Kitchen Fitting

Worktop jig conundrum!!!

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.27 PM

I bought a standard 900 mm worktop jig from worktop express which came with the positioning pins but I had to buy the 30 mm router bush and 12.7 x 50 mm router bit. I followed the instructions carefully then ended up with a male end with too tight a turn to fit into the female inset which was itself wider than the (by about 10 mm) then the male ended worktop Looking at the jig to see where I had gone so horribly wrong with my nice expensive solid oak top it struck me that I cannot possibly cut matching curves with a 12.7mm bit running down the centre of the router channel. At the bend, unless the router bit has zero thickness the inside edge will ALWAYS have a tighter curve than the outside. As 1) there is only one jig for both the female and male sides of the join (meaning both CANNOT be cut by the same side of the router bit) and 2) according to the instructions the bit will always travel down the centre of the guide I am at a loss to understand how to use this jig. I even watched youtube videos and apart from actually measuring out the cut line, offsetting for the bush etc instead of blindly following instructions, they did the same things as me. Clearly then I am at fault but I cannot get my head round it…..can someone please explain where my thinking is wrong!! How can I cut the same male and female radius at the bend without offsetting the router bit???????