Cutting Taff rail

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Mordaunt
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Cutting Taff rail

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For those of you who have installed hinges on your taff rail, any advice on type of saw or blade to use? The hardware I bought does cover the ends however I’d love to avoid any splintering etc as much as possible. Cutting into original wood is somewhat intimidating!
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Re: Cutting Taff rail

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Any nice hand saw will work fine, if you are concerned about chipping just tape the cut and score with a knife first, but I think you will be just fine.

The fittings I got took quite some modifying to the wood to fit as wood end profile and the hinges did not match, was doable though.
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Re: Cutting Taff rail

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mikeandanne wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 8:19 pm just tape the cut and score with a knife first, but I think you will be just fine.
^^^^^this.
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