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Fitting Custom Countertops

John Spellman of Cape Cod Counter Works shows Bob the installation of the shop-made laminate counters in one of the Mashpee, Massachusetts, homes. They were fabricated in the shop and are now being fit to the cabinet frames and walls of the kitchen. Spellman finds that there is a bulge in the wall that keeps the counter about � inch off the wall, preventing it from sliding into place and accommodating the range that will sit between the cabinets. Spellman scribes the counter with a pencil to show how much will need to be removed to fit it flush against the wall. He then uses a belt sander to grind away at the counter until he has almost reached his scribing line. He puts the counter back in place to check the fit. It is nearly flush to the wall and just proud of the opening for the range. He estimates another 1/16 inch will need to be shaved off the countertop to make a perfect fit.

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Fitting Custom Countertops

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" So this is. -- home center bought countertop it's shop made right that's correct ends. Is it nice say is the frame nice and -- is wrong and what we have here is very rare that the wall in in the house friend is an exact ninety degree. Our countertop right here is ninety degree. And when I was doing over here in the -- was sent my scribes for the back law can come over here and you take a look. We have a corner of an inch taper. From this back corner over here just a little bit off so when I'm going to be doing is scribing this wall to shift the countertop. Flush which will accommodate for that. For the stove that has society here exactly it will accommodate for that we will eventually be flush and a cabinet and how are you going to do that well when I'm -- dune is I'm gonna make my line down here with my -- doing here him. Just wouldn't individuals who want to ask Lou what -- asked to take off yeah. You're not actually going to take off that much well actually with the corner of an inch anger have to take them much. And are you to do with a -- actually I'm gonna do with my trusty belt Sander and economy you have -- record. The story -- only excel."

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" Mess yet feature eye protection on cargo in the newsroom all right right. What I did here was. And then taken all the way into the Ryan we're gonna set the countertop back up in place. And don't check and double checks -- close we have come. And it seemed thank you -- using the belt Sander at just a little bit of an angle right. Well actually that gives a little dig into the meat on the countertop and Expedia it's. Discredit -- process. No you can see here we're actually coming pretty flush. To the walls. Good little and -- do over here is check the range area. CR far I've come. Looks like I just have to pull on the sixteenth of an inch off of that law will be negative all right."

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