(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 !