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Re: [Shop-talk] No shop this weekend, kitchen remodel instead

To: Karl Vacek <KVacek@Ameritech.net>, <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] No shop this weekend, kitchen remodel instead
From: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:18:10 +0000
> Many years ago when building countertops I found a Hyde (the putty-knife 
> company) high-pressure laminate cutter.  It's a rock-simple tool, just a 
> flat piece of steel cut with a slight hook.  The end is ground to a long vee 
> .  What you do is drag the flat end of the vee along the cut line like a 
> plow - picture dragging a tiny beer-can opener along the line.  It scores 
> and cuts a vee-groove.  If you scribe the laminate a few times with the 
> tool, you'll actually cut all the way through to the substrate.  The tool is 
> made for cutting un-installed laminate when fabricating countertops, but 
> I've used it to good effect in this application too, for cutouts, cut-offs, 
> etc..
> 
> Karl

I have one of these.  I bought it at Menard's.  I can't believe they are 
difficult to find.

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