Recent content by Craigus

:lol: That sums up the whole sharpening thing rather nicely. Ridiculous and comical.

If you can use an internet forum, surely you can use their website?

This has been an interesting read. I can't really add anything extra that hasn't already been mentioned, except the obvious which you may have thought of already... or may have overlooked due to your enthusiasm. You enjoy this now because, even though you are looking at expanding it into a...

We have a pine coffee table which I believe has a wax finish, it certainly feels waxy. It's gotten pretty banged up so thought I would try to sort it out and refinish it with something harder wearing. Started sanding and inevitably clogged the sanding discs right up. I could carry on with this...

I've cut them 50mm longer on both ends for a bit of "pipper up tolerance" when cutting the mortises and was going to cut them flush once fitted, but I may leave them 20mm wider and chamfer the ends. Thanks for that. Also very interesting, I have aligned the boards this way but obviously don't...

That's interesting Jacob, I have however cut stuff to length now so there is no going back.

Thanks, that all makes sense. What do you mean by "drawer the tenons"? This is a little sketch of what I was planning. The haunch is only 15mm and the tenons protrude 45mm into a 75mm breadboard. Does that seem reasonable? I want to stop short of the edge with the mortise on the breadboard...

I'm putting together a Walnut table top for a small table we have, the top dims are 600 wide x 760 long. I'm not overly concerned about the wood movement in a relatively small piece, the breadboards are for the aesthetic as much as anything and to help cover the slightly untidy end joins where...

The alternative is you go full steam ahead and do the work, then either a grumpy neighbor reports it or the planners find out somehow and you get an enforcement notice. That will cost you much more than £400... Why are you asking for advice if you're just ignoring what you're given? I'm not...

"You spent how much on that solid oak dining table? I can get one from Ikea for £50!"

People call us and ask this kind of thing all the time. Every single time if there is no clear answer on the planning portal the answer is ring the council and ask them. They will likely ask for your address and let you know. If you do you just need someone to draw up the existing and proposed...

Thanks all for the posts. I ended up going to Axminster today and got one of their 400/1,000 grit diamond stone, I must say it is so much easier to get a good sharp edge. I don't really need to go sharper but I may get a 6,000+ waterstone at some point just to improve it slightly before honing...

Well it has to be near to some open market stuff obviously, but these will generally be the smaller and less expensive properties that are in close proximity. I'm pretty sure that you can't just choose whichever house you want and then decide to go with help to buy. There are allocated plots...

So uh, yeah. This will go down well. I've done some searching but you can imagine the outcome of that. I'm not looking for anyone to tell me what they do or why I should use one method or the other. I currently use 'scary sharp' or whatever you want to call it with wet & dry on a flat tile...

I'm an Architect and work 80% of the time with good sized developers on higher end housing schemes. I also happen to be in my 20's and rent. Developers lump these "help to buy" houses in with all other forms of social or 'council' housing, they don't distinguish them. They are not interested in...