Locating an appliance cutout in a countertop

Countertops
Cabinets & Millwork
Accuracy

A cutout is the one dimension on a countertop with no tolerance in either direction: cut it small and the unit will not drop, cut it large and the gap shows for the life of the kitchen. The T1R Range lays a green line across the opening so the cut is set out from a straight reference rather than from the cabinet below, and each figure goes to the tablet before the slab is ever ordered.

Why the cutout has no tolerance

Small and it will not drop in
Large and the gap shows for good
T1R green line gives a straight reference
Set out from the line, not the cabinet
Figures reach the T1R Range tablet first

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An appliance opening framed into a kitchen island is measured, the unit sitting in a plywood surround with the finished countertop alongside. A green line runs across the opening and the blade is worked along it in turn. A tablet beside the work shows the readings filling in as each is captured.