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Remember when we all used to cut vinyl plank with a utility knife?
I was at the big trade show in Atlanta about eight years ago and saw a guy from a tool company demo a small cordless cutter on some rigid core. He made a perfect cut in maybe two seconds, no dust. I bought one the next week, a Crain 503. It felt like cheating at first, but now I can't imagine going back to scoring and snapping, especially on a big commercial job. Anyone still using the old method, or has everyone switched over?
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kim.stella3d ago
Got a guy on my crew who still scores and snaps. Watches me zip through cuts with the cutter and calls it "sorcery." I just tell him his arms must be tired from all that extra work.
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That Crain 503 is a great little tool, but I'm pretty sure it came out more like ten or twelve years ago. Time flies when you're not covered in dust.
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murray.troy14d ago
Read an old forum thread where someone claimed they bought theirs right when it launched in 2012. Makes your guess spot on. Hard to believe we're calling a tool from the Obama era "recent" now. That thing was a game changer for trim work back then. Still see them on job sites all the time, which says a lot.
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