I have tried/failed to cut an island kitchen worktop 2day. Its 900 mm wide and finished on both edges. When I cut through the left hand side of the laminate worktop, no problems. But as the router got to the other side, it made a right mess. How do u cut both sides with a router? Is the only way to do a climb cut on the right side edge? Or is there another way. Was thinking of turning the worktop over and routering the right side first..... just can't work out how ill get the cuts to meet perfectly..... there must be a technique to it, I just don't know what it is.
Cutting a worktop thats finished on both edges
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I don't understand what you mean.
Could you post pictures.
The router bit must go in biting the good edge, so to cut a left side, you'd need to turn the worktop over and cut in starting from the front edge.
For a right side, you'd have the worktop face up and go in from the front again.
Could you post pictures.
The router bit must go in biting the good edge, so to cut a left side, you'd need to turn the worktop over and cut in starting from the front edge.
For a right side, you'd have the worktop face up and go in from the front again.
Yeah thats what I thought, ie having to cut it the other way up ti achieve a clean cut on the right hand edge. B
On every cut the tool blade must bite into the good side.
Of course consider that the router bit rotates clockwise from the user point of view.
Of course consider that the router bit rotates clockwise from the user point of view.
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A double post formed worktop needs to be worked from both edges towards the centre to avoid blow-out of the laminate
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Yep, I'm ok with that..... its just how you cut from the right side to the left......... the router cuts from left to right. I did it by cutting the right hand side first by flipping the worktop over. I cut it a few inches into the worktop. Then I flipped it back over and cut it from theft to the right.... it was a bit of a nightmare getting the two cuts to line up perfectly.
Just seen the "double"...
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I didn't say it was easy - and it isn't - but that's what a professional kitchen fitter would do.
On the few occasions I've needed to do it I made myself a guide jig from 18mm ply which looked a bit like a flattened out tuning fork, clamped it to the worktop and used that to guide the router, turning the worktop over after the first half cut to finish from the other edge
I remember cutting worktops with a handsaw 35 odd years ago...
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So do I! Remember doing mason's mitres by hand, too - when router jigs came in they were a real time (and fingernail) saver
The multi trim cutters are handy as you can make a template for the whole worktop (with a nice trammel radius?) and leave it in place when you turn it over, unless you clamp it to the worksurface, then you have further problems ha!
https://www.wealdentool.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Multi_Trim_270.html
https://www.wealdentool.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Multi_Trim_270.html
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Unfortunately, you can still end up blowing out laminate as it exits the cut, especially if the glue bond at that point between the core and the laminate is poor. And as we all know glue voids do occur in laminate bonds from time to time, especially in the post forming areas
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