[off-topic] Cutting raised floor tiles

[Russell Steicke]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 20:05, Gavin Chester <gavin.chester at gmail.com> wrote:
> Probably too late for a solution ... I teach metalwork and woodwork, so this
> type of problem is right up my alley ;-) The composite nature of the tile
> does present a problem for normal trades, but if prepared to think outside
> the box, I would have cut it with a circular saw fitted with a tungsten
> carbide blade for cutting sheet metal. It will cut through the wood in the
> same cut as the sheetmetal with minimum burning due to heat generated in the
> metal. If you don't already have the saw and the blade you're having to face
> big costs (~$200) to equip yourself for this one cut :-(

Thanks.  I hadn't considered the heat - I thought all the steel
workshops were concerned about the wood shavings.

Do you know of anybody in the metro area I could go to who is equipped
to do that?


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