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Originally Posted by tcwilliams Does anyone have any hints or tips for cutting sink-sized holes out of a big sheet of loose laminate? |
Tom,
I normally glue up the whole thing and then cut the hole too, but I am normally not reusing the OEM sink.
Try this:
Cut the plywood to size, cut the hole for the sink. Rough cut the laminate to size, leaving enough for trimming, lay it on the plywood and mark where the sink hole is in pencil.
Then glue as normal, just don't bother to glue where the sink is. Once the sheet is installed, use a drill form the top to punch a hole large enough for the laminate trimmer bit to fit, and use it to cut out the sink hole. This should leave you with a nice size piece to use for another part of the project.
If you have a small circular saw ( not a standard skill saw, they are too tough to handle on flimsy material) you could do the cut out pre glue, but the laminate being attached to the plywood is much easier to work with IMHO.