Recent content by Doug71

Would MDF be an option if they are painted? You could cut them out of MDF in one piece then you wouldn't have any of the problems associated with mitres.

And when you've removed the trap don't pour its contents down the sink that you have just removed it from............ 🙄

Option 3.......... Hand plane, probably cheapest and quickest method if you have one? If you do go for a router bit a round over would be more useful for future projects.

Iroko can initially be a yellow colour but can darken to a deep brown in what seems like a matter of weeks.

@Sgian Dubh cutting worktop joints is a bit of an exception to the rule, the instructions/advice is generally to always work in the same direction to avoid chipping the front edge of the worktop. You take off most of the waste with climb cuts then just make one cut in the proper direction...

Some photos while I'm having my lunch Square peg in a round hole 🤫 when just used for location. Oversize sometimes useful A few leftover pieces, always handy for when you only need 1 or 2 dominos for a job.

Making your own dominos makes an already great tool even better. I never used the wide setting on my DF 500 until that lightbulb moment that I could make dominos that fit the wide slot, it's the perfect width for things like cabinet doors when sometimes one standard domino isn't wide enough but...

What you are doing is correct but the jigs I have used only have about 1mm clearance for the bush so the last pass with the router pushed left is only removing 1mm to clean up the cut not 10mm like on yours......something doesn't seem right :dunno:

I gave up on woodworking squares years ago, I have 3 Marples, they look nice but none of them are square.... For me a square needs to be square no matter which edge you are working from, for example Marking out, inside stock to outside blade. Checking an edge is square or a cut is square...

I always think battery nailers seem expensive as you can buy a decent compressor and air nailer for the same price as what you pay for just a bare battery tool, obviously the battery option is much handier if you want to use it out of the workshop though. I'm on Makita platform but was too...

If you just spray a bit of water on redwood it will raise the grain, or it generally happens with the first coat of acrylic primer you put on anyway.

You are probably best giving your timber supplier a cutting list and asking them how much will this cost. Accoya is great as it comes in standard sizes but Sapele is normally random widths which makes wastage more of a guess.

If it's the texture of the grain you can see it's probably because the cabinets are made out of something with a deep coarse grain like Ash.

If when making the cut the router is between you and the straightedge work from left to right, this should help the router push itself towards the straightedge. If you go right to left the router will be trying to push away from the straightedge. If the straightedge is between you and the...

Just to update this the hinges are going back, the customer service from the firm who supplied them was rubbish, first time I'd used them and will be the last. I ended up ordering some Alexander & Wilks hinges from More Handles which arrived today, the quality seems good, even the supplied...