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I'm more of a solid wood guy, learned a bit about chipboard here, for example to avoid it where possible. But the countertop is real wood :) We haven't got much space, so you have to build stuff.
Tell us more about your experience. Anything that you might have done differently? Any hard lessons?
It looks great btw
Biggest lesson for me: count the cables you have to put through the plates. Count them 5 times. At least. Another one: if you think you had used the jigsaw the last time and you put it away: don't. You didn't. Otherwise the same as everytime I guess: planning is 50%, maybe even 60%. And you have to drive to the store another time. Nevermind the planning. 2 times is ok in my book, 3 times maybe avoidable, 4 or more times: better planning next time, bruh! Oh, another thing: every manufacturer of kitchen appliances has apparently his own religion you need to follow to install them - some things they say make sense, some don't. Of course, never compromise in safety things, but some stuff is just superfluous. In my case Siemens wanted 2 metal plates in accurate distance in 3 dimensions, naaah. The one above the lid for the steam when you open is approximately there where they said, the other one went to the "maybe useful some day" box. Did I mention to count the cables? ;)
That looks as if I had it done with a jigsaw 😂 Just the cable channels and the holes in the top. Many cable channels.
Countertop looks great! Did you do a coat of anything on top of the wood for the countertop?
Thanks, the Birchwood plate was on discount, my wife wanted waterproof, so it's waterproof varnish, 3 layers with sanding, semi gloss. That was actually really fun, the laminated chipboard corpus not so much. I don't know, that stuff is resistant and very sensitive on all the wrong places. At least I had a chance to try out a new jointer /drilling jig.