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The Monkeys are alright! (was : cutting a kitchen worktop)
A while ago I asked about advice on cutting a kitchen worktop. I was warned
about letting the monkeys from B&Q cut the mitred joins for me, but fortunately, monkeys at Ikea were providing mine. I'm glad to say that the mitred join looks smashing and they did all right. Bananas all round. On the cutting subject...I experimented when cutting the cutouts for the sink and hob with laminate blades for the jigsaw. I found them to be too blunt (?), I would've spent weeks cutting through if I'd used it for the whole lot. A normal jagged blade went through like butter - but as expected gave a pretty poor finish on the laminate edges as they were ripped up a bit. This didn't bother me as they will be under the sink and hob - and thus invisible. For the ends of the breakfast bar that are visible I ended up using a hand saw and the result is pretty good. The machined ends are slightly straighter, but unless you were really looking, you'd never know. So in future I'll do all visible bits with a hand saw. cheers JB |
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The Monkeys are alright! (was : cutting a kitchen worktop)
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Biddiscombe wrote: On the cutting subject...I experimented when cutting the cutouts for the sink and hob with laminate blades for the jigsaw. I found them to be too blunt (?), I was fitting worktops and sink at the weekend and for the sink cutout used Bosch downward cutting blade - no problems at all. -- Tony Bryer SDA UK 'Software to build on' http://www.sda.co.uk Free SEDBUK boiler database browser http://www.sda.co.uk/qsedbuk.htm |
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The Monkeys are alright! (was : cutting a kitchen worktop)
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:44:48 -0000, "John Biddiscombe"
wrote: A while ago I asked about advice on cutting a kitchen worktop. I was warned about letting the monkeys from B&Q cut the mitred joins for me, but fortunately, monkeys at Ikea were providing mine. I'm glad to say that the mitred join looks smashing and they did all right. Bananas all round. On the cutting subject...I experimented when cutting the cutouts for the sink and hob with laminate blades for the jigsaw. I found them to be too blunt (?), I would've spent weeks cutting through if I'd used it for the whole lot. A normal jagged blade went through like butter - but as expected gave a pretty poor finish on the laminate edges as they were ripped up a bit. This didn't bother me as they will be under the sink and hob - and thus invisible. For the ends of the breakfast bar that are visible I ended up using a hand saw and the result is pretty good. The machined ends are slightly straighter, but unless you were really looking, you'd never know. So in future I'll do all visible bits with a hand saw. cheers JB Best to cut from the wood side on top so the blades don't rip the laminate -- E-Mail Addy obet(ng)qfy(qbg)cvcrk(qbg)pbz ---Rot13 it watch out for spam trap in header http://www.davessite.co.uk Trike Power the TRUE Trinity |
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The Monkeys are alright! (was : cutting a kitchen worktop)
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:44:48 -0000, in uk.d-i-y "John Biddiscombe"
strung together this: A while ago I asked about advice on cutting a kitchen worktop. I was warned about letting the monkeys from B&Q cut the mitred joins for me, but fortunately, monkeys at Ikea were providing mine. I'm glad to say that the mitred join looks smashing and they did all right. Bananas all round. On the cutting subject...I experimented when cutting the cutouts for the sink and hob with laminate blades for the jigsaw. I found them to be too blunt (?), I would've spent weeks cutting through if I'd used it for the whole lot. A normal jagged blade went through like butter - but as expected gave a pretty poor finish on the laminate edges as they were ripped up a bit. This didn't bother me as they will be under the sink and hob - and thus invisible. For the ends of the breakfast bar that are visible I ended up using a hand saw and the result is pretty good. The machined ends are slightly straighter, but unless you were really looking, you'd never know. So in future I'll do all visible bits with a hand saw. You must have got cheap blades, my Makita worktop blades are fine. Or you've got an underpowered jigsaw. Also I use a circular saw run along a batten from the underside of the worktop for straight end cuts, not had a problem with that method. -- SJW A.C.S. Ltd. |
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The Monkeys are alright! (was : cutting a kitchen worktop)
You must have got cheap blades, my Makita worktop blades are fine. Or you've got an underpowered jigsaw. Also I use a circular saw run along Blades were Bosch somethings and the jigsaw is a bosch 6something something. Seems powerful enough normally. a batten from the underside of the worktop for straight end cuts, not had a problem with that method. In my dreams I own a circular saw...and a workshop and a multitude of other fun power tools &etc etc JB |
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The Monkeys are alright! (was : cutting a kitchen worktop)
(Lurch) wrote
"John Biddiscombe" strung together A while ago I asked about advice on cutting a kitchen worktop. I was warned about letting the monkeys from B&Q cut the mitred joins for me, but fortunately, monkeys at Ikea were providing mine. I'm glad to say that the mitred join looks smashing and they did all right. Bananas all round. ... For the ends of the breakfast bar that are visible I ended up using a hand saw and the result is pretty good. The machined ends are slightly straighter, but unless you were really looking, you'd never know. So in future I'll do all visible bits with a hand saw. ... Also I use a circular saw run along a batten from the underside of the worktop for straight end cuts, not had a problem with that method. I was on a roll last weekend, after cutting the male and female parts of the 90 degree joins on my worktop with a straight router bit in a jig. For the ends, I cut half way [1] through the worktop on the laminate side by using your batten method and router, then cut through the rest with a handsaw, carefully avoiding the routed edge of the laminate. Result ! Perfectly smooth cross cut across the worktop. Cheers, Paul. [1] Because I wasn't going to shell out on a worktop router bit at £25 plus a throw ! |
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The Monkeys are alright! (was : cutting a kitchen worktop)
"John Biddiscombe" wrote in message
. .. You must have got cheap blades, my Makita worktop blades are fine. Or you've got an underpowered jigsaw. Also I use a circular saw run along Blades were Bosch somethings and the jigsaw is a bosch 6something something. Seems powerful enough normally. a batten from the underside of the worktop for straight end cuts, not had a problem with that method. In my dreams I own a circular saw...and a workshop and a multitude of other fun power tools &etc etc In the words of E. Cartman... "you _can_ achieve your dreams" :-) -- Richard Sampson email me at richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk |
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The Monkeys are alright! (was : cutting a kitchen worktop)
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 23:20:53 -0000, in uk.d-i-y "RichardS"
noaccess@invalid strung together this: "John Biddiscombe" wrote in message ... You must have got cheap blades, my Makita worktop blades are fine. Or you've got an underpowered jigsaw. Also I use a circular saw run along Blades were Bosch somethings and the jigsaw is a bosch 6something something. Seems powerful enough normally. a batten from the underside of the worktop for straight end cuts, not had a problem with that method. In my dreams I own a circular saw...and a workshop and a multitude of other fun power tools &etc etc In the words of E. Cartman... "you _can_ achieve your dreams" But then you get more dreams, I can't stop! If you can plug it in and do damage with it, I'll dream about it, then make it real! -- SJW A.C.S. Ltd. |
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