Recent content by maxelcat

Many thanks for all your suggestions and photographs. I have very limited space (sigh!) living in sweat surburbia. The store is about 1m wide, 50 cm deep. So I don't need a lot. The shingles idea was interesting - and I hadn't thought of that but I think I want something a little less fancy on...

thanks for the reply. Perhaps feather boards aren't the way to go. I have been using "Wood piled up in a corner" but i has a habit of falling over, and I fear for the dog! Not sure which way to go now!

Hi I am making a log store using decking (given to me by a friend) for the body, and now I want to create a roof. I want to do something like the attached image, but run my boards hozirontally rather than vertically. I think these are called "Feathered" boards. The only ones I can find are...

many thanks for your replies - very helpful! :D

Hi I want to make a "box" approx 1m long and 30cm high out of 1cm thick wood. I am not up to making fancy joints, and I was hoping to use "Scan fittings" or "cam locks". (I think this is what they are called - as in IKEA flat pack! - I have pictures of these at...