Blades for cutting kitchen worktop

Evening,

I've got some worktop and up stands to cut over the weekend what tooth blades are recommend? Is it as simple as the more teeth the finer the cut?

Going to be using a circular saw for the worktop and a mitre saw for the upstand.

 

Finer the better , router gives best finish .Don't use a jigsaw, will butcher a worktop.

 

If you have a jigsaw you can get "upside down" cutting blades for cutting work surfaces , probably the easiest way of cutting work surfaces by a DIYer, the circular saw sounds a bit harsh

 

I've used the Bosch variant of those blades to good effect. Just masking tape on the top of the worktop to prevent splintering and scratches and an anti splinter piece in the Makita.

 

i've used 80tooth blades in a DeWalt 7 1/4" circular saw to cut and rip 40mm laminate work tops, and 15mm melamine furniture panels.
sometimes the cut needs a rub with a small block plane and a light sanding.

if your cutting work top mitres then run a first 8mm-10mm cut as usual with the router then remove the the waste side with the circular saw and/or jig saw - its quick and saves on mitre bits.

if you give it a go then first practice on some redundant stuff.

 

Jigsaws are a very inaccurate way to make any long cut - the circular saw approach (especially when cut from the underside) is far and away better. With jigsaws the "upside down" blades, actually called downcut blades (T101BR and T101BRF), are a very poor approach in my own experience as they are prone to flexing in the cut and therefore often won't give you a plumb cut on a 30 to 38mm worktop. If you must use a jigsaw it's generally better to flip the top over and cut from the underside using a fine tooth laminate blade designed for the task such as a T101BIF (those are Bosch blade numbers, other firms often quote them as equivalences).

 

I used a makita dss501 cordless circular saw on my kitchen worktop after seeing this video by a kitchen fitter:



It gave a clean splinter free cut, but a good quality sharp blade was be used.

Makita do a thin kerf specialised blade (36 tooth), and there is a trend equivalent which was equally good if not a little better

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Makita-B-0...w+blade+136mm&qid=1562854605&s=gateway&sr=8-6

Blup

 

Thanks for the replys, i was think using a router but not sure my 1/4" will be powerful enough. I won't be using a jigsaw as they are no good for accurate straight cuts.
Think i will go with bobasd approach then i don't have to buy any blades.

 

Worktop cuts require 1/2” router so bits not made for 1/4”.

 

Damn, what about carefully using a fine blade on a multitool? Its only 28mm thick.

 

Not a chance - multitools simply can't cut straight enough. Best method is circular saw with fine tooth blade and straight edge, then 1/2in router with straight edge, then very sharp fine tooth hand saw (providing you can hand saw a straight line)

 

More chance off cutting a straight line with a blunt spoon .

 

Final update- thank you for all the advice i decided to use my router in the end and it cut perfectly for the first pass but i went a bit to deep on the 2nd and it damaged the front edge a little bit but you won't see it so not to much of a issue.

 

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