM
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_Joe_
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just use a regular circular saw, and as for the blade, a plastic blade would just make the cut a little bit smoother, so if you already have one, you might as well use it, but if not a wood blade will work fine, and for the line, get a chalk box and snap a line, its the best way to make sure the cut is straight, and its pretty important too, and then just follow the line when you cut and you'll be good
Sep 1 2008 2:36PM
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chames
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scratch the jigsaw. I built my rails today and used a circular blace skillsaw. It worked great. You don't need a special blade, i used the same one for wood as i did the puckboard. It had like 1/2 inch or so teeth on it.
Sep 2 2008 1:20AM
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