This weekend (tool hire place dependent) I will be having a crack at my worktops with a 1/2" router and jig. I've used my 1/4" router for a couple of bits and bobs, but never done a mason's mitre or cut worktops before.
When do I bolt the two halves together? The reason I ask is that I have an L-shaped kitchen, and once the worktops are on the carcasses there will be no access for a spanner.
So, do I:
1) Cut a big hole in the side of one carcass to stick my arm and a spanner through (I have some spare material to patch it up, and it won't show anyway)
or:
2) bolt the worktops together when pulled away from one wall by about a foot (thus still fairly well-supported), and then slide them into the corner?
Obviously the second is preferable if possible, but is it ok to bolt the worktops into an L-shape and then slide them into the corner, or am I likely to knacker them?
When do I bolt the two halves together? The reason I ask is that I have an L-shaped kitchen, and once the worktops are on the carcasses there will be no access for a spanner.
So, do I:
1) Cut a big hole in the side of one carcass to stick my arm and a spanner through (I have some spare material to patch it up, and it won't show anyway)
or:
2) bolt the worktops together when pulled away from one wall by about a foot (thus still fairly well-supported), and then slide them into the corner?
Obviously the second is preferable if possible, but is it ok to bolt the worktops into an L-shape and then slide them into the corner, or am I likely to knacker them?