I have some thin Caravan plywood, about 2.7mm thick with a white textured coating on one side. How do I cut it without it splintering or damaging the white finish!.
jmma,
Feb 19, 4:16pm
upside down if cutting with skill or jigsaw
lugee,
Feb 19, 4:17pm
Tape on cut line. Use a fine tooth cutting tool and cut towards the textured side.
_peas,
Feb 19, 4:31pm
If you use a jigsaw make sure that the oscillation of the blade is set at 0.It is slower to cut but leaves a finer finish. 3mm ply wouldn't take long anyway.
mercbens,
Feb 19, 4:47pm
x1
There is only ONE way to cut thin ply without splintering - use a Stanley (Box cutter) knife. Use a metal straight edge and cut firmly. It will cut " clean as a whistle" . Cut from the textured side. -Watch out for your fingers. - Make sure that the blade is sharp, break off the leading edge and start with a fresh edge. I was given this tip by a caravan cabinet maker and have used it sucessfully myself.
afer_daily,
Feb 19, 5:14pm
with ply that thin you could cut it with a craft/stanley knife. / on a hard surface of course !
yendor,
Feb 19, 6:23pm
Will give a Stanley knife a go. Thanks.
hutchk,
Feb 20, 7:29am
Use a chainsaw (carefully).
rob_man,
Feb 20, 8:51am
Axe.
sleuth,
Feb 20, 2:43pm
Depends on how much you need to do. A small router or laminate trimmer will make a perfect cut.
richynuts,
Feb 20, 5:14pm
NO when you remove tape this will often cause the coating to lift, I used to restore caravans and just used a box cutter knife or router with bearing on cutter and trimmed around doors wiindows etc after glued in place or lay plywood down on floor with coversheet underneath and used a straightedge with router against it use 5mm router cutter just just enough to cut through, though most times I just used the sawbench if plywood fitted into a alloy chanel.
noswalg,
Feb 20, 8:39pm
ha ha i cut everything with my chainsaw. I really do need to get a circular saw!
petermcg,
May 10, 11:16pm
And when you want to do the same with a thicker sheet of laminate, you can use a fine hand saw and cut slowly at a very low angle.
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