Toolbox: A Floor Installer’s Secret

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Resilient floor installers have a tool in their bag of tricks that might be a lifesaver for a remodeling contractor. This tool is the Crain Super Saw — a flush-cutting circular saw designed for undercutting doors, jambs, casing, and baseboard. To test the Super Saw, I took it on site to install a hardwood floor over an existing plank floor, and put it in the hands of a remodeling contractor who found the Super Saw useful for solving a variety of problems on the job. Undercutting Specialist The Super Saw is manufactured by the Crain Cutter Company (156 So. Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035; 408/946-6100) — a toolmaker that specializes in tools for floor installers. The Super Saw is adapted from

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Clayton DeKorne

Clay DeKorne is the Chief Editor of the JLC Group, which includes The Journal of Light Construction, Remodeling, Tools of the Trade and Professional Deck Builder. He was the founding editor of Tools of the Trade (1993) and Coastal Contractor (2004), and the founding educational director for JLC Live (1995). Before venturing into writing and education for the building industry, he was a renovation contractor and carpenter in Burlington, Vt.

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