Recent content by robin

I've taken delivery of my BS350x from D&M and in general I'm happy with it but there are a few niggles and questions. As I'm going to be using it mainly for re-sawing I swapped out the fitted blade and installed the supplied 3/4" inch blade. On the supplied DVD it shows the presenter...

My brother owns a piece of woodland. From clearing/thinning some trees he has some burrs (I don't know the species). What is the best thing to do to prepare it for veneers with a bandsaw? 1. Let it dry naturally as is 2. slice into perhaps 1" thicknesses, stick and let dry 3. slice into 1-2mm...

Yep, add to that the fun of looking up at the sky in horror as the rain clouds roll in and having to pack everything up and shift it inside pdq before it all gets soggy! I certainly will share the kitchen build. I have to design it first which, being a computer geek by trade won't be that bad...

Roger, I'm afraid that as I was building this for myself over time I haven't really kept an eye on the budget. The original stash of wood and ply was about £280. I have since ordered another £100 of wood but won't use all of it on this project (especially if I get my new bandsaw which means I...

hmmmm, no... The carcass was built with 19mm ply. The original idea was to face the exposed bits with 4mm ash faced ply and leave the cupboard interiors just bare ply. This was to save costs. Half way through I decided to face the interior of the cupboards as well. What a PITA that was! After...

Does anyone have any recommendations for a bandsaw. I really need to be able resaw 6" planks of ash down to thickness before final planing / thicknessing. Whilst 6" ash is my current requirement I can see needing to change that to other, harder woods although I don't think I'll ever need to...

Although it is my first piece of furniture I have been playing with wood for several years as part of renovating the cottage that I live in. I did make the stairs for example although as they used a lot of bought in components such as the newel posts, hand rail, spindles etc. I can't really call...

Brad, Yep I made the mouldings. They are made from 5 pieces. The cove was made by clamping a bar at an angle to the saw and then running the stock at an angle to the blade (somewhat dangerous but hey, I'd seen Norm do it). The dentille moulding was mad by cross cutting a length of stock 3mm...

Thanks for the kind comments. I have to get the damn thing finished quickly though as I'm moving in with fiancee and will be renting the house out so I'm now doing all this for someone else to enjoy (wreck!!)... :( One of the benefits of the move is a nice double garage nee workshop. I've...

I came across this site a few days ago and have been viewing with awe some of the projects here. This is my first attempt at furniture building so please go easy on me...... The small drawer top right has had a coat of danish oil on it hence the different colour All of this was built...