Cutting boards

[gselectrical]

Evening all. I need to purchase either a circular saw or a reciprocating saw to cut floor boards. Can anybody recommend any? Cheers

J

 

[Andy™]

cheap circ saw does the job. you can set the depth to that of the floorboard, so you should miss any pipes/cables under there

 

[Lee321]

as above

 

[NozSpark]

I've had a cheapo

 

[mikel]

I use a ryobi battery powered circular saw, does the business not had any problem with it. A near miss the other week as someone had clipped cables to the underside of the floor boardsheadbang

 

[Lurch]

Circular saw. Reciprocating saw is definitely not the tool for the job there!

As for which one, depends how much you're likely to use it and for what. I have a Makita 5703RK, had it for 12\13 years or so and was

 

[paul b b]

i use a Circular saw but thinking of getting a multitool cutter thingy

 

[Robojin]

Fein Multimaster for me

 

[Lurch]

Fein Multimaster for me

Now, I knew someone was going to say this. Do you actually use the Multimaster for cutting boards up? I'd rather use a circular saw for the most part, keep the Multimaster for best.

 

[Evans Electric]

A cheapo circular saw is all you need for floorboards , last forever just doing that.

 

[jimleen]

Don't do what I did. I bought a Skilsaw for $80 in them thar United States. It was a great bit of kit. Until I needed a new blade. Buying a new Makita was cheaper.

But whatever you pick, as Lurch says, floorboards, recip saw, oh no. You won't get a very straight line, since you'd be cutting through a joist. But there's a good chance you'd end up saying... **** get me a towel. And really quickly. headbang

 

[ianmacd]

2nd Multimaster. They even do a dpth stop accessory. The bi-metalic bit doesnt care about nails in the way either .

 

[Robojin]

Now, I knew someone was going to say this. Do you actually use the Multimaster for cutting boards up? I'd rather use a circular saw for the most part, keep the Multimaster for best.

Although perhaps it takes longer with the Fein than a CC, you don't get the overcut, but I guess if you had a lot of boards to lift then maybe the CC makes sense

Mind you I wonder if I could use my impact driver to cut boards ; \

 

[Subneural]

I've got a cheap circular from Wickes for ripping through the boards and a Bosch (Fein) jobby for smaller work when I don't want any mess and can afford to spend a bit longer cutting them.

Be aware the Bosch will still slice a gas pipe !!!!

 

[batty]

I've got a cheap circular from Wickes for ripping through the boards and a Bosch (Fein) jobby for smaller work when I don't want any mess and can afford to spend a bit longer cutting them. Be aware the Bosch will still slice a gas pipe !!!!

Talking through experience is that.

 

[gselectrical]

Cheers lads. SITE (aka makita) 110v circular saw I think, what u do you think? J

 

[ianmacd]

If I had a load to cut then I wouldn't use the fein but my 18V circular as that would be faster but I would have to be virtually lifting the whole floor for that.

 

[NozSpark]

I had a Makita 110v...

got rid of it and got a cheapo because I got fed up lugging the transformer around

 

[Lurch]

Cheers lads. SITE (aka makita) 110v circular saw I think, what u do you think? J

I'd be happy with that I think.

I had a Makita 110v...got rid of it and got a cheapo because I got fed up lugging the transformer around

Why not just get a Makita 240V then? Most of my stuff is 110V as it was all for building site use, and once I've got the transformer out on any other job it's out then and most of my tools are 110V. If I was purely doing domestic then I wouldn;t bother with 110V if I started buying tools again.

 

[NozSpark]

Why not just get a Makita 240V then? Most of my stuff is 110V as it was all for building site use, and once I've got the transformer out on any other job it's out then and most of my tools are 110V. If I was purely doing domestic then I wouldn;t bother with 110V if I started buying tools again.

I wish I had bought the 240v instead

I bought the 110v when I went self employed thinking that 240v would be no good for site work... and seeing as I don't do site work, when the blade went I got a cheap 230v one to replace it