sawing Hoffman turret board material

[tubenit]

I've mentioned it before ......................

I use an ordinary hacksaw to cut Hoffman's board material. VERY quick and very little dust to contend with.

Cutting a 12 " line with a hacksaw took me maybe 20 - 30 seconds.  I just clamped the board down. I then hit the edge of the cut board with an orbital sander using 80 grit for just a couple of seconds and done.

with respect, Tubenit

[PRR]

Me too.

[kagliostro]

I took this to restore my apartment

so now I use it also for other things



before I used a cutter to engrave the board and then a pair of pliers to remove the excess



K

[drew]

That's interesting - a miter saw that doubles as a table saw?  I don't think I've ever seen one like that here in the US.

[PRR]

Hoffman's board material is fiber-glass reinforced.

It will dull a saw.

Hand hack-saw blades are less than $1.

Circular saw blades are $5 to $15.

Yes, if you do VERY little work with a carbide-tooth circular saw, it stays sharp.

With house and garage and loft and now the tractor-shed, I use my table saw a LOT, and replace the blade a few times a year.

Better to dull a $1 hacksaw than a $15 table-saw blade.

Also the glass dust is bad for your lungs. The circular saw throws fine dust in your face, the hack-saw dribbles crumbs on the floor.

A trick most of you do not need. You can make a large hole in Hoffman's board material with a metal-cutting hole-saw. This is tricky and maybe dangerous. I securely clamped dense Oak front and back, then clamped the whole thing on a work-bench. I should have used a heavy drill-press. With hand drill it does want to "grab" and break your wrist. (This gives me one 2" hole where there were several 1" holes in an electrical box; and very arc/flame resistant.)

[kagliostro]

Miter saw that doubles in table saw is very common here

however you must consider that the table saw is very small

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The circular blades I use are much more expensive than $15

they have widia teeth and has a good durability

I must say that for my boards I principally use bakelite and only sometime fiberglass

K