ChelCass Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Hello All, This is an experiment I have been wanted to try forever. Home Depot's flooring department has 3x5 samples of all their laminate flooring and these samples are free unlike Lowes and Menard who charge you for them......................My favorite word *free*. I am always on the lookout for free wood. Now I have a ton of their samples. Every time I go into their store I grab a hand full. Since I just spent 600.00 on flooring for our house I do not feel one bit guilty. In fact the salesman told me to take them all if I wanted as that is what they are for...........................gotta love people like this. Any way I finally cut a Christmas ornament out of one of the samples. This sample was 4 1/2 click American Cherry Mocha. I used a FD-Hd 5" 0.100 X 0.022" t.p.i.10 flying Dutchman blade. You just need to remember to let the blade do the cutting and watch for bucking. Every time I made a turn the wood tried to jump out of my hand. I used stick glue to attach the pattern and then I washed the pattern off with soap and water. No sanding needed I think these would be great for ornaments or even small key chains, etc. Your thoughts! Birchbark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Nice..........I tried flooring a couple years ago and found it was very hard on blades so gave it up (thats flooring not the samples) Hope you have better luck than me.......................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 I have often wondered about cutting laminate flooring. I must try it if I can find any offcuts. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Hello All, This is an experiment I have been wanted to try forever. Home Depot's flooring department has 3x5 samples of all their laminate flooring and these samples are free unlike Lowes and Menard who charge you for them......................My favorite word *free*. I am always on the lookout for free wood. Now I have a ton of their samples. Every time I go into their store I grab a hand full. Since I just spent 600.00 on flooring for our house I do not feel one bit guilty. In fact the salesman told me to take them all if I wanted as that is what they are for...........................gotta love people like this. Any way I finally cut a Christmas ornament out of one of the samples. This sample was 4 1/2 click American Cherry Mocha. I used a FD-Hd 5" 0.100 X 0.022" t.p.i.10 flying Dutchman blade. You just need to remember to let the blade do the cutting and watch for bucking. Every time I made a turn the wood tried to jump out of my hand. I used stick glue to attach the pattern and then I washed the pattern off with soap and water. No sanding needed I think these would be great for ornaments or even small key chains, etc. Your thoughts! I've cut he Formica samples into earrings an Egyptian things for ears,never flooring as there's to much sand in it.My saw sparks cutting them,It a flooring saw from lowes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfie Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Came out nice thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Be carful Judy, that stuff my contain formaldehyde. ChelCass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 I've used it in the past, but, it was very hard on blades. Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 I must go into our big hardware store and find out what they do with their old samples. They may be a good idea for Roly's Mr Crisps. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimErn Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 I cut this cross out of laminate flooring a month or so ago. Never again, I went through FD blades quick, I mean wore down to no teeth at all on one. But the cut edges are nice, almost no fuzzies to deal with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Judy I've use the flooring for cutting name signs they look good. Roly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelCass Posted March 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Jim I just went up and looked at my blade and it doesn't show any wear. Now I used a blade especially for this kind of cutting. This blade is for cutting thick and very hard wood. It's a flying Dutchman. I heard ya Dan, this flooring is NOT from Lumber Liquidators. I got very little dust. Margie a couple of years ago a lumber company gave me a piece of discontinued flooring and I cut several ornaments out of it. They came out beautiful. I have attached a photo for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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