Make Your Own Kitchen Worktop Jig

Then hold the board against it and push the jig through.

Make your own kitchen worktop jig.

Start by ripping two side pieces to the. I show you how its done and all the tools needed to make your very own kitchen worktop. Learn how to make a diy wood countertop. Make a no fuss case using your tablesaw.

This is a comprehensive video on how to make your own drop dead gorgeous kitchen worktop. Not so with this rock bottom priced replica from make do and diy. The chippy shop sell a wide range of worktop jigs and offer special deals for bulk purchases of most products. At the time i could not afford one of the few worktop jigs available as most came with a router i already had one.

If you are doing your own kitchen try our budget worktop jig range for great value. To make the jig attach a 5 in long strip of wood 1 16 in. Once we reach the end of our horizontal cut we can reorient our saw to make the plumb cut using the short leg of the jig to guide the saw base. My approach was to make a jig of melamine faced chipboard cheap relatively easy to work and comes with its own notepad at least in white.

A diy wooden worktop is easy to do and a great kitchen idea. Genuine marble slab countertops can put a dent in your wallet or even in your pricey work surface if the installation goes awry. The jig keeps your hands well away from the blade and you can rip as many pieces as you need without ever moving the fence. Creating a countertop requires some basic home improvement skills such as accurate measuring sawing gluing and sanding.

Narrower than the width of the desired rip to the end of a 1 6 as shown. Lightly clamp the jig so that it can be lined up with the cutter just grazing the struck pencil line checking at both ends of the jig to make sure it will follow the line perfectly. In what now seems to be a past life i worked as an s e kitchen designer fitter. That s the guide strip upon which the edge of the base of the saw is going to ride.

I am so proud that i actually made this literally from shop bought. Plywood is a 3 in. For professional and site use see our first quality worktop jig range. Drop the router into the slot with the guide bush in position and plunge the cutter so that it touches the worktop surface.

For a base cabinet less than 4 wide you can cut all the parts except the back and toekick from one 3 4 4 8 sheet of plywood or mdf.