Recent content by baldkev

Ive taken delivery of the oak slab, its 3" thick, fairly lumpy! Anyway, theres an area that will need to be filled, so im almost certainly heading towards epoxy as I'll use that to fill the crack. Thanks for everyone's input 👊👍

I havent used that before, have you? I just looked at reviews on amazon, which are positive although some of the photos look like theyve got orange peel 🙃 i guess its down to application. It says you should apply coats within 2 hours to get good adhesion to the previous coat or if longer, leave...

Yes, i was thinking the temperature changes will be quite stark. Thanks for the suggestions, i do actually have some epoxy at the workshop, but its not epodex etc, its a cheaper brand ( epoxy harditz or something ) 🤔

Hi, hoping for some advice regarding polishing up an acrylic pu varnish, like the sadolin extra durable pu. Ive got a job coming up shortly for a small oak worktop in a glamping pod type setting. The customer is after water resistant, without changing the colour of the oak ( or as much as...

Thats really annoying, especially if screwfix isnt close! The time lost is worth more than the mag catches. I clicked the drop down information tab and it does state 'sold singularly ' i just didnt see it, but that makes for seriously expensive sliders!

Oxalic acid should remove the water marks As for the wax, i believe white spirit works, or a hair drier to warm it and then wipe it off to remove the worst of it.... I'd imagine a light go with a card scraper woukd work too

Ok, so..... i may have screwed up 😑 Credit to accuride, my parcel arrived today. Unfortunately ive just unboxed it and discovered theres only 1 slide in the box! I had assumed ( possibly wrongly ) that I'd get a pair for that money 🧐

Watertight is only half the issue. Cold and damp air will still potentially damage sheets / encourage warping etc.....

For future readers, i advocate a good adjustable roofing square.... you work out your pitch and set the square to suit, then, as long as your new rafters are straight, your angles are largely taken care of, just measuring and careful marking left

Nice job👍 I have previously made under stairs storage using blum runners with great success and 8 or 9 years ago when i got my truck, i made a sliding bed system ( sounds more grand than it is ) using angle iron and skateboard bearings 😆 it works incredibly well, but, i made it in 2 sections...

The floor surface is oak effect hard flooring, most likely laminate. Good point regarding piston effect too, an air recess under the seat where it joins the frontp panel would be good. Yes, easily 2m of clear space to the side, so plenty of room for it to extend out. I found the cheaper accuride...

Or these rails, mounted on the side within the bench, and the sliding bracket fixed to the side of the drawer at the back? ( using 1 bracket per rail )

Thanks Roy, Yes they look good, but as you say, expensive. Maybe a piece of channel fitted to the 'roof' of the bench seat, with one side of the drawer extending up into it for alignment would work? 🧐 Edit to add: maybe accuride do a cheaper version with less capacity, i dont need 900kg 😆 I'll...

Ive got a job coming up shortly where I'm making a built in seating area on the back of a kitchen, with new stone worktops which will sail over the seat back slightly, giving a larger work surface etc. The space is limited, so using the under seat area as storage is going to be valuable...

Nice work Doug 👏 👌 i like the odd spaced panelling and custom shelf brackets. The door is cool, i one made a bookshelf to replace a door to an airing cupboard, just had to make a quick piece of mdf at the depth of the bookcase so i could allow enough angle ( batter ) for the doorbookshelfthing...