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Hi Folks,
Me again, posted a message last week regarding cutting Beech Worktops for my shiney new Kitchen. Got some good advice from Scrit & Kostello (thanks) but that's where it all started going wrong !
I'm installing a Belfast sink which is going into a corner at an angle, therefore I need 3 pieces of worktops to be cut at exactly 67.5 degrees.
(Imagine a sink fitting into a worktop the shape of a Stanley knife Blade)
I unwrapped the first Worktop yesterday afternoon, installed my nice sharp Freud cutter into my 1950 watt router, measured the angle carefully on a Screwfix Saw guide, and plunged away.
Cutting them wasn't as bad as I though, did have a few bounces when I tried to cut too much at once, but it's amazing how quickly you learn!.
After a some time, I took the 2 end, and 1 central piece of worktop into the new kitchen - wrong angle - arrrrghhhhh !
Checked the Corner, just rebuilt the 2 walls, checked on a very accurate framing square, exactly 90 degress, checked alignment of the units - straight as a dye, checked that the half way point of the Belfast sink was aligned with the corner of the walls - spot on.
Having done a lot of Picture Framing in my time, I'm well aware of just how accurate you have to be when cutting Mitres, I came to the conclusion that the saw guide I was using was not accurate.
Not to be detterred, I set about on the trimming option, taking a similar amount off each worktop until they fit, results as follows
1st attempt - fit snug against the walls - gap in the front of the mitre - reduce angle
2nd attempt - still gap at the front (Smaller though)
3rd attempt - gap transferred to back
By this point, all 3 pieces after so much trimming had become to small - disaster - at £180 a slab this is an expensive mistake.
I can use some of the smaller pieces elsewhere, but I now have to run the gauntlet of cutting another full length, hoping that I can get it right.
I'm normally very patient, and will just try, try, and try again, if I don't get something exactly right, but at this sort of cost, it's a huge risk!
At 6.00 last night, I sat down in the Kitchen, swallowed a loads of Budweisers, and just left everything there - tools, scraps, rubbish, and went upstairs in complete despair.
The wife's on holiday at the moment, she's coming back next moday, if I don't have her washing machine and hot and cold running water back on I may as well move out into the kennel!
Basically I need to be able to cut these damm things at exactly 67.5 degress with no marging for error, the saw guide I bought from screwfix is pants, as it's certainly not accurate, and isn't long enough.
Does anyone know where I could get an accurate guide to measure the angle across the whole length of the worktop? - Architects supplies maybe? - arts and crafts?
Other than that, is there a formulae that I could use, for measuring this angle?
Any advice you folks could offer would be very much appreciated.
Regards
Morph
PS - Anyone want to buy 27 Beech Breadboards?, good condition, slight tear stain damage
Me again, posted a message last week regarding cutting Beech Worktops for my shiney new Kitchen. Got some good advice from Scrit & Kostello (thanks) but that's where it all started going wrong !
I'm installing a Belfast sink which is going into a corner at an angle, therefore I need 3 pieces of worktops to be cut at exactly 67.5 degrees.
(Imagine a sink fitting into a worktop the shape of a Stanley knife Blade)
I unwrapped the first Worktop yesterday afternoon, installed my nice sharp Freud cutter into my 1950 watt router, measured the angle carefully on a Screwfix Saw guide, and plunged away.
Cutting them wasn't as bad as I though, did have a few bounces when I tried to cut too much at once, but it's amazing how quickly you learn!.
After a some time, I took the 2 end, and 1 central piece of worktop into the new kitchen - wrong angle - arrrrghhhhh !
Checked the Corner, just rebuilt the 2 walls, checked on a very accurate framing square, exactly 90 degress, checked alignment of the units - straight as a dye, checked that the half way point of the Belfast sink was aligned with the corner of the walls - spot on.
Having done a lot of Picture Framing in my time, I'm well aware of just how accurate you have to be when cutting Mitres, I came to the conclusion that the saw guide I was using was not accurate.
Not to be detterred, I set about on the trimming option, taking a similar amount off each worktop until they fit, results as follows
1st attempt - fit snug against the walls - gap in the front of the mitre - reduce angle
2nd attempt - still gap at the front (Smaller though)
3rd attempt - gap transferred to back
By this point, all 3 pieces after so much trimming had become to small - disaster - at £180 a slab this is an expensive mistake.
I can use some of the smaller pieces elsewhere, but I now have to run the gauntlet of cutting another full length, hoping that I can get it right.
I'm normally very patient, and will just try, try, and try again, if I don't get something exactly right, but at this sort of cost, it's a huge risk!
At 6.00 last night, I sat down in the Kitchen, swallowed a loads of Budweisers, and just left everything there - tools, scraps, rubbish, and went upstairs in complete despair.
The wife's on holiday at the moment, she's coming back next moday, if I don't have her washing machine and hot and cold running water back on I may as well move out into the kennel!
Basically I need to be able to cut these damm things at exactly 67.5 degress with no marging for error, the saw guide I bought from screwfix is pants, as it's certainly not accurate, and isn't long enough.
Does anyone know where I could get an accurate guide to measure the angle across the whole length of the worktop? - Architects supplies maybe? - arts and crafts?
Other than that, is there a formulae that I could use, for measuring this angle?
Any advice you folks could offer would be very much appreciated.
Regards
Morph
PS - Anyone want to buy 27 Beech Breadboards?, good condition, slight tear stain damage