The rounded edge does not mesh with the side of another piece of material when creating an 'L' shape so you have to trim that off, if you do that, you have to mitre the corner to make the 2 rounded profiles join cleanly.
The other pain in the ass is that if you cut the top with the plastic side up, it chips out badly. You have to turn it upside down and cut it like that, it still chips, however, but less so.
Then you have to join them. They're too heavy for glue, and screws are very difficult to get in due to the shallow angle, they'd come out to easily and don't apply enough pressure. The answer is to use 'mitre bolts' I didn't that that's what they're called, but the shop lady understood my ramblings.
I spent hours measuring and cutting the shape i needed into the tops, then brought them together, upside down and spent ages more routing out the channels for the bolts:
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| Channel routed out and the bolt ready to go in |
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| Closed up and glued |
We got a range from Sears for less than half price due to damage, and a dishwasher from Craiglist, and this is how things look now.
Better than this, I think.
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