Template Material For Countertops

Screw The Template To The Plywood.

Draw the arc, cut to the line with bandsaw or jigsaw, then plane to a fair line with a block plane. For the countertop to go together easily, square, and level, it’s important that all the legs beneath it are identical. For this sort of arc, i usually make a template out of 1/4 mdf. It's called a pounce wheel because after the pattern has been perferated (with the pounce wheel), it can be reused with a pounce bag which is chalk powder wrapped in a cloth.

I Found A Countertop Material At Home Depot Called Wilsonart Thinscape, A Composite Material Made Up Of Papers And Resins.

It’s 1/2″ thick and looks like a variety of stones. So using sketchup insures the same curve on the drawing is the same curve for the shop template. This, in turn, can have a bearing on your choice of material. But if you draw the curve by hand on a full size drawing you may need to draw it again on a template.

This Guarantees The Template Is In The Same Location When You Trace It And Then Rout The Leg Flush To It.

I'd use a jig saw to cut close to the outline shape and then use my router with a top bearing to clean up the hole. I will later cut and use this hardboard template to trace the shape on the four leg blanks. I find it much easier to fair the thin soft material rather than my lumber. I'd make a template from a piece of 1/2 plywood and sand it to the smoothest curvature i could.

With The Template, Use A Router With A Bearing Bit To Make The Final Cut.

Inset the template 1⁄4 in. I've not tried carbon paper. I have full size plans that i purchased from fine woodworking for a cabinet. The redrawn curve may differ from the original drawing.