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Kitchen project for my inlaws

DavidR8

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Nothing huge but I am really happy with how this turned out.
My inlaws moved down the island into a townhouse closer to us. Within a month or so the mid-90's era Gaggineau gas cooktop started packing it in. They bought a new Fisher-Paykel unit but it was 6" shorter than the opening in the granite countertop.
I pulled the old cooktop out for them and saw that if I cut a piece of 1/8" stainless to cover the opening I could cut a smaller hole to fit the new cooktop.
Stainless bought, and cut to outside dimensions, I went to the cooktop supplier and measured the actual dimensions for the opening.
Laid it out and fired up the plasma cutter. Blamo! Cut like butter. Also radiused the corners to match the cooktop.
Had to cut 3/8" out of the granite with a diamond blade on the angle grinder. That was no fun at all.
Very happy with the end result, as are my in-laws.
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David_R8 said:
Nothing huge but I am really happy with how this turned out.
My inlaws moved down the island into a townhouse closer to us. Within a month or so the mid-90's era Gaggineau gas cooktop started packing it in. They bought a new Fisher-Paykel unit but it was 6" shorter than the opening in the granite countertop.
I pulled the old cooktop out for them and saw that if I cut a piece of 1/8" stainless to cover the opening I could cut a smaller hole to fit the new cooktop.
Stainless bought, and cut to outside dimensions, I went to the cooktop supplier and measured the actual dimensions for the opening.
Laid it out and fired up the plasma cutter. Blamo! Cut like butter. Also radiused the corners to match the cooktop.
Had to cut 3/8" out of the granite with a diamond blade on the angle grinder. That was no fun at all.
Very happy with the end result, as are my in-laws.
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Great job. Just imagine what that would have cost to have custom made. You saved them so much money you need to treat yourself to a new machine.
 
CalgaryPT said:
Great job. Just imagine what that would have cost to have custom made. You saved them so much money you need to treat yourself to a new machine.
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At the very least finish the 24,732 projects on the list!
 
DPittman said:
Man if you weren't already the favorite son-in-law, you will be now. Excellent job.
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Thanks! I’m very happy with how it turned out.
Next task is to glue a 16ga stainless panel to the false front below.
 
Professional job and it looks really smart, me thinks you earned many brownie points.

What type of glue would you use to fasten the stainless panel to the false front. Must be a special blend to withstand the heat?
 
Dusty said:
Professional job and it looks really smart, me thinks you earned many brownie points.

What type of glue would you use to fasten the stainless panel to the false front. Must be a special blend to withstand the heat?
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I'm probably going to use either contact cement or silicone. It won't see any heat, it's just to cover the holes where the controls for the old cooktop were mounted.
 
David_R8 said:
I'm probably going to use either contact cement or silicone. It won't see any heat, it's just to cover the holes where the controls for the old cooktop were mounted.
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Contact cement sound like a plan. Check this out there's a product call liquid nails although one would want to read the fine print. Comes in a tube, I've used it before but not on stainless steel, worked fine. Good luck with this.
 
Nice work. Personally I'd go with an adhesive you have some working time vs contact cement. Get the plate in position, get all the knobs on, make sure everything lines up perfect & then just let it cure in-situ that way. If you can get it positioned with sufficient allowance then contact cement would work fine too, but you only get one shot at it. Usually on bigger projects the excess hangs over & is trimmed for that reason. And some people swear you need a roller to properly mate contact cement surfaces.
 
I cant think of any reason one would regret having the plate permanently bonded, but maybe ponder that aspect too. For example burner assembly craps out one day, source a new one, discover catalog nominal size is really just that 'nominal' & replacements are a smidge too big. Filing the plate's inside edge to make allowance would be PITA. Pulling it off from expensive countertop now that its bonded with super-goop might not be fun either. Etc Etc.

If you are wondering why I am mentally afflicted with 'glass half empty scenario brain' as my wife claims, its because I tend to remember certain things that caused me pain & reflection in the past. Just a random example - our cabinet installers hung the boxes to a nominal dimension of the hood fan width. Yes, custom cabinet positioning was dictated by a 50$ POS hood fan because it was the only stainless model that met the aesthetic standards. Turns out the <ahem> designer changed <her> mind because the fan was noisy & every friggen available hood fan unit turned out to be 1mm too wide for the gap. Now a practical person would look at the width with a discerning +/- eye since its a sheet metal box. Maybe, I dunno, position the cabinets a big wider to begin with, make up the gap with trim. But he is now long gone leaving aforementioned PITA job to <designers> husband to figure out. I checked everywhere, even Lee Valley - curiously no 'cabinet planers' or 'cabinet expander' tools available. Ahhhh the scars have almost healed LOL.
 
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