âNonetheless they will have need of wood,' said AulÃ«.â. Although Ents were Shepherds of the Trees and their duty was to protect the forests from Orcs, Dwarves and other perils not the Children of IlÃºvatar who would need wood and would use it with little care of what the Ents thought.
For small areas, you could cut laminate flooring with a circular saw or a jig saw. In order to do that, you should use a smart setup, as to cut the planks straight and to avoid chipping their edges. Therefore, you have to use another laminate flooring board or a straight edge to guide the jigsaw or circular saw.
Saw off the bottom groove on the new flooring plank. Rip cut and remove the bottom groove from the replacement flooring piece using a table saw, circular saw, or sharp chisel and utility knife. Set the saw fence to cut 5/16 in. off the width of the plank and the saw blade depth to cut into it 1/4 in.deep.hen removing old flooring, create a new butt joint on just the side of the plank that's closest to the hole or where the damage ends. Using the technique shown in Photos 1 â 4 and a carbide-tipped flooring blade that can cut through nails, remove the old hardwood flooring and install a perfect replacement piece.