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   Spalted | Jun 15, 2007 05:39am | #1

   Go right ahead, it machines like a dream. But think of it like mdf...harder on your lools than wood. I made a sweet router table and fence out of some scraps i had, and i'm making a counter top inlay for a butcherblock kitchen island. I love it b/c it is dead flat.

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   ring | Jun 15, 2007 10:37am | #2

   We've cut Corian in our shop using 80T blades. No problem at all. You can also rout it with the usual bits, although the shops who regularly work Corian use special bits with non-marring bearings.

   David Ring

   http://www.touchwood.co.il/?id=1&lang=e

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   douglas2cats | Jun 15, 2007 01:27pm | #3

   Haven't tried a combo blade but an 80T carbide blade works very well. Haven't used any edge forming bits on it, but haven't had any problem pattern cutting with straight router bits. It will generate quite a bit of extremely fine dust (almost like talcum powder) and isn't all that pleasant smelling when cut either. Dust collection is a good idea here.

   If you build it he will come.

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   user-263741 | Jun 17, 2007 04:44am | #4

   I used both a table saw and a router to make some zero clearance inserts for the table saw.  Machines great.

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   mbdyer | Jun 18, 2007 05:31am | #5

   As a Corian(and like) installer we use saws only for rough cuts; to within an eighth or 3/16". This is followed with the router, either pattern bit and pattern or sharp straight bit and guide fence. Saw blades create horrible tearout and have had them crack the sheet itself, not to mention a ragged cut anyway.

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   fgnoel | Jun 18, 2007 09:58pm | #6

   Thank you for that information.  I had considered but forgot to ask about the tear out problem.

   Frank

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   Adrian | Jun 20, 2007 12:13am | #7

   Ditto to that, and would also add if you're going to do much, a carbide solid surface sawblade (most manufacturers have them in the lineup) is a worthy investment. On a countertop or the like if you leave a sawn edge anywhere, it is a 'stress riser' and can lead to cracks. One of the things they emphasise in fabrication school.Cabinetmaker/college woodworking instructor. Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.