Cutting Cement Board

Tim Carter, of http://AsktheBuilder.com, demonstrates a simple way to cut cement backer board using an inexpensive carbide-tipped tool. Sign up NOW for Tim's FREE weekly newsletter at: http://go.askthebuilder.com/NewsletterSignupNow

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[tomasbobby]

You wil find h easiest way to cut cement board is with a cheap disposible hand saw

[AsktheBuilder]

@tomasbobby The folks who are conservationists aren't going to like this method. We already consume too many things each day, and now you want to throw away saw blades?

[msa1985]

@AsktheBuilder is that a rare tool? I've never seen it in home depot.

[AsktheBuilder]

@msa1985 It's not rare. Don't get me started on HD. They only stock a very TINY percentage of the products and tools that exist. Did you know that the footprint of the average HD store is SMALLER than the size of the average lumber company? That shows you how little lumber types and sizes they stock. Now extend that to every single category in a HD. Consumers like you are getting dumbed down by HD each and every day. It's very sad. You have no idea what you're missing.

[echtconservative]

Tim,

Thank you so much for the informative video! I'm wondering--is there a name for the carbide-tipped tool you used?

Thanks!

[AsktheBuilder]

@echtconservative Beats me. I bought it at a tile store well over 20 years ago.

[hurricaneheide]

Thanks Tim! Your videos are perfect for those of us who don't mind a little sweat equity in place of a $400 dollar blade and saw.

[cacaman01]

Alright, I'm gonna try it right now, but only because you said so.

[ghislain6313]

askthebuilder guy, you rock man.



[kingcahoj]

AWWWHHH!!! THAT WAS EASY!

[gotquickness44]

Better off using HardieBacker.......you score it once and pull up. Done!

[MitchellHurwitz]

@echtconservative It's a "Backerboard scoring knife"

[MrSerpent89]

hello i have a custom made reptile cage and for lighting/heating i have a porcelain bulb holder, i have a 60 watt bulb for heat, and i noticed it gets my wood hot and im afraid eventually it might start a fire, this one guy said he put a cement board in between the porcelain bulb holder and the wood, he said it keeps the wood from getting to hot and he said the cement board is much more heat resistant than wood so i would not have to worry about causing a fire, is that true?

[dudewashere100]

@AsktheBuilder @echtconservative

its called a Scoring Knife/Blade... you'll find plenty of examples if you google it.

[dudewashere100]

@echtconservative

its called a Scoring Knife/Blade... you'll find plenty of examples if you google it.