Cutting Rubber Mats With Circular Saw

Our rubber cutting knives and blades are for slitting perforating rewinding cross cutting die cutting guillotine cutting press cutting and many more.

Cutting rubber mats with circular saw.

I have some 36 in x 36 in 2 in thick rubber mats i need to cut. 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. 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. Shop horse stall mats now.

A circular saw can be used in certain situations. Cutting those mats should not be really should not be an. It worked in an outstanding fashion and the average time to cut each mat took about 25 seconds. What type of blade would i need to put on the miter saw to get clean even cuts.

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. Ive got a 12 sliding compound miter saw. We have used the circular saw as well and it works great with nice clean edge and cuts in no time. It doesn t even req.

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 need to cut it into for lack of a better term hockey pucks. Our machine knives and industrial blades for rubber cutting are in straight circular pointed tip arrow shape toothed serrated scalloped perforoted interlocked blades for guillotine cutting and many other blades shapes. Power tools can be hit or miss when it comes to cutting through a rubber horse stall mat.

But what really is the best method to cut stall mats. Drilled four holes in each of those with my drill press 1 4 router bit and counter bored with 3 4 milling cutter. 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.

This mats were 6 foot by 4 foot and 3 4 thick. Reading forums people recommend everything from a skill saw to a electric meat cutting knife. 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. Its ok to leave cutting marks on the pucks pro.