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Has anyone done this? I want to make a bigger space for a new cooker. I'm thinking that a good hand saw will be best ....
Circular saw or router then finish with a hand saw next to the wall?
Jigsaw to rough cut. Router to give a straight tidy edge then a hand saw for last 60mm or so.
I do things like this. I spend more time fixing the bodge than doing it properly. Can you not lift out the worktop and cut it properly ?
Having said that, I'd probably have a go bodging it with one of the oscillating multi tools and a straight edge
This is why god created carpenters 😆
I've done it
Lots of masking tape along the cut
Fine toothed saw
Go slowly
When you get a way in, use more masking tape to stop the cut bit dropping (if it's only a small bit your cutting off) and/or support the cut bit
Cut with a saw, use a belt sander to smooth the edge and make fine adjustments.
If it's for a hob, which I assume it is, then a rough cut will obviously be fine, no need for routers, fine saws, or belt sanders. Just make sure your lines are straight and the hole isn't too big !
Edit to the above. I'm assuming it's not a free standing cooker as presumably a larger space would also require alterations to the base units. If it isn't for a larger hob and it's to reduce the length of the worktop then use a very sharp/new handsaw.
It is for a free standing cooker - the current one is 500mm wide, the new one will be 600mm. There are filler pieces next to the units which can be removed. So the worktop requires about 50mm off each side.
In that case I will stick with my first answer
So the worktop requires about 50mm off each side.
A very sharp handsaw then. I suggest a metal edging strip to hide much of the roughness, I assume you won't have edging to match. Plus next to the cooker with the close proximity to heat, pans, etc, it's highly likely that a laminate edging would get tatty, damaged, and or unstuck.
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The small lip will hide some of the roughness, just focus on the first few millimeters.
Get a jigsaw with the proper laminate blade.
It cuts down instead of up so won't splinter the edge like a standard blade will.
Then fit the metal edge strip.
Excellent, thanks.
Or use the jigsaw upside down.
Seal the cut edge again otherwise the worktop could swell up when your pans boil over 🙂