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I have made a table and have decided to try metal table runners but i'm not sure i can use them because of the size i have made the table. inbetween the rails is 700mm and each leaf is 450mm so overall the table when extended is 1350 can i use any of these extending table runners from hafele...

Dont bother making a rocking crib they grow out of it very quickly!! 6 months if your luck!y make a sleigh cot bed they can use it from newborn to toddler and use it as a sofa when they have out grown the bed

this is what their website says http://www.treatex.co.uk/hardwaxoil.html and i have spilt fizzy drinks on my table and had no problem it is quite expensive but you get what you pay for

thats ok great looking table i was thinking about a trestle table like that rather than 4 legs maybe next time ;)

is that a draw leaf table? not really what i'm after http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread. ... Leaf-Table thanks anyway ;)

that would be great many thanks

I'm not doing a butterfly extension just a simple solid leaf added to extend the table so i dont have that problem I'm making the table out of short ends and its kind of a prototype until i get a bigger house! the table is 900 x 900 extending to 900 x 1350 so inside the table will be 740...

stunning table =D> how do you work out what size slide you need is it the inside measurement or the overall table length?? little help please so much to choose from on the hafele site

i dont have a very big lip on my table like yours (great job btw) do you think an l shaped batten running on a groove on the inside will work the same?

i use treatex hardwax oil 2 coats then finish with briwax always had great results

well if its more yellow in colour and you can push your finger nail in it i bet its Idigbo :wink: is it quite light in weight too?

I'm currently making a extending oak table and just wondered if anyone has a good way of making the table top leafs slide apart using wood rather than complicated and expensive hardware? I was thinking of grooving the rails and rebating out a piece of wood to attach to the table tops that would...

Might be my laptop but the colour looks more yellow to me especially in the 2nd picture could be iroko what does it smell like :lol:

i have 2 pieces of laminate worktops one from b and q and one from homebase both i thought were the same but the round is very slightly different i was wondering if this will matter if i use the worktop router jig to join the 2 together as a corner?? (cant return or exchange the worktops as one...

does anyone have a link for this mini power feed?? thanks