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Keith G wrote:
What was the first cut done with causing those chips in the laminate?

Handheld circular saw - just to take the (not inconsiderable) weight of
the offcut out of the equation.

That's my tool of choice for cutting laminate faced board. With a decent
and sharp tipped blade and using a straight batten as a guide you'll not
get any chipping. Sawing something like this by hand is too much like hard
work for my liking - I'd rather spend the time listening to my music. ;-)

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