Cutting Gatorboard

[Kittyfaces]

Has anyone ever used a table saw to cut 1/2" gator? judging by the curved lines on the clean edges, it looks like the manufacture uses some sort of circular blade to cut it to size at the plant.

i need clean edges on the 35x45 posters i'm mounting and am tempted to try it on the table saw. i know Elmer's recommends a 40 tooth/5 cross cut blade for mighty core...

also, any suggestions on hanging hardware. i was thinking some sort of aluminum j-hook.

any thoughts?

 

[BILL WARD]

thin kerf, finish blade w/as any teeth as you can get, and do it sloooooowly and probably finish off with fine sand paper/block(just to evenout the swirl marks)

 

[framah]

You don't have a wall mounted cutter? My Fletcher cuts it just fine.

 

[Kittyfaces]

Well, I have a Fletcher wall cutter but it's not the model that uses the big blades. It has the turret with the tiny mat cutting blade, glass scorer and acrylic blade.

 

[framah]

Oh.... never mind.

When you cut it on a table saw, keep the blade as low as possible so it doesn't want to rip out the back.

 

[Bogframe]

You can cut it like wallboard by scoring it and snapping it, but when I worked in a graphics shop a while back, they used a table saw and it cut like butter. It also cut well in their computerized router and with a jigsaw.

 

[Lance E]

We cut it on a table saw most of the time, mind the dandruff...

 

[shopmonkey cpf]

if there are any rough spots, gator sands beautifully!