Cut kitchen plinth without chipping. How?!

[Maxwells demon]

Preparing a kitchen plinth with a 45-degree external angle for a kitchen island. Any good tips on how to avoid chipping? The plinth is made of chipboard with a thin laminate. Blue Bosch 8sjl.
See image

 

[bomm]

Place tape over the surface of the laminate before you cut.

Or get a better blade than the original one, e.g. https://www.proffsmagasinet.se/verk...osch-2608642497-expert-for-wood-sagklinga-48t

 

[Maxwells demon]

Thanks for the answer. I have a new blade. Will try tape. Any other tips anyone? My only test piece is getting short, can probably try a few more cuts and tips before the wrist goes along with the test cut

 

[xibeca]

Saw from the back and have a sacrificial piece underneath. E.g., MDF.

 

[Maxwells demon]

A bit curious. What does the sacrificial board do so it doesn't splinter? Is it that the "fibers" don't have the opportunity to be pushed out, or something else?

 

[Stefan N]

Yes, exactly.

 

[JohanLun]

Can't you get a wooden socket? Don't you think this one will break quite easily if someone kicks the corner?

 

[Maxwells demon]

The plinth matches the cabinet doors. Anything else would look weird. However, I must agree that the plinths seem to be of rather poor quality, while the kitchen overall seems to be sturdy and solid. Let's hope they hold up.

 

[JohanLun]

Perhaps it is possible to make a corner in a different way than mitering?

 

[Maxwells demon]

Suggestions on that? The junk plinths have a sawn surface on all ends.. That is, no lamination there. Otherwise, I would have skipped the miter. The best would have been if the cover panel on the kitchen island end went all the way down to the floor. Then I would avoid the plinth corner.

 

[JohanLun]

Some form of corner molding maybe, in wood or plastic, or a molding in solid wood in the same wood type as the veneer, maybe a quarter round so it becomes rounded? Feels very sensitive to have a mitered particleboard with laminate/veneer in corners where one could kick with shoes...

 

[KnockOnWood]

But can you really tell if there are some chips down there by the floor?

There has to be some limit to perfectionism, right?

 

[JohanLun]

Does it have to be???

But making a laminated chipboard feels wrong I think...

Maybe an edge band with hot melt glue type?

https://www.k-rauta.se/byggvaruhus/kantlist-lg-collection-sm3-2m-sm-list-eklamell-ljus-tr

 

[jonne72]

Usually, there are edge bands that you heat/iron onto a straight, non-mitered, edge?

 

[PappasHammare]

You received the answer in post #4
Offert, place the soffit with the fine side down against the off-cut piece. Use a fine-toothed blade