Solid Hardwood, Engineered and Laminate Flooring - Cutting Oak Parquet

Can someone please help me? I have installed a solid oak parquet floor but am having trouble with cutting the smaller edges. This is an old uneven house with many doorways, which is why I am ending up with some small cuts.

First the tiles were popping all over the place making the whole process very dangerous. Someone suggested that I mark the backside and hold them upside down while cutting. This does work much better but is still long and tedious and a bit dangerous because your hand is just too close to the saw.

I have tried a hand saw, table saw, jigsaw and a small coping saw. The coping saw works best - though I would need a bigger one.

How do I hold this stuf without having my hand too near it? A vise doesn't hold all of it. And is there a hand tool that would be better that I'm not thinking of? Is there a trick to this?

I don't want the floor to be ruined waiting for the edges and am getting very frustrated here.

Thanks!

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Those cuts can get dangerous. Try using a band saw with a thin blade and tape the cutting area with masking tape. This way the small pieces won't fly all over the place.

Thanks Ken. I never thought of a bandsaw. Bet it's the perfect solution. The tape is a good idea too. Maybe I will have some hair left after this project after all! hehe

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I can just see those pieces flying off a table saw as I've been there. I broke two bandsaw "blades" in trying to finish a parquet job a year ago and didn't want to drive 20 miles to get a few more.

So, I pulled the table saw out, knowing what I was up against. But, I didn't have a sharp blade in it and low and behold there were no new ones in the truck:( The last laminate floor job ate that one big time..those laminate jobs will tear up any cutting blades in short time.

What happened? It wasn't the small pieces flying in many directions that concerned me the most, but the "back wiring" that is used to keep the parquet intact prior to the installation. I had my ceramic tile tearout outfit ready and waiting, goggles face cloth etc.

Those pieces flew everywhere. At least the customers cats finally scattered and shouldn't have been in the cutting work zone in the first place...hehe.

Thanks for coming back and I wish you the best on your project:)