Recent content by Harquil

Hi all I'm turning my garage into a workshop and just want to double check a couple of things before I put any walls up. The garage is attached to the house on one side and the other side is my neighbours garage, so no wall apart from the rear is exposed to the elements. My initial plan was...

I am planning on doing a warm roof and have my local roofing company torch felt it. I would use EDPM but I live on the coast and worried about the seagulls pecking through the sheet. I was thinking initially of using Fibre cement cladding and go all the way round each side with a different...

Morning All After a bit of advice on what to build my office out of! I’ll include pictures below. I currently have a garage with a wooden shed attached to the back that already has a concrete base and a couple of courses or bricks and knocked through into the garage. I am going to turning...

Hi all I've got to make a little bookcase project to make out of some 26mm think MDF that will house a printer and other various office bits. The shelves will be 850mm wide and between 500mm-700mm deep. The sides won't been seen so I was going to dowel and screw the MDF sides and back for...

Morning all I’ve been asked by a friend to build a office worktop bench with a couple of shelves and a overhead shelf. I’ll include a picture below. My question is rigidity of the worktop and the shelf above. Both are just over 2 meters long and I’m worried about bowing over time. We haven’t...

Morning all I’ve been spraying a bureau in the garage as opposed to my workshop (more space in the garage) and I’m getting cracking all over the paint job. Im using Morrells pigments water based lacquer, I’ve sprayed small bits in my heated workshop using a graco ultra, which has come out...

mix of hardwood ply and pine frame on the sides

Quick question?? I'm building a tv unit with a veneered plywood top. I've used dowels for locating the table to and two of the shelf supports in the middle of the unit. My question is?? when I come to attach the top can I just glue it straight on using the dowels or will I need to loosely...

I’ve got some Morrells pigmented lacquer that is a nice grey with a 20% sheen. I’ve just tried using it with a brush on some scrap to see how it would turn out. The colour looks great but with the fingernail test it chips off easily from the primer (also Morrells) and it scratches quite easily...

I'm currently building a bureau and matching tv unit that I will be spraying with Morrells waterborne pigmented lacquer. I've built the sides up and machined the rest of the internals ready to pop together. My question is, is it better/easier to glue up the outer shell and paint as they are...

Just bought a Earlex 4000 off Ebay which is brand new as my entry into spraying. I was wondering if any one had one and what the tip size is? Also are there any gun upgrades that might fit it? Cheers

Hi all I've never done any spraying before any help/advice is appreciated. I'm currently building a set of living room furniture for myself and looking to paint them in an eggshell finish. My other half has chosen the colour she likes that Crown Trade does and I was planning on purchasing...

I did see that one, might have to look into it a bit moore.

hmmm maybe i should just leave it and stick with the dewalt fence that comes with it. Just looking into getting a longer fence before I build a workbench around it.

Thinking of adding the Charnwood universal rip fence to my Dewalt 7458 to give it some extra capacity. Cant really find any reviews on it or if its any good? Thoughts at all? Ta