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Honestly, I used to cut laminate with a jigsaw and a prayer
Tbh, for my first 3 years installing, I'd just freehand it with a jigsaw and hope the edge was clean enough for the trim to hide. It was loud, messy, and I'd waste maybe 2 boxes of planks on a medium job from bad cuts. Then, about 8 months ago on a big condo job in Springfield, my old jigsaw died mid-cut. I had to borrow a guy's miter saw with a fine-tooth blade. Ngl, it was like night and day - clean, straight cuts in half the time. Now I won't touch laminate without one. Anyone else have a tool they switched to that felt like cheating?
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nancy8172mo ago
How many jigsaw blades did I go through before I saw the light? I was the king of wobbly cuts and chipped edges, telling myself it added character. Switching to a miter saw felt like I'd been doing everything the hard way for no reason. My only regret is not trying one sooner, I must have looked like a real hack.
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wells.olivia2mo ago
My buddy Dave in St. Louis did a whole basement with a circular saw and a chalk line, said his ears rang for a week. He finally tried a track saw like @alexk60 mentioned after seeing it on a job site, and he said the first cut was so clean and quiet he just sat there laughing. He texted me a picture of the cut edge next to his old wavy ones, it was honestly embarrassing for his past self.
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