Cutting Rubber Mats With Circular Saw

It worked in an outstanding fashion and the average time to cut each mat took about 25 seconds.

Cutting rubber mats with circular saw. I need to cut it into for lack of a better term hockey pucks. We have used the circular saw as well and it works great with nice clean edge and cuts in no time. I have access to circular saw table saw jig saw hack saw razor box cutter hunting knife chain saw electric turkey carving knife as someone suggested and drimmel. We measured out our mats with a chalk line and created a guide by running the carpet blade just once through then while one held the mats the other followed the lines with the hack saw.

The trick is to have someone slightly pull the mat away from the saw as its cutting to help prevent the saw blade from getting stuck. Our rubber cutting knives and blades are for slitting perforating rewinding cross cutting die cutting guillotine cutting press cutting and many more. We easily cut mats in a fraction of the time it would take to use box cutters. Reading forums people recommend everything from a skill saw to a electric meat cutting knife.

It doesn t even req. This mats were 6 foot by 4 foot and 3 4 thick. I cut hundreds of 3 4 x 1 1 2 70 durometer those mats should be at least that stiff rubber strips with 72 tooth alternate tooth carbide blades with my makita chopsaw. I m leaning toward the circular saw but don t know what blade large or small teeth or if i need soapy water as a lube.

I also have several yards of hard rubber rod about 2 25 thick. You will need another pair of hands to hold the mat for you while the cutting takes place. Cutting those mats should not be really should not be an. What type of blade would i need to put on the miter saw to get clean even cuts.

But what really is the best method to cut stall mats. Once you ve completed the cut you will need to replace the blade on the hacksaw before starting another mat. Power tools can be hit or miss when it comes to cutting through a rubber horse stall mat. Drilled four holes in each of those with my drill press 1 4 router bit and counter bored with 3 4 milling cutter.

A circular saw can be used in certain situations. Ive got a 12 sliding compound miter saw. Circular knives in hss dmo5 hss co 5 k110 k190 pm and s 390 pm steels are used not only for cutting rubber leather paper isolation materials and plastics cutting thin walled tubes hoses but also non ferrous metals and steel. Its ok to leave cutting marks on the pucks pro.