Kitchen worktop jointing??

cyclonebri1

Right, as a competant diyer I have comepleted just about every conceivable diy task. But I have never cut worktop joints, assembled the joint's yes but had them cut by the supplier.

Anyway I have a kitchen to do for my daughter so to keep the cost down I intend to do them myself. I had all the gear with the exception of a jig which is in the post.

Anyone got any advice or even tales of woe that might be of benefit????:D:D:D

A practice joint in the old worktop seems a good idea, but I know I'm only likely to get a couple of joints out of a cutter.

Gizmosmum_2

We were the same OH turns his hand to pretty much anything. We got the tools, had some practice worktop - then bottled it when a joiner turned up next door and offered to do ours for £50 Seemed a better risk than ruining £1500 of solid oak worktop.

Not much help - but good luck

djheath

It is easy! But Measure, Measure, Measure, think, think, think!

that is my advice. I bought the jig from a hire shop place. It was about £20 and made of MDF and came with the pegs. Have a look at some instructions on the internet first.

Make sure you buy the correct size worktop cutter for your router and make sure you do the cut in a number of passes, 2cm in depth or so at a time. It takes time, but you dont want to rush it.

Cut the joint first, then cut the work top to the correct size using the router after.

Make sure you have a few g clamps to hold the jig in place and to the worktop.

Good luck!

This is what mine looked like on my first try: It really is very neat even if I am blowing my own trumpet!

trumpton

Depending on how many corners you are joining and whether you have bought all the gear already, it will probably be cheaper to get a joiner to do it for you. The Screwfix forum has good advice on stuff like this.

cyclonebri1

trumpton wrote: »

Depending on how many corners you are joining and whether you have bought all the gear already, it will probably be cheaper to get a joiner to do it for you. The Screwfix forum has good advice on stuff like this.

I have all the gear, didnt have the jig but now do, (2 for 25 squid on ebay slightly scuffed), reckon I can sell one for that.

2 x corner and 1 x straight joint, I thought £100 from a joiner hence the post. Advice from another forum is also good; ie, forget the trial run, just cut as close as poss to the required lines with a jig saw to reduce cutter wear, which to be honest was my real worry as the guys that did the last ones I was involved with struggled to get 2 loints from a set of cutters.;););)

MX5huggy

With the jig I have the guide for the cutter is slightly too wide, so you do 3 or 4 (to cut the depth) passes pushing away from the final edge. Then I swap the cutter to a brand new one (or a little used one at least) and go back pushing the guide against the final edge doing a full depth in one pass in one go.

Just think, and check again and again, because you have to do some cuts upside down and back to front, try to have the joins away from sinks.

Make sure the depth stop is set correctly before cutting the dog bone recesses

Use biscuits where the join is unsupported by cupboards, but no need if supported by cupboards.

cyclonebri1

Good advice MX, don't have biscuit but plan to use 6mm ply as I have a suitable grooving router for that, :beer:

keystone

and dont forget these:



and your Colorfill.

Cheers

cyclonebri1

Yep, have colorfill solvent from a previous kitchen where I had to but joint end decor panels on an island, haven't seen the wts yet so colour to be decided