Recent content by masopa

And sorry for the delay, here is the wardrobe-climbing frame-creation with one of the curved doors ajar...

Ok, table saw now reworked to be far more robust and consistent. Whoever said your first table saw build will be your worst was right. I've basically upgraded what I originally built and the only part which has been disposed of is the fence. Cuts are far more consistent with virtually no play...

Views on slicing up a green oak sleeper? Would that work for "rustic" use?

Doh! The simplest solutions are usually the best :) Thank you!

Thanks Andy... that was my slight worry with CLS - no matter whether I trim it to be more or less PSE, it still has the texture of a cheap wood. Redwood may not be hardwood, but it should be a step in the right direction. Checking Sagulator (great resource!) I reckon a 20x140 piece of redwood...

Some daftie questions here folks. I've built a bit of stuff before, but this is a more substantial project for me and will be using a fair bit of wood, so I don't want to waste £££s and get it horribly wrong. I want to build my son a "convertible" bunk bed, I have plans in mind, but it's to...

Yes, I had thought about finding a better way of bracing the leg pairs... I was tempted to get some 6mm sheet as that should provide decent rigidity without too much weight. I am about to head off on hols so it will be a fortnight before I'm back to take a pic of the wardrobe! Edited to add...

Good point! Excuse the devastation in the background - there was a big tidying up job after :( This pic was taken while I was waiting for the fence glue to dry - you'll see I have it set as square in as many dimensions as I could manage!

Update... I built the table and installed the saw at the weekend. I'm delighted with my efforts! It's about 1.8m wide and after trueing up I've got th fence tolerance down to 0.07 degrees (5 cut method to test). Plenty good enough I think for the things I'll be making. I need to route in the...

Thanks Peter, I know why you're saying that - I've seen some horrific videos on youtube on where things have gone wrong. And in a lot of cases that's been with "proper" shop bought TSs. These can be stupidly dangerous machines even when assembled to decent tolerences, so the warning is...

Just a quick update here... I realise my post above was nearly two years ago! Thanks again for the tips provided - they were worth their weight in gold. I ended up not buying much at all - I have been making do with a simply circular saw and a couple of jigs and - err, that's about it! I have...

I've built a few PCs and you really need to pull cool air in from the bottom and push cold air out through the top. It doesn't have to be dead bottom and dead top, but you won't have the space to fight convection currents if you're building in a conventional full tower or smaller. If it's a...

Thanks guys! Pike/Carl: that's a good idea about planning out what I want to build first. I might actually start trying to build them out of the basics I have already (the only things I'm missing are cheap and absolutely essential items for everything anyway: a square, woodglue and clamps!)...

Ok, I'm new to this and pretty much completely inexperienced so go easy (ish). I'm not even sure I've posted this in the right area... I have some limited ability at general handywork and have a few cheap and poor quality handheld power tools (circular saw, jigsaw, reciprocating saw) - you...