Cutting Racedeck Tiles

[Defender90]

What is the best way/tool to cut Racedeck tiles?

 

[James-W]

I have never done it, but from what I have read you can use a sharp utility knife. I have read that a table saw works really well.

 

[dubber]

Skill saw, the more teeth the better for a clean cut. And cut with the tile upside down. Just cut nearly 40 tiles this past weekend.

 

[Defender90]

Skill saw, the more teeth the better for a clean cut. And cut with the tile upside down. Just cut nearly 40 tiles this past weekend.

What are you using? Table saw, chop saw?

 

[dubber]

Circular saw.

 

[James-W]

I would think a circular saw would be more difficult to use for cutting tiles than using a table saw or a chop saw would be.

 

[Splitpi]

Regarding which way to cut ...

The old adage from wood working are:

• use a high tooth count blade
• Visible side up on a table saw (the table saw cuts on a down stroke), Tearout will be on the bottom (non-visible portion)
• Visible side down on a circular saw (The circular saw cuts on an up stroke), Tearout will be on the top (non-visible portion)
• use a zero clearance baseplate on either the table saw or circular saw.

 

[bymbie]

I did my floor a month ago. I used a jigsaw with a plastic blade (i had to cut around my woodstove hearth pad). Worked like a charm.

 

[Croixboy]

A tablesaw works great, especially if you need to take like 1" off a bunch of tiles down one side of the garage. I picked one up off craigslist and put a new blade on it. I would be happy to pass it along for $30 if your in the mid-Atlantic area.

 

[dubber]

I don't have a table saw or a chop saw so I just used what i had.