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    How to Build A Laminate Square Edge Countertop
    How to Build A Laminate Square Edge Countertop
    How to Build A Laminate Square Edge Countertop
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    How to Build A Laminate Square Edge Countertop

    By John W. Fuller

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    This book lists the tools required and materials needed to make a laminate countertop. It will instruct the used in the design and measurements needed to match your cabinets. It teaches how to layout the design on the building material and to cut the pieces required to build the countertop blank . Once the backsplash and countertop blank are made, the plastic laminate is cut to the proper sizes. It is applied in the correct order to the various pieces, cleaned, routed and filed smooth. Then the backsplash and top are assembled together and the user is quided in installing the countertop on the cabinets.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn W. Fuller
    Release dateMar 24, 2014
    ISBN9781310238574
    How to Build A Laminate Square Edge Countertop
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    John W. Fuller

    John W. Fuller is a retired cabinet maker and laminator. He started out in a cabinet shop installing cabinets and tops and then worked in every area of the shop producing and assembling cabinets and countertops. The majority of his 14 years in the shop he made countertops and frameless laminated cabinets. He has made wooden countertops, wood bar tops, a copper bar top and many plastic laminate tops with the various facings of laminate, wood, beveled laminate or other molded products. He lives with his wife on a hobby farm in Minnesota spending his time on family genealogy and painting acrylic landscapes.

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      How to Build A Laminate Square Edge Countertop - John W. Fuller

      How to Build a Laminate Square Edge Counter Top

      By John W. Fuller

      Copyright 2014 John W. Fuller

      Published by John W. Fuller at Smashwords.com

      Smashwords Editions, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      1. Tools

      2. Materials required

      3. Design and measurements of your counter top

      4. Layout

      5. Building the blank

      6. Applying plastic laminate

      7. Assembly

      8. Installing your counter top

      9. About the Author

      ****

      This booklet attempts instruction on the design, procedures for building, and the installation of square edge laminate counter tops. There are many ways to do this. I am presenting the way that I build them. Please read through and familiarize yourself with the entire process. Then come back to the beginning and follow along as you build the counter top.

      1. Tools; Required:

      Circular saw

      Drill with drill bits and screw bits

      Router plus: ½dia.x1½long straight bit or flush trim bit with bearing and a solid carbide

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