Silverline 633488 Worktop Jig 900 mm

Good accuracy, instructions easy to follow if you have good a tradesman’s head on you. If you don’t know your way around a router then you shouldn’t be using this anyway.

The second one delivered was good (the first was damaged at one end and cracked at the handle)

Not a professional quality item but fine if you are just going to use it for 1 or 2 mitres.

The pins are too flexy when inserted so best not to trust them too much. I lined it up then clamped it securely. The pins can also work their way out when using the router (which obstructs the router) so may be best to use them for line up but remove them one the jig is securely clamped.

The mitre joins I created with this look perfect, so no complaints there, just don’t expect too much for the money.

I’m not a kitchen fitter but after spending more than the cost of this hiring a jig some 10 years ago, I decided buying this cheaper brand was worth a go for a house I’m doing up.

The instructions are very clear and the four cuts I had to make for the work surfaces came out pretty good, very tight and neat. The big advantage I have this time is I get to keep the jig for the next kitchen I put in. Not sure what you get by spending twice as much on a higher quality jig, this is pretty solid and I’m sure it will last me (an enthusiastic diy-er who has stared developing run-down houses) a long time.

I would definitely recommend this to someone in a similar situatio

I read all the reviews before buying this jig and was almost put off by the degree of negativity some people had over it’s accuracy. I’m a yacht builder so accuracy is all important to me, someones life might depend on my craftsmanship. My first paid employment after leaving boatbuilding college 30yrs ago was, would you believe, kitchen fitting and I liked the money (kitchen fitting is such a rip-off!). I had the use of the companies professional routing jigs and learned how important accuracy is to get a perfect joint. I’ve made my own routing jigs for a variety of projects over the decades and it’s not rocket science so was puzzled by what I was reading.
Only needing to make two joints I ‘took a punt’ and bought the Silverline cheapie as well as their own router, my own Elu and B&D routers being in use elsewhere.
I did a test run on a section of old worktop to get the feel of it all then set it up again for the real thing and have produced a perfect joint with no fuss whatsoever.
I can only surmise that the negative reports about this jig are due to incorrect understanding and subsequent use of the jig/router/guide bush.
Squareness is not an issue with a house, I’ve never come across a builder or plasterer who can produce perfect 90 degree corners so why worry that locating pegs aren’t square with the edge or are loose in their holes? You clamp the jig to the worktop anyway don’t you? The pegs are simply there to give basic location. You cut the joint to fit the units which in turn are fixed to the walls, what if you were fitting an hexagonal worktop eh??
There’s nothing at all wrong with this jig, it wouldn’t survive long in a professional sense but for a diy-er doing three or four joints it is perfectly adequate.
Remember, do the bulk of the cut keeping the router pressed against one side of the slot then the final cut on the opposite side (that’s why they make the slot a few mill wider than the guide!) and use the same side of the guide bush every time, ie hold the router the same way. It’s all on You Tube if only you’d look………