Recent content by kingcod

My mental checklist before operating anything: 1. Am I tired? 2. Am I distracted? 3. Can I clearly see what I'm doing? 4. Do I know how the tool will react to resistance? I invented these rule after my only near miss was with an 9inch angle grinder. I reflected I had the wrong answer to all...

I've had a Triton TRB001 Router for quite a while and never been satisfied with how it works under my router table. From the very limited instructions I understood it can be raised and lowered easily with the winder set above the table. For me the lock mechanism shown in the centre of the...

I'm trying to fit some old stair rods, but the brackets are really hard to come by on their own. I've searched for brackets to buy I could modify but no luck so far. I thought I could make some up myself but no clue where to start. A metal strip could possible be bent and cut for each one...

I've made a small box from some birch burr from the garden. I'd like a nice shiny finish. French polish appeals to me but since the wood is so pale I'd like to avoid anything that's going to add too much yellow. Ideally a clear finish then.

Well I opted for Cascamite - and it was a good job I did use a glue with a long open time - half way through glue up I realised I hadn't routed the stiles to fit the panels! Just like Corporal Jones I didn't panic (much) and after some frantic work got it glued up tight and square in under 90...

Thanks for the advice. I now have all the parts ready to assemble: 6 panel door with fox wedging on all tenons, thats about sixteen joints to get nice and tight and square during glueing up. The assembly is looking a bit daunting! Any tips to ensure I've got enough time to get it all squared up...

I'm making up a traditional six panel door to replace a crappy 1950s flat door. I've been reading that the panels themselves should 'float' within the stile and rail frame. Correct? So rails and stiles need a track routing in them. The problem them comes if I want a traditional twin tenon...

Try Percy Hudson in North Shields. I've just used them for black walnut veneered mdf for a wardrobe and am pleased with the result. Because of the weight I opted for solid wood framed doors with 9 mm mdf sheets rather than lippings which would need to be thicker of course. veneered ply was...

If you don't mind a bit of digging then you could put in a land drain and a soakaway. The land drain should be through the boggiest area, on a gentle slope, and could feed into the soakaway. The soakaway should be about a metre square and deep- if it can go below the clay layer all the...

kind of sad to think of giant redwoods like that gone forever. The remaining sequoia groves are few, and although impressive, must have been nothing compared to the forests that the trees in these pictures were removed from.

Nathan, they look fantastic. I don't know if I could afford walnut for the frame ... about 12 linear metres ... I haven't dared to get a quote yet hence the looking for something that might contrast.

I'm designing a fitted wardrobe with three 2 metre high sliding doors on a top hung Saheco metal track. I'm looking at two ways to make the doors but don't know which to choose - either 1. Flat sheets of 18 mm walnut veneered MDF, edged. Base would be routed for the sliding mechanism to latch...

these guys stock what you need: http://www.a2a4.com/ I ordered 1/4 x 1" CSK Socket Caps UNC and 1/4 x 1" 1/4 CSK Socket Caps UNC - cant rememebr which fitted but one set did!

So who is watching this nice little series? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ng5lr Good to watch something that doesn't treat the audience like numpties. Also raises some interesting questions about what we could do to improve our broadleaf wood management.

Not that this is any help - but it was a great listen!