power tool for cutting floor boards

[gillsboy2010]

i want a saw for cutting floorboards,but not to big have used a chunky old circular saw before but want something smaller,any ideas

 

[joe-90]

I usually use a reciprocating saw.

 

[^woody^]

A compound mitre saw cuts floorboards very well

 

[1john]

Haha, not so well when they are in situ!

You can get a small circular saw, I had a Skil one once, it lasted years and years but finally gave up the ghost when I foolishly used it to cut up 11 old 1920's doors into small fire wood for the wood burner

a multi tool will cut them in situ and be neater, but more time consuming, a circular say is quick and easy and a compound miter saw will cut then nice and accurately if your laying them.

 

[joe-90]

The trouble with a circular saw is that you always cut grooves in the adjacent boards which is why I use a reciprocating saw when it matters. You can , of course, cut the T&G off and lever the board up to cut.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

A flooring saw?

and to take the tonguues poff another more trad tool, the electrician's bolster

 

[catlad]

Lidl had a tool in few weeks back that looked good for cutting floor boards, It looked like a small angle grinder with a small blade about 4" with plunge facility and dust extraction It was made by parkside.

 

[foxhole]

i want a saw for cutting floorboards,but not to big have used a chunky old circular saw before but want something smaller,any ideas

For cutting in situ , or prior to fitting?

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Lidl had a tool in few weeks back that looked good for cutting floor boards, It looked like a small angle grinder with a small blade about 4" with plunge facility and dust extraction It was made by parkside.

A multitool - problem is they cut very slowly and the blades cost a bomb (don't last well if you keep hittng nails, etc)

 

[catlad]

Not a multi tool. More like a cross between an angle grinder and a circular saw with maybe 80-90mm dia wheels not just for wood. It looked interesting so I picked it up and had a look at it, and it looked well made 49.99. But I already have 3 circular saws, but I have not seen anything that small before.

 

[joe-90]

Yes I saw that too. It looked pretty much like a Rexon tile cutter that I've got that looks just like a small circular saw. It was the difficulty in getting new blades that put me off it.