Recent content by ajmoran

I don't often post but spend a fair bit of time working with cutting lists and angles so might be able to help. As Mike says, with angled cabinets the angle of the lower side can be very awkward to cut. With a 35degree angled cabinet the lower side of the top panel would need to be cut at...

Thanks for all the comments. John - you may be interested in the variation I have used for use with Blum Tandem drawer runners. In this one the pull is indeed across the face of the biscuit: For these drawer boxes the sides overhang the drawer box bottom: This creates a ledge against which...

I made this jig to speed up drawer/box construction. It holds the work piece safely and accurately and no measuring out is needed. Works very well with my Trend T20 biscuit jointer. The jig is made out of MFC and 22mm thick MDF and is all joined together with Timco Classic Plus woodscrews...

You may want to consider a drum sander rather than a thicknesser e.g. http://www.poolewood.co.uk/acatalog/San ... _PLUS.html (btw don't know whether that is a good place to buy from, never tried them) With a thicknesser you still need to buy in planed timber anyway (unless you get a planer as...

I've been involved in several setups that produce custom flatpack. If it's mostly flat panels a beam saw is best (http://www.homag-uk.com/cms/Product/Pro ... roduct=689). A beam saw takes a whole sheet, clamps it and returns all the sized panels to you (with a bit of manual turning needed)...

With fractions the denominator needs to be selected first (my fault this wasn't clear, website now updated) To rotate between the different functions: template offset calculator, cabinet calculator, diagonal measurement calculator and wood price calculator you keep pressing the little cabinet...

Just tested it on Mac OS 10.6.4 and Safari 5.0.1 and all was ok. Measurements need to be put in without 'mm' or 'inch'. What problem do you see on your machine, Roger? Cheers Andrew

You're completely right Chippy, washer head is the type to use with pocket hole joinery. Having said that i found the Screwfix carcass screws work really well, with the Egger material at least. The screws have a very aggressive thread which pulls the joint nice and tight. And the countersink...

Using some kind of jig you should be able to do a trial fit within about 10 minutes so it's well worth doing. Also personally I'm always happy to spend money on good hardware. This project used about £60 worth of hinges but I think the quality,adjustability and function is worth it.

35mm hinges? This design uses 22 of them 8) The jig is shown in the pictures above and here is the template to make it: The doors and sides are drilled simultaneously with the jig to ensure the hinge locations match up. On this design there didn't seem to be any advantage to using the 32mm...

Thanks for the comments. Here's how I joined the cabinets with pocket hole joinery. I used the most basic Kreg jig available. It worked fine but if I was buying again I'd get the more substantial versions that include clamping capability. Carcase screws from Screwfix fitted well in the...

Screw up as in it's held together with screws and done quickly. I needed some kitchen cabinets of specific dimensions and decided to make them from Melamine Faced Chipboard and build them in the kitchen using pocket hole screws as a weekend project. Here's the design (click to visit large...

I'll pile in on option 2, only adding that you may want to consider a 15/18mm back rather than a thinner back. Reason being that you can fix a thicker back to the sides easily with your choice of screws/pockets/biscuits/dominos rather than grooving to hold a thin panel. A thick back also gives...

I've used Tung oil for food friendly projects and the result is a warm colour. I believe Tung oil is a constituent of Danish Oil but personally I've avoided the latter for food stuff as it contains 'driers'. Driers can contain heavy metals (I'm sure there are brands of Danish Oils without heavy...

My favourite method for big box joints is the bandsaw. Here's a few pics of some fairly big drawer boxes (880mm wide). The time consuming bit is removing the waste but as the dimensions get bigger you can use the bandsaw to remove the bulk of the waste too. Because of this the bigger box in the...