Recent content by OvalJason

I'm using butt joints and - for the first time - pocket joints using the Kreg pocket jig. I'm loving the pocket joints. Very neat and very fast. Overnight, somebody from Bessey Germany emailed me and wants to telephone me today to explain further. I guess I'm quite impressed they're taking...

Hi there. I know 1 degree doesn't sound much but over a 1 metre length (my cabinets are 110cm) even a 1 degree difference creates a surprising variance of 17.5mm at the other end. The solution is to glue up all four sides simultaneously. But that means buying at least another two clamps and...

Hi all I wanted to feedback on my experience of Bessey KR125 body clamps and problems I've been having with both the product and after-sales service. I've read tons of glowing reports about these clamps so it was a real surprise to find that the fixed jaw end is not perfectly square. I...

thanks guys you have answered my questions. south london hardwoods looks like a great starting place for me. i'll post pics of the results when i'm done - but this might be some weeks :) thanks again

thanks very much for the answers so far. I am based in south London. I now see that my problem has been to search out such massive panels of (unstable and expensive) wood. I get the impression that the recommended approach is to join panels. I am comfortable with this in that I now have an...

Hello all I'm pleased to find this forum. I've been woodworking for 12 months now and have completed basic projects such as putting in wooden fire surrounds back into my Victorian conversion in London using playwood from B&Q. I now want to move on to what you might call basic cabinet making -...