Cutting board users?

[duke62]

What type of blade did you use to cut your cutting board. Just received mine and dont want to use the wrong blade and screw it up. Going to use a jig saw

 

[SanmanReefer]

What type of blade did you use to cut your cutting board. Just received mine and dont want to use the wrong blade and screw it up. Going to use a jig saw

I would think a table saw would do the job but I'm no expert man.

 

[james1990]

Just being curious, what is the board being used for? A base for the bottom to mount rocks too?

 

[E.intheC]

I don't remember which saw blade I used the first time, but I have cut the starboard with a hand saw. It's pretty easy to cut

 

[Weicowireman]

Jig saw you wont have good blade control. I think a table saw or circular saw. Jig saw will be all over the place.

 

[smoq]

if it's made of teak or bamboo, table saw is your friend. Jigsaw may burn the edge as both teak and bamboo are hard wood.

 

[Jaftica]

Use a fine tooth plywood blade in a circular saw, if you need to cut out for overflows, use the jigsaw for those cuts

 

[jerl77]

you building a tank or a kitchens over there???

 

[MikeC]

I have total control of my Jig saw

And the cut outs make nice over flow lids to keep the snails and fish out

 

[kingator]

duke jigsaw is fine i cut mines with one also GL

 

[james1990]

Where can I get a board like that? I want to use it as a base to do a pillar style aquascape

 

[E.intheC]

James... Go to www.cuttingboardcompany.com. You can get the boards in all different colors. Mine is light blue.

 

[FastUno]

There is another option you know? I used NEOPRENE, the same thing you make wet suits out of. It is soft & rubbery and easier to cut and work with. Much cheaper than cutting board. I could do a few tanks with half the price of cutting board.

 

[piranhapat]

Very nice. Where did you buy it?

 

[smoq]

Oooooh, that's for a fish tank. Now I get it

 

[MikeC]

NEOPRENE IMOP is a bad move it is soft allowing detritus to get underneath it and this allows it to become a detritus trap.

See in the right hand corner how it lifts up? Well that's were the detritus goes to rot turning into phosphates (food for algae)

Looks nice thou
Cheep is not always better.

 

[ssdawood]

If you silicone it right you should be good. Same thing for cutting board or starboard. If it is not siliconed right detrius will get inside and turn into nitrates and phosphates.

 

[SteveZ15]

Just Curious Abkut The Cutting board Does It Stay WhitE Or Does Algae Grow.On it

 

[MikeC]

silicone dose not addheer to cutting board if you use 3/4 inch it is heavy and as long as you cut it one inch short all the way around so it don't sit on top of the tanks silicone that was used to put the tank together you will be fine.
Also the idea for this is the one inch gap around the tank allows room for the detritus to settle and thus making it easyer to siphon out. (Not easily achieved with neoprene)
Removing detritus ASAP prevents it from braking down and turning into phosphates.
You must export what you import

 

[MikeC]

Just Curious Abkut The Cutting board Does It Stay WhitE Or Does Algae Grow.On it

Coralline algae will eventually grow on it.