Worktop Material Guide Installation Manual

You will need approximately 30 minutes to install and calibrate your WorkTop Material Guide.

Lay the Material Guide in the desired position to guide the left or right-hand side of the work piece (following drawings show it fitted on the right), use measured pencil lines or paper tape to assist. If it is to be aligned with another guide/object use a straight edge or the edge of a large piece of board to help.

IMPORTANT: Ensure that enough space is left for when the end caps are installed at a later stage

Once you are happy with the location, use a posi head screwdriver to fix the Material Guide in position using 4 of the wood screws.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT fix the plastic end caps at this stage, this is to be completed after the Material Guide has been calibrated.

The self-adhesive measuring scale fixes to a stainless-steel strip which can be slid to make small calibrations once it is stuck in place. Ensure the strip is centralised before proceeding.

Two measuring scales are supplied one reading left to right the other right to left.

Take a piece of rigid card or similar board around 50cms (18”) long and place it against the Material Guide such that one end overlaps the ‘zero’ position.

Slide the measuring stop onto the Material Guide and fasten it in position against the edge of the board.

Either mark or cut the board at the zero position. Note the measurement of the board from the zero position to the edge against the measuring stop. Make a pencil mark on the aluminium extrusion as shown. Remove the measuring stop.

Select the measuring scale and remove around 15cms (6”) of the backing paper from one end. Position the measured dimension on the scale adjacent to the pencil mark. Hold in position and press down the end of the scale to stick it in place. Peel off the remainder of the backing paper and press firmly on the scale to fix it in position.

Check the scale measures accurately and make any fine adjustments by pressing down on the scale with finger and thumb and sliding

Once the scale sticker is firmly attached, slide the measuring scale out of the Material Guide to give easy access to the end of the measuring scale. Trim the excess using a craft knife.

Slide the measuring scale back into position, Check the scale measures accurately, and make any fine adjustments by pressing down on the scale with finger and thumb and sliding left or right.

Once fully aligned slide on the material stop before inserting the two end caps. Use the remaining two screws to fix the plastic end caps in position with a posi head screwdriver.

Place the board on the cutter as if to trim approximately 6mm (1/4”) from the edge, place the side of the board firmly against the Material Guide. Use the pencil to mark the edge being trimmed with a ‘X’.

Rotate the board 90 degrees so the edge you have just trimmed ‘X’ is against the Material Guide and trim the second edge

Rotate again in the same direction and trim (X should be on the opposite edge)

Repeat again, X should be on the opposite edge to the Material Guide

Rotate the board a final time and align the board with the Material Guide, if it has been positioned at exactly 90 degrees edge X will align with the cut line.

If not, edge X will show a discrepancy with the cut line that is FOUR TIMES THE ERROR. Remove the two screws in the plastic end caps if fitted and rotate the fine adjustment screws to remove a QUARTER of the discrepancy. Repeat the test and make further adjustments as necessary, insert the end fixing screws.

Place the board on the cutter as if to trim approximately 6mm (1/4”) from the edge, place the side of the board firmly against the Material Guide. Use the pencil to mark the edge being trimmed with a ‘X’.

Rotate the board 90 degrees so the edge you have just trimmed ‘X’ is against the Material Guide and trim the second edge

Rotate again in the same direction and trim (X should be on the opposite edge)

Repeat again, X should be on the opposite edge to the Material Guide

Rotate the board a final time and align the board with the Material Guide, if it has been positioned at exactly 90 degrees edge X will align with the cut line.

If not, edge X will show a discrepancy with the cut line that is FOUR TIMES THE ERROR. Remove the two screws in the plastic end caps if fitted and rotate the fine adjustment screws to remove a QUARTER of the discrepancy. Repeat the test and make further adjustments as necessary, insert the end fixing screws.