Flooring blade

[rustym]

Hey Folks,
I have a big laminate flooring job coming up (in my own house).  I was wondering if any of you have used blade (Item # 489457) for cutting flooring.  I will use it on my ATF 55 and with my MFT to cut pieces to length.  I have a table saw to rip any piece to width.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Rusty

 

[rustym]

I guess no one here has used the laminate flooring blade by Festool!

 

[Eli]

Sure it's great? What are your other options for blade selection, price, etc? It's a mineral cutting blade right?

 

[rustym]

Eli,
I was just looking on the Festool site checking out blades and knew they did a lot of flooring in Europe so I figured they had a blade made just for cutting laminate flooring.  Sure enought they do, but it cost $60.  A little high for a blade I'll use for one job.  I have a chop saw, but just looking at the Festool ops.  Since I have the ATF 55 and MFT I just thought I could use them.  Also I didn't want to ruin the blade in my saw if there was something better.

Hope all this makes sense.

Rusty

 

[bruegf]

Rusty,

I've used that blade to cut melamine.  It does cut melamine cleaner than the standard blade (491952) that came with my TS55.  I used it last night to cut a formica countertop w/ no chipping.

Fred