Recent content by tezza111

No worries Stu I use paint grade edgebanding from edgeband uk no glue required as it is pre-glued. Just an iron and a bit of elbow grease. Cut the edges with a stanley knife or similar. Takes a little bit of practice, but is easily done eventually. Or make life easy and buy the virotex or...

Hi Stu. Ive been a professional decorator for 20 years. Ive read alot here about sealing etc. Over the years I've settled on the following for finishing MDF. Edgband 0.6mm tape....... No rubbing down of edges etc, sealing or dust and a much better quicker finish. 2 coats of acrylic primer. Fine...

Hi All Made this recently from Mdf and birch plywood for the drawers. Hand painted. Pretty pleased with it. This was the first job that I'd made full with the aid of Polyboard design software. Exported to DXF to display to the customer in Sketchup. The real benefit of something like Polyboard...

In addition......you will need to clamp the board upright to edge........I use a small festool MFC table that I made with their clamps. You will also need to clamp the board when its flat so its nice and steady to trim off the waste. I use a bit of Kreg clamp trax with their bench clamps makes...

Not sure about the 2mm stuff never done it, but my gut feeling is that its better left to a machine from a cutting service such as cut rights ( wrights carpentry) with MFC i normally use 0.6mm edging from http://www.edgeband.co.uk/22mm-white-ma ... dging.html This stuff is 0.6mm. Its pre-glued...

Cheers again sounds like jobs a golden. T

Thanks Tomatwark thats a very good idea one i hadn't even considered as I was looking to mount something on the sides themselves. I think that will work nicely. Can I ask......if you have done them, how would you do the notch? What tool? etc Thank you T

Hi Everyone I want to make a desk for my house from veneered MDF and will (hopefully) include some filing drawers which will have either 12mm or 15mm sides. Ive searched the web but can't find much. Can anyone recommend any hardware to hang the actual files in the drawers. I can't really do a...

Much much easier just to edge band it all in white paint grade edge banding. Its a very simple process with an iron and a sharp stanley blade and a little bit of practice and leaves a white paintable smooth finish. Saves all that sanding and sealing. T

Thanks Jon!.....just need to raise the last couple of hundred quid. I did consider my children's piggy banks and trust funds but after careful consideration decided that NO tool is worth steeping that low. Thanks again T

Ive been using this great software called polyboard. Its a very sophisticated piece of software for designing cabinets etc and staircases and is at a reasonable price. Thought I might share this with others. A great resource for cabinet and staircase work can be found at...

Hopefully I can help someone else out one day with some advice! cheers

Thanks for all the advice everyone. Some good advice here and Im going to explore all the avenues. What i really love about this forum is that even though things have been covered in the past you people seem to be more than willing to help out again..........there is nothing more annoying than...

Thanks everyone for advice. I mainly use 18mm/19mm for carcasses and for drawers 15/16mm.....so I'm thinking the 500 will do me for now. Ive been looking at some youtube videos and Peter Parfitt amongst others. Can anyone recommend any other videos or guides to the domino. Ive checked out Fog...

Thanks alot spt. Thats got me started. T