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December 6th, 2008 at 1:12 am
cut the fooker off with a machete
December 8th, 2008 at 1:45 am
Remove the work top if you can and use a skil-saw. If you cannot remove it then use a skil- saw as far as you can and finish with hand saw.
December 11th, 2008 at 11:09 am
First mark where you want to cut it. Then take it off the cupboards. That will involve undoing a load of screws and removing any sealant at the back. Cut the worktop with a jigsaw, slightly oversize and sand it to size. If it’s going next to an oven, it’s best to fit an aluminium end cap.
December 14th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
YOU WOULD NEED A VERY SHARP AND FINE TOOTHED WOOD SAW.
December 15th, 2008 at 12:36 am
With a chainsaw.
December 18th, 2008 at 7:19 am
If you are cutting this in situ, I suggest you get a new fine hand saw. You will never cut it straight with a DIY jig saw, they wander and do not cut square.
If it is poss to remove the top take it to a store that deals with carpentry and they will cut it in a couple of secs. Use masking tape to cut along, this reduces chipping on edges.
December 19th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Depends if you can lift and remove the worktop. Then cut on the side that will not be as important, for example no veneer showing.
Try to use a fine jigsaw and a carpenters frame. This is clamped over the worktop and holds everything in place. A kitchen fitter will have one of these and can do the job in about 5 minutes.
If you cannot remove it, then its a handheld jigsaw and good strong blades, cos worktops are thick and will soon blunt a blade. Try to have the worktop rigid and use masking tape.
You can use an aluminium strip to finish off and there are jointing/end strips will cover any unfinished edges.
This is the kind of job to have a mate to help you.
December 19th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
It depends how thick the worktop is as well.
If you want it to be flush with the cupboard then you can use a straight router bit with bearing on it, the bearing will follow the cupboard and you will get an exact flush fit.
I did that with one of mine and its perfect.
Alternately you need a fine tooth circular saw but be very careful, some worktops can splinter due to the coating being fragile, you can get small chips along the saw line.
If you plan do do that then look at using an edge strip in brass or similar to provide an alternative if you do chip the melamine surface.
You can reduce this slightly by covering the area to cut with masking tape and some recommend pre-scoring the cut with a knife.
I cut it carefully with a circular saw then put a nice burnished copper edge strip on which hides about 5mm of the edge anyway it looks nice and saved using a very expensive saw blade designed just for worktops.
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:29 pm
If it’s a laminate work top use masking tape along the cutting line so you don’t chip the surface. Now use a skil saw to cut as far as you can go with it. Cut the rest with a hand saw. Use a fine file to smooth out the laminate edge. I’d paint the newly cut end too.
December 24th, 2008 at 6:31 am
use a circular saw cut as far as you can then use a good
panel saw to finish off
December 27th, 2008 at 3:46 am
If your good use a sharp hand saw if not use electric hand saw. Mark guide line on underneith side of wood then cut onthis side to avoid surface rip .
December 29th, 2008 at 6:02 am
Hi. I have just done this and I used a power hand held circular saw with an EDGE guide that is attached to the saw. This Edge guide lets you set the width of cut and also keeps the cutting line straight.
December 30th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
If you have a electric skil-saw, take the worktop off , and turn upside side, cut the length you want starting from the front of the work top.
If you need to cut the work top in place you can , use a jig saw with a fine cutting blade , place masking tape on the cut line , (to avoid to having jaggered edges.)
Or you can use a fine toothed hand saw , again stick masking tape 1st , then mark line to be cut., always cut from the front 1st ,
hope this helps
good luck
January 3rd, 2009 at 3:21 am
use a skil saw
January 5th, 2009 at 6:49 am
You can buy edging to cover the raw newly cut edge. You should check to see if there is a requirement to use a metal edge as it is going to be tight up to the new oven - a fire risk!