How to Cut the worktop corners

ahll

Hi,
This time I intend to put in my own kitchen. I am quite confident that I can do it the only part I dont know how to do is cut the worktop to form corners. The one I have now isnt cut in a striaght line it has a sort of bend on the edge farest away from the wall.

How do you cut the worktop to make sure these worktops fit right at the join ?
Is there some sort of tool that should be used ?

nelly_2

joiners use a router and a template.

ahll

Do you happen to know what this template it called ?

Lord_Gardener

Easy Jig 900 - they are easy to use an you can get them on the net:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAND-NEW-900MM-KITCHEN-WORKTOP-JIG-PEGS-BIT-SET_W0QQitemZ160006508328QQihZ006QQcategoryZ122829QQcmdZViewItem

nelly_2

It'll probably be cheaper to just get a joiner in to do the cut, I think my mate charges 50 quid

ahll

I wondered about getting some else to do it but around here buildings etc seem to be very unreliable and not keen to do small jobs. So I thought it might be better to learn how to do it myself assuming its quite easy to do.

Has any DIYer had a go at this ?
How easy/hard was it ?

nelly_2

Spose you could do what I do when cutting wood. I score it deeply with a stanley knife first instead of a pencil mark, if your carefull the saw follows it really well. When I say deeply I mean about 1 milimeter.

If the worst happens you can just get one of them metal strip things to cover the join.

John_3:16

This is not hard in its self the jig is handed and takes some thought to use. You will need a router with a 1/2" chuck as you need ans extra long cutter. If you get it wrong you can waste alot of worktop. After the cost of the the hire of the jig it could be cheaper to get a kitchen fitter in etc. I do have a tip though don,t used the formica edging strip or metal end covers when finnishing an open end off. Get a nice thin peice of mahognay and glue and pin this to the end then sand or shape to finnish. I have always found that the metal ends get bent as things catch them. and at some stage the formica splays out. The solid end wears better and I think looks more professional. Rub some varnish or seal on it. Off cousre you could use beach or even pine. The pine will go very golden,over time.

sidabm

You can get the jig from Screw fix for about £88 and it came with complete instructions, just used it to do my kitchen and it was reasonable easy, but top tip, measure twice cut once......


Sidabm
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HugoSP

Get some old worktop from a builder or kitchen fitter and practice.

I was asked to do this for someone and did exactly that. I learned a lot by making mistakes, for example chipping off the melamine surface. I then learned that for some cuts you need to have the worksurface upside down. Essentially the cutter needs to be cutting into the piece you want to keep.

culpepper

My OH bought some plastic infills for ours.They are white and fit inside the join so the overlapping edge which is smoothly curved ,covers it.Then you can just join them in straight lines instead of diagonally.I think we bought them in wickes (about 10 years ago ).They are quite tidy looking and I imagine come in different colours.