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miricle of door trimming
Jun 2nd, 2004, 12:40am
 
today i would like to thank

who ever planted the seed of using a bickie joiner
to trim a door cos it is sooo eeasy
now for my purpose it was a little late
but still used it
it left an slightly large gap cos i had already laid the
laminate floor
i suspect if you run the bickie joiner along the floor
before you lay the laminate it going to be a good fit

im not shure but i think you may have to pack it up
to allow for the joining strip[if you need one]

untill today i had always struggled with
3 million coats of paint and cheeewed up screws

thanks again for you tip as we are always learning
[who ever you are]
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Re: miricle of door trimming
Reply #1 - Jun 2nd, 2004, 2:36am
 
Another thought big all was something I passed onto coggy last week. Arbortech do a blade, the Tuff Cut, that fits a small angle grinder that is ideal for trimming skirting board bottoms when laying laminate floors. It has a 4mm kerf the same as a biscuit jointer. I saw it on the inside back page of the BriMarc catalogue. Theres a list of retailers in the book.
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Re: miricle of door trimming
Reply #3 - Jun 2nd, 2004, 3:33pm
 
thanks dewy
thanks andrew

when you see an angle grinder you dont exactly
think wood

now im assuming all the gaurd are the same size
on all grinders or you would have to match cutter
to machine
[the face of the gaurd on the floor to cutter]

but its definatly worth the investment Cheesy Cheesy
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Reply #4 - Jun 2nd, 2004, 4:39pm
 
I had never thought of them for cutting skirting til I saw the catalogue.
Arbortech have been used in angle grinders by wood carvers for ages.
I have no idea how they would by guarded but thats what our brains are for.
They either get fuddled or find the answer.  ???

(I hope coggy sees this. They were £5 more in the BriMarc book.)
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Reply #5 - Jun 6th, 2004, 7:40pm
 
http://www.axminster.co.uk/default.asp?part=TUFFCUT

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When trimming skirting with this tool, how do you run straight? with a biccy jointer you have the bottom to run off ???
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Reply #6 - Jun 6th, 2004, 7:52pm
 
Angle grinders are usually used freehand. I used one to good effect recently to get some crap off of a garden seat ready for painting, though in that instance it was a wire brush that took the material off.

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Reply #7 - Jun 6th, 2004, 7:54pm
 
why is everyone cutting the bottoms of their skirtings  Smiley
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Re: miricle of door trimming
Reply #8 - Jun 6th, 2004, 7:59pm
 
Laminate flooring?

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Re: miricle of door trimming
Reply #9 - Jun 6th, 2004, 9:43pm
 
I'm with coggy on this, I think it would be very hard to get a good straight edge on a long run of skirting and a cheap biccy jointer would give a better finish.

Also it would create loads of dust and no extraction, I don't think that'll keep the customers happy.

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Re: miricle of door trimming
Reply #10 - Jun 6th, 2004, 9:52pm
 
personaly my interpritation is

as the blade is offset i would assume you just
run the face off the gaurd against the floor ???
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Reply #11 - Jun 7th, 2004, 11:43am
 
HandyMac, Laminate flooring

                                    just a  thought,as most laminate flooring wont last long due eihter to it wearing out or peoples tastes in flooring changing.
                                       when they rip  out this flooring to replace it with the new fad in flooring they are going to be left with skirtings several millimetres up their walls Smiley
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Reply #12 - Jun 7th, 2004, 12:04pm
 
HandyMac http://www.poolewood.co.uk/acatalog/Tuff_Cut.html

http://www.axminster.co.uk/default.asp?part=TUFFCUT

Andrew
            hope you dont mind me saying but they look very dangerous tools to me.those machines and BLADES shouldnt be put together with each other Shocked Smiley
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Reply #13 - Jun 7th, 2004, 4:08pm
 
Poolwood say there is a pro guard availible seperately for use with the TUFFCUT blade.

Splinter.
Arbortech has been used extensively for years by wood carvers.
It removes a lot of material quickly.
Safety should always be your first consideration when using any tools.
If you look at an angle grinder you will see that a guard covers the blade and extends to the side of the blade so that it can be used as a guide on the floor when cutting skirtings.
Laminate, as will any floor made with wood will expand and contract.
Skirting boards are normally set to cover floorboards etc so any movement happens out of sight.
One option is to use a quadrant moulding against the skirting to cover the laminate but the floor looks better if the laminate is laid under the skirting.
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Reply #14 - Jun 7th, 2004, 8:31pm
 
dewy ,
        with the greatest of respect, that machine with that blade .wont be allowed near a building site .its acciddent waiting to happen  Smiley
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Reply #15 - Jun 7th, 2004, 8:38pm
 
by the way there are power saws on the market for trimming doors in sitdu on the market  with safety guards on them, if you dont like the safety factor with these machines  .once you bought one you could always stripe it down and make it as unsafe as you like. Smiley
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Re: miricle of door trimming
Reply #16 - Jun 7th, 2004, 9:04pm
 
Splinter, if you look at these blades you will see that they have a very high shoulder and so will only take a small cut with each pass to prevent kick-back. That said I'm with you on this and wouldn't use one.
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