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.
Cutting 900mm worktop
- Thread starter williamglossop
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Don’t you go in from both sides to avoid breaking out? Although never done a full cut with a router as I use a plunge saw
Problem is going in from the right hand side - you're pushing the router the wrong way (climb cut aka pull cut), but I'm worried it'll cause a mess too. I think the only way is to flip it over...... but my concern is, if I cut say an inch into the work top from the right hand side, then flip it over, its how a line the straight edge up now that I've I've flipped it over, so the cut along the face up side lines up perfectly with the inch cut id made earlier
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Jig & flip it over. Silverline jig is about £40 on Ebay, with the price of worktop its worth it.
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