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    Stanley Compressor

    Have you looked at the Hyundai Compressors, Peter Millard did a review on youtube and I was impressed by how quiet it was, If I remember correctly, he was talking to camera while it was running...something you definitely couldn't do with the makita one I have got, I wouldn't be able to talk to...
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    Corner wardrobe build

    Like Terry above, my first thought was kitchen corner units. Is there a place displaying kitchens near you, it may give you ideas on how to adapt the door to your needs. Just a side thought, have you thought about having the door/wardobe at a 45' joining the 2 wardrobes? Something like the photo?
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    Preparing burr maple

    I remember watching a programme of an old chap out in USA that was running a wood yard as a business. He just had basically a roof on 4 posts over the stack of wood being dried. This allowed the air to circulate all around the wood. I don't know how our weather with driving rain would work but...
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    Beginner's Project: Wardrobe + Wall Bed - Birch Ply

    Good luck to you. The design looks really great. I'm coming to the end of building wardrobes for 2 bedroom. Even though the amount of panels/components I ended up with seemed quite daunting, I found it quite straight forward. I found using low tack masking tape as labels really useful for...
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    Folding Leg Desk

    Could you use folding leg hardware. Something like this...
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    Rust in my little workshop

    I normally have a small heater set on very low to keep the rust of my tools, a couple of years ago I forgot to turn it on come winter, work got in the way and it was 6 months or so before I got back in there. There was rust over everything that was out in the open. What was interesting though...
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    Table saw advice?

    I had a cheap table saw that the blade kept on dropping during use, I used a bungy cord and clipped it onto the handle once I got the desired height. A bit of a simple bodge but worked well for me.
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    Wood movement

    The box looks amazing, such a shame about the slight movement. Are you able to save it? Could you put a shim under the corner that is touching, and clamp the corner with the gap, this stretchers/pushes the wood the other way and after a few days/weeks stays flat. I've had good success doing this...
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    Festool ETS EC 150/5 sander - Anyone willing to compare to mine?

    I have a festool palm sander that juddered quite a lot and was an effort to move around the work. I eventually found that turning down the extraction a bit stoped it sucking itself to the workpiece and I was able to glide the sander around with ease. Probably not what is going on with you but...
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    Need to escape/reset

    Hiya Stig, I've worked and lived at my place of work on a private estate for over 20 years and totally get the pressures it can cause, I'm on call 24hrs a day for alarms going off etc. Always worrying about something. Whatever breaks and stops working, it feels like I broke it and don't get me...
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    Using oil on door??

    A chippy friend was telling me that the glue they are using on some new doors/veneers are effected by oil and can become unstuck, and it is the manufactures - get out of warranty claims - is why they state it. He says its like when you chop in hinges to a pre finished door, if you don't...
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    No. No. Just no.

    Hahaha I don't know why but part of me likes it. :cool:
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    Invisible glued joint

    I tend to use Titebond Original, which is easily cleaned up with a slight damp sponge at the time of glue up. I've never noticed any glue lines/marks using it.
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    First time for everything...

    Really nice design and beautifully turned, they look fantastic.
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    Why do we get such a limited choice of planers/machines in the UK?

    Are you dead set on 8", I have a 12" planer thicknesses and would struggle with that size with the boards I buy these days. Have you looked at 1 phase to 3 phase converters? I know its an additional cost but miles cheaper than getting 3 phase installed, if you are able to in the first place. It...
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