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Need to fit new worktops in the kitchen. Have used a hand saw in past but thinking its an excuse to get a power tool... 🙂
Recomendations...corded, battery. ? Not needing £100's worth of pro level kit to sit in garage so cheaper end please...
you need a gurt big Router for worktops.
you'll get a lot of chipping with most cheap saw/blade combos.
Corded Hitachi with a seven and a quarter inch blade.
You'll get one for a wonner.
If its just for a one off job takisawa2, what about hiring one?
Measure four or five times, then buy the worktop from a B&Q with a cutting service or preferably a good timber merchant who will cut it for you.
Jigsaw is the tool of choice for me. Ideal for cutting out the sink hole, etc and for cutting to length rough cut with a jigsaw then finish with a router.
Get a chippy in, doing worktops well is a skill not a one off, badly fitted worktops ruin the whole job.
If he's just cutting worktops to length it's not a big job. Even cutting a hob or sink aperture is no problem, just plunge the circular saw (without riving knife) and finish off with a panel saw. Carpentry isn't a mysterious black art.
Just measure correctly.
Cheers. Yes, have to cut sink hole but have a jigsaw for that. Might just cut by hand & finish with my router. All straight cuts, no fancy joins to do. Then again, I really should have a circular saw shouldn't I...shouldn't I...
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If he's just cutting worktops to length it's not a big job. Even cutting a hob or sink aperture is no problem, just plunge the circular saw (without riving knife) and finish off with a panel saw. Carpentry isn't a mysterious black art.
Ya ya we all know that, I was thinking for the joins. You can make good straight cuts with a jigsaw or even a hand saw if its for a hob/sink.
Router and jig for a worktop - it is as easy as making beans on toast. The jig has all the instructions. If you are local to central Scotland you can borrow mine.
This for the money is superb, bought one for cutting up fence posts and sleepers for a one off job, thinking it would be rubbish and not last. Still going well after a lot of abuse.
Supplied blade is fine for rough work, but don't use it on a worktop!
i suppose the link would be helpful!
http://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb287csw-235mm-circular-saw-230v/80063
if you cut worktops with a circular saw make sure you cut it upside down for a clean edge otherwise it will chip to death. a straight edge clamped to the surface and run the saw up it, and measure a few times first allowing for the space between the edge of the baseplate on the saw and the blade.
Are you just cutting to length and using the metal jointing strip
if so any circular saw would do But turn the worktop over as
it will brake on the face side
Keep your eye on Lidl/aldi £30!
Don't waste your money on a cheap underpowered and potentially dangerous circular saw.
Shop around for a Hitachi C7 circular saw like this one :
And btw, they're cheap because of the sheer quantity Hitachi knock out of them. They are ime by far the most common circular saw on site, well in London anyway.
^ wot the grumpy chippy said 🙂
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If you like your bodily parts then stay away from the cheap stuff
The circular saw is not a toy and is a tool i treat with much respect.
If joining the worktops you need a router, a jig and lots of practice.
Joining strips look nasty and are unhygienic.
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Thanks again. No joints to do. Just straight cuts. Will look into the Hitachi one. And ditto steering clear of cheap stuff.
i was going to mention the makita.... nice bit of kit. just don't leave it out of site if you're ever on a job around Aveley... thieving scum.