First guy I ever worked for as a finish carpenter some 40+ years ago had a saying and taught me a life lesson ...

"It's not how good you are, it's how good you are at fixing your F-ups"... ;)

I thought a sink cut-out would be finished without the sink in place, based on a tracing of the sink?

oooh, I'll bet you said some bad words! At least I woulda.

Loved your confessional article and the sweetie pie in the last photo. Uncle Joe takes care of all his nieces huh?

"I thought a sink cut-out would be finished without the sink in place, based on a tracing of the sink?"

Seamed undermount sinks like this Karran Edge series and solid surface sinks are adhered to the deck after either having cut a rough-out as I did here or plunging through an uncut deck for the bearing to ride on the sink. No one can trace as accurately as a bearing bit on a router.

"Loved your confessional article and the sweetie pie in the last photo. Uncle Joe takes care of all his nieces huh?"

Thanks and yes. My wife and I are childless by choice, so I find it unusual and particularly flattering when someone literally falls asleep on me.

I have fun posting this stuff, but on a more serious note, consumers want to be the customer with whom their contractor can feel comfortable discussing mistakes and problems. The amount of hiding that goes on is in direct inverse proportion to the unreasonableness of the client. A successful contractor does not hire these types of customers.

A reasonable customer does not question a broken countertop. Interesting.

This repair is cosmetic, not structural, in nature. If the customer never sees it, it does not exist.