[Paul Bingham]

Tom,

I guess perfect fit is a relative term. Many of these tops are closed at both ends and require a little clearance anyway. The irregularity in the gyprock is gradual enough that straight line segments over 3 or 4 inches don’t make any difference. If there is a more pronounced difference we take points at a closer spacing. Also the radius of the bit removes any definition of a sharp transition in line segments.

Basically it works quite well. Customers are amazed at how well the tops fit the walls. Before digital templating and CNC we did this by hand on site with a belt sander to make the final fit. It took considerably more time and labour to place, mark, sand and refit over and over to get results that weren’t as good as we get now. Not to mention all the dust created in the home.

Paul

Paul

[Tom M]

Thanks again for the reply.
That’s the thing, though. Coming from a laminate and early SS background, we really do get a near perfect fit when we scribe. I’d say that 95% of the back can’t have a piece of paper slipped behind it. We explain that with settling, resettling, climate changes, etc., the top will never be as good as it is when we leave, so we want to leave it near-perfect so any changes leave as little a difference as possible.. This, of course, excludes scribing to tile (when it is rarely necessary), or a wall rough with glue or somesuch.

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