Reviews Of The Top Saw Blades For Laminate Flooring
1. Freud LU79R010
Freud’s LU79R010 laminate floor blade has a thin kerf to reduce chipping. The laser-cut anti-vibration slots beat out standard saw blades and the high-density carbide tips stay sharper for longer.In addition, our woodworking testers deem it is as the perfect saw blade for a variety of materials besides cutting laminate flooring.
The thin kerf blade is also endowed with Freuds Parma-shield coating, which prevents the blade from burning up and reduces heat build-up and friction while in use. To cut laminate flooring with smooth finishes, simply slip the blade onto your circular saws.
2. Festool 496309
It costs more, but the Festool 496309 is a very long-lasting choice for cutting laminate flooring. There are 48 teeth in total, a kerf of only 26mm and an oversized arbor. It allows for more secure attachment to circular saws, and reduces vibrations.
The blade is extremely stable and can easily cut through various materials with great precision. Laminates and other surface materials are no match for the thin kerfs that power through without resistance.
Lastly, there are laser cut expansion slots on these saw blades that make sure they are accurate and quiet.
What We Like
- Laser cut expansion slots
- Laminating saw blade that lasts
- Thin kerf
- Oversized arbor
- Design of flat triple-chip tooth design
- High-quality smooth finish
- Quiet
3. BOSCH T503
You can also use a jigsaw to cut laminate flooring, so our team made sure to include jigsaw blades. If you are cutting curved laminate flooring, the BOSCH T503 blade is the best. These blades can be used for both laminate and hardwood flooring.
The T503 jigsaw blades were specially designed to get through laminates while still delivering clean cuts. These blades are more efficient and last longer than other blades. This makes them a great investment. Not to mention, they come at a very affordable price.
What We Like
- For precise cuts
- 3-piece set
- Very budget price
- Bi-metal construction
- Excellent quality
- T-shank type
- Useful for straight and curved cuts
- Fits most jigsaws
5. DeWalt DW3712H
The list is completed by our contractors with another set of jigsaw knives. Made of high carbon steel, each jigsaw blade is optimized to cut laminate floors and different materials such as various types of wood.
The teeth are all precision ground to be sharper and to last longer. The saw blades are the perfect tool for workaround cuts that still end up with a fine finish. These jigsaw blades have deeper gullets between teeth, making them the fastest to cut through material.
The DeWalt DW3712H works not only with Dewalt jigsaws but universal shank designs as well.
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Saw Blades For Laminate Flooring Buyers Guide
Its no secret that laminate material is a great way to dull even the best blade, so you have to make sure the saw blade you purchase has to be up to the task for as long as possible. You can do that by following the tips below that our team has outlined.
Types Of Saw
As our team has briefly mentioned above, there are various types of saw blades that can work, and your job is to find the best saw blade for laminate flooring that suits your needs.
Table Saw
You might have noticed that many of the recommendations are or look like a circular saw blade. The circular blade can also be used on table saws, and is very common. You don’t need to bring the power tools to the table saw. Instead, you bring the material to the power tools, which usually yields more precise and stable cutting.
This is the best saw for cutting laminate flooring with or against the grain. It also gives smooth results. A table saw is also excellent for ripping materials.
Circular saw
The next most used power tool to cut laminate flooring is the circular saw. A circular saw blade and a mitersaw blade are very similar. This is why they produce very similar cuts. Circular saws are great because they tend to be more portable than a table saw or miter saw, but it takes more work to get exact cuts without a guide or fence.
The circular blade is not recommended for rip cuts. A table saw is better if you have to make many cuts in your laminate material. Our team recommends that you look for a blade with carbide teeth. They will last longer.
Jigsaw
Moving away from the circular saw blade design, we land on the jigsaw. The jigsaw can be used to make intricate and precise cuts. It is ideal for laminate flooring projects as well as wood. It operates with a vertical blade and is recommended for curved and straight cuts as well.
Crosscuts can be handled by the best jigsaw blade. Our team recommends that you look for carbide teeth to make a more durable blade option, no matter what type of cut.
Miter Saw
We finish off with the miter saw, which has similar blades to the circular saw blade. For cross-cutting or angled cuts, miter saws are best. Which table saw should you choose? Our team recommends using a table saw for straight cuts, and miter saws to make angled cuts.
Size And Compatibility
Once you have chosen the right type of saw, the next step is double-checking if the blade matches your tool. The blade’s diameter is important as well.
How can you tell if a blade fits your saw? The arbor size is what you need to consider. The arbor size is the size of the hole in the middle of the blade, where the fastening happens. There are some blades that have a larger arbor than others, and they may not be able to fit your saw.
If you don’t want a specific brand of saw blade, which is clearly indicated by the company about which saws they work, you will need to measure the saw blade yourself to make sure.
As we said, a circular saw blade and a miter saw blade are often interchangeable, but that doesnt mean they all work. Double-check to see if the circular blades you choose can be used on both tools.
Then comes the size of the blade, which is outlined in every product description. The measurements are for the saw blade rather than the entire power tool. You have the option of choosing from sizes ranging from 6.5 to 30cm for a circular saw blade.
A miter saw uses a larger blade, usually between 10 and 30 cm in size. Selecting between a 25 cm and 30 cm miter saw can be perplexing, and you may believe that it doesnt matter because the difference is only two inches. But it actually does.Its important to get the right size saw blade for your tools when cutting laminate.
Lets take a closer look at the standard arbor hole sizes for a saw blade. Laminate blades are usually 15 cm in diameter. This makes the arbor hole approximately 1 cm. The common 7- blade all the way up to 25 cm has a -inch arbor hole and the larger 30 cm blade has a 3 cm arbor.
TPI And Kerf
The kerf of a blade is basically how thick the cutting edge is. Our team recommends that laminate be made with very thin kerfs. You will achieve a more polished finish and less chipping. While the kerf size for other materials, such as plywood and fiber cement, will vary, our team recommends that laminate be thin.
A saw blade that cuts laminate is required to have a TPI (teeth per inch) as a consideration. A laminate flooring saw blade with the most teeth will have more teeth than one made for wood. A plywood blade can be compared to laminate flooring blades because they also have a high number of teeth per inch.
For fine cutting jobs, our experts recommend anywhere between 80 to 100 teeth. However, if youre working on old laminate flooring and require powerful rips, then our contractors suggest a lower teeth count. The quality of the material used to construct the blade and coat the teeth are another important consideration, which brings us to the next section.
Material Quality And Durability
The material of your blade determines whether you can get precise cuts or not, but it also impacts how the blade works. The best saw blade for cutting laminate absorbs noise and vibrations and leaves a clean cutting finish.
You need to ensure that the blade is of high quality. There are extra features such as deeper gullets that can get through more material, expansion slots, and protective coating to protect the blade from wear. All of these features come together to create one very durable blade.
Our team recommends carbide tipped blades. More specifically, we recommend carbide-tipped teeth and a durable steel blade. Combined with a high number of teeth, your blade will not produce rough cuts but it will stay sharp for longer, have much higher durability, and also require less maintenance.
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