Not a Fitter, well, not yet

[Blue_Joe]

Well as I said I have had a few worktops off them now and all of them have been spot on quality wise

Thanks for the recommendation. It looks as though their worktops come in 150 grit finish as with the others. Do you rub yours down further to a higher grit finish before oiling or just oil it as supplied?

I always give mine a good sand wih a fine grit using a random orbit sander. Always use a random orbit as you'll avoid getting swirl patterns of a normal sander, mine is a dewalt very good quality one but that's only as I use it alot and therefore spent the money on it. I used to have a Bosch one that was about £30 and did a good job whilst it lasted but is more than sufficient for a DIY'er of low use needs!

[Chrisfin]

A random orbit sander it is then. On the subject of tools that are suitable for a DIYer, but not necesarily of the quality and price that professional fitters would use I want to buy a router. Saw this for £135 including postage, mainly thinking of this one based on price and it being 1/2" and 2100W. Any other suggestions for a decent DIYer's router? I'll use it again after this kitchen for other jobs, but I don't want to pay £200 or £300 for an all singing all dancing one if I don't need it.

www.tool-net.co.uk/p-339901/ryobi-ert2100.html

[voltarol]

A random orbit sander it is then. On the subject of tools that are suitable for a DIYer, but not necesarily of the quality and price that professional fitters would use I want to buy a router. Saw this for £135 including postage, mainly thinking of this one based on price and it being 1/2" and 2100W. Any other suggestions for a decent DIYer's router? I'll use it again after this kitchen for other jobs, but I don't want to pay £200 or £300 for an all singing all dancing one if I don't need it.

www.tool-net.co.uk/p-339901/ryobi-ert2100.html

This looks like a decent machine and should last you as long as you want it to,bare in mind most timber worktop manufacturers specify you don't butt and scribe,straight butt joint,are you gonna profile the front edge??

[Chrisfin]

A random orbit sander it is then. On the subject of tools that are suitable for a DIYer, but not necesarily of the quality and price that professional fitters would use I want to buy a router. Saw this for £135 including postage, mainly thinking of this one based on price and it being 1/2" and 2100W. Any other suggestions for a decent DIYer's router? I'll use it again after this kitchen for other jobs, but I don't want to pay £200 or £300 for an all singing all dancing one if I don't need it.

www.tool-net.co.uk/p-339901/ryobi-ert2100.html

This looks like a decent machine and should last you as long as you want it to,bare in mind most timber worktop manufacturers specify you don't butt and scribe,straight butt joint,are you gonna profile the front edge??

Yeah, I was going to profile the front edge. Nothing too much, just a 4 or 5 mm rad.

[mst]

For the price of a cooke and lewis you can get a quality custom made kitchen from your local manufacter.

I dont have much agaist cooke and lewis apart from the time it takes to install it. And the framed kitchens take forever by the time you put the frames on etc etc the list goes on.

As a B&Q fitter we used to get alot more money for installing these which was good....now its stanard price which in no way covers it which im not happy about at all.

They are loseing and lost alot of good fitters due to the price cuts and im booking more private work in these days. Im only doing half what i used to for them.