How To Make a Countertop Template
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- How To Make a Countertop Template demonstrates a fast, simple method to efficiently transfer measurements from the jobsite into your workshop. You will only need some door skin strips, a cutter, hot glue gun and sharpie.
This method is preferred due to the rigidity of the template. Flexible or cardboard templates do not hold their shape and will deform.
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Just used your video to make a template for our new kitchen cabinets. To be honest, I had my doubts but it worked like a charm. On to constructing the countertop tomorrow. Thanks for the video.
Thank you, much appreciated. Glad it worked out.
There shall never be a dislike on this video to perfect, from beginners to professionals the best way to se up a template without any shifting. Easy as can be!
Thank you
I've watched a bunch of these videos for templating a small countertop and this is by far the best! The hints about stapling down, measuring edge to edge for the overhang, and especially cutting the strips smaller to fit the contours of walls which are not flat were awesome and missing from other videos. Great job! Liked and subscribed.
Excellent! That is what I like to hear. Thanks for watching the video and I'm glad it helped.
Great job! I'm confident in using what you showed me. Thank you!
Thanks, you got this.
I like how fast you work.
Thanks
Very professionally done. Thanks for sharing. I do basically the same thing with 12” wide strips of cardboard, cutting into shorter pieces as necessary and gluing on top of each other as I go down the line. I can follow the line of the wall perfectly. Occasionally set a screw to hold it all in place. It allows us to get some use out of the cardboard slip sheets that come with every unit of material. Not a greenie, but if we can get more mileage from all materials, why not?
That's a great idea using the cardboard. We have used it before but we cut it too narrow and wouldn't hold it's shape very well. I like the idea of cutting it wider.
Best example ever great job bro👍
Thank you. Much appreciated.
I am making a live edge vanity top that is between two walls. This method will work perfectly. The walls aren't exactly square and I am not adding a splash on the sides. Very informative!
Glad it helped.
perfect...i tell folks luan for templates is money👌🏾
Thanks
@@AndyGraves no problem, great content
Great video. Any recommendations on doing the template with a farm sink ???? Much appreciated
Thanks, you need to install the farm sink per the instructions that came with the sink. Then you will template around the sink making the exact shape you want. There are a lot of different farm sinks so do a little research to determine which type you want. They will also need to be install correctly within the cabinet.
Hi Andy, your videos are great! Very informative and easy to understand. I recently got into fabricating solid surface as I do a lot of restaurant work. I have a small cabinet shop on east coast. Any chance you can do a video showing how you transfer the template into a top and how you handle the undulations of the scribes? Thanks so much!
Hello, I don't have plans to make a video like that any time soon. But, when you place the template on the material, you will just trace the line. Then follow close to the line with a Skil saw and nice blade. After cutting, use a belt sander and barely sand the line off using 80 grit sandpaper.
@@AndyGraves does the 80 grit polish up the front n side edges
@@miked5106 Not sure what you're talking about.
Stapling never thought of that on new construction
Hope it helps.
Andy, Great video. What is your opinion on not templating and fabricating directly from design? Knowing we will have a small percentage of jobs come up with potential problems? Looking to increase efficiency and turn time for projects without sacrificing quality. I know its a big ask, but wondering what you think or have experienced.
Thanks. The issue u have is that if it's not correct, YOU, will pay for the changes. Even if the top is one inch to short, it's on you to fix it for free. It doesn't seem to save me any time.
I work countertops with my dad and man sometime those temples he does shift on him 😂🤦🏽 to see how you hold them down would help him so much 👍🏼
I place sticks diagonal to keep the template from shifting. Also, before removing the template from the cabinets, measure from outside corner to outside corner. That way you can check the template as you fabricate.
Thanks for the video, Andy! What type of cutters are you using? Not sure what to buy.
You're welcome. I bought the cutters at home Depot but I don't know the brand. Some cutters work better than others on the wood strips though.
Hello. we are waiting for the continuation, production and installation
Of the cabinets I just made a template of?
Thanks very informative. What happens if your redoing a countertop with an existing counter in place? Do you template the existing top?
Yes, you can template directly over the existing countertop.
Yes, and it’s even easier... in fact, I just visited a jobsite today where I need to make new countertops, as the commercial space is changing hands. Turns out the tops I’m replacing are tops that I manufactured and installed several years ago 😆 Anyway, templating is easier on top of existing countertops.
That's the only way we did it, and I started the method in 95'/96 timeframe. Ask anybody what they were using before that.@@AndyGraves
Great video how thick is the material 2mm?
1/8" thick
Thank you for the very informative video. About to head to the store in a few days to pick up the template material. What is the actual name of the material? I know i need to cut it down. Just curious of the material name
It's 1/8" door skin. Anything that is thin wood can be used. They can cut it to strips at Home Depot.
Hi Andy, The 1/8th thick wood you use -- it is a sheet of plywood? Or what is it, before you cut it down to the strips? I don't have a table saw, so woud like to find something that is already existing as strips. Thanks for any thoughts. Great video!
I think you can buy them precut at granite fabricator supply house. Check for local granite tool stores.
Yes, it is a sheet of plywood cut into strips.
Great video but I’m having trouble finding that material anywhere. Is it Lewon? Luan? Or something else? No one seems to know what I’m talking about.
You really just need ⅛ thick strips of wood that are about 2" wide.
How do you get the template OFF the cabinets now since they are stapled to it?
The staples are short so it pops right off.
How much To charge for fabricating a solid surface counter top for an Island and kitchen counter top, I’m in Southern California, thank you in advanced.
Talk to Valerie, she can get you an estimate. Email her the size and pictures if you have them. We also need the city to be installed. Valerie.olivemill@gmail.com
Do you guys like those white templating strips from Amazon?
Send me a link.
they stink. they don't lay flat. they are very fragile. my girlfriend broke them.
What are the dimensions of this template material? Would lattice work too?
Lattice material is pretty thick but would work. This material is 1/8 thick.
I did my alcove vanity with 1/4 ply ripped to 3" (used drywall screws to fasten to the cabinets). Worked great. Lattice may not be wide enough when doing the overhang for the front. 3" seemed to be the magical width.
Where does the sink go? Like how far from the edge? What about the sink hole?
About 4". You need the sink temp or the dimensions. Then you will determine how it fits within the cabinet.
Why would you not scribe those back walls on the original pieces of template material , then secure them in place and build the rest of the template from there?
You can do it that way. Either way works well. I do it this way because I digitize the template and I like the small pieces to be on top.
I thought they laser scribe now. Combination square for overhang is more accurate.
I've never seen that before, do you have a link?
@@AndyGraves ruclips.net/video/EYNa5OTiswA/видео.html here you go.
Old school.... Do you guys still actually do it this way or is it this more for a DIYer?
Both. It's super accurate especially if you don't have automated equipment. And it's cheap.
I just got lost with the end of the video with point to point 🤔
I don't understand what you're asking
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