Recent content by Simon C

Thanks both. Roy - you obviously make a reasonable point. Where it gets tricky is that they have said they will replace the damaged door but not the other one which was cut from the same sheet. If I say yes to this then find the new door is cut from different sheet doesn't match well then I'm...

Hi - here's a decision I would love some advice on. Just ordered a sheet of very expensive 25mm mdf oak veneer which the local panel supplier cut into two for me for a pair of wardrobe doors. Unfortunately the guy there who was trying to be helpful taking it out to the car for me damaged the...

Interesting. Hadn't thought of dowelling after gluing. Not sure of the advantage apart from dispensing with any doweller alignment issues I guess!? Like the way it has acquired inverted commas - it's not that bad! Just like a cheap biscuit jointer but using a method where precision is more of...

Thanks Roy. Really useful to know and we shall see on the Triton!

Thanks. I think drawer boxes may ultimately be best out of ply but might consider sticking with mdf if tests prove strong enough (welcome thoughts). Yes it would be hard not to be aware of Triton doweller's reputation but biscuits feel like a different beast strength-wise. At the end of the day...

thanks Worn Thumbs. I might (rightly or wrongly) draw the line at dovetails though. I think probably on the size of drawers I am constructing 15mm ply is probably a good idea for the boxes so can stick with 8mm size dowels if thats the way I go...Interesting to see Peter Millard (again all...

Thanks all for your help and here's the context for anyone happy to engage further. The situation is that I need to build 10-12 metres worth of fitted wardrobes/cabinetry to of 18mm oak veneer mdf. The majority of these will include large drawers (anywhere from 600-1200 width in the various...

Ah ok. Is there a reason why you wouldn't use dowels as such on a drawer box? Seemed a good bet in theory to me.

thanks Doug. Yes just been taping plastic packers to the fence and does the job. Jury is still out on whether the machine will cut the mustard overall but this at least will overcome this hurdle. Could I get away with 8mm dowels in 12mm ply do you think? Economies of buying a cheap doweller...

Hi. Ok ok so I bought the reviled Triton doweller - knockdown £90 on Amazon, 30 day return option. I might actually be able to live with/tweak it to cope with the accuracy issues but the fence has a minimum 10mm height setting. From my uneducated perspective this would prevent it working with...