Recent content by vivavilla86

Thanks custard, good advice. In regards to the rails, would you place them at the back along the wall and would you recommend a minimum thickness? The entire desk is roughly 1.5m x 1.7m.

Hi guys I'm planning on building a custom designed desk to sit in the corner of a study. The basic premise is a curved L-shape desk that rests on a set of drawers either side. My problem is I can't cut the desk top from a single sheet, the dimensions don't play ball. So I was thinking about...

Good advice, thanks. Would you recommend just a standard hand planer or is worth investing in anything more? Also thanks for the wood tip, I will definitely be on the hunt.

I have also learned exactly that. The measurements are not mm perfect on my bench at all, I ended up getting it to a "that'll do" state, which for my first attempt I'm not so bothered about, but for all future work I know there's a lot I need to tidy up. Simple things like sawing perfectly...

Very nice! Any particular resources you used to learn from that you would recommend at all? I feel at the moment like I'm totally overwhelmed by information and I'm struggling to make sense of it all.

Great point, I had been meaning to ask where the best place to acquire materials would be. For my bench, I ended up just grabbing 4x 610x1220 sheets from B&Q for about a tenner each. The biggest problem I have is I can't really get any bigger materials in my car! This is highly restrictive for...

Hi guys Been a few weeks but I finally got around to putting these plans into action. Attached a picture of my workbench. Big thanks to all the tips and advice. It is FAR from perfect, I'm sure a season pro would recoil in horror up close, but I learned a ton and had a great time doing it, and...

Thanks guys! Great idea to try a workbench first. Apologies if this is a totally stupid question, but with no bench to start with, how would I go about cutting what I need to make said bench?

Hi all Found this forum today and signed up as I'm looking for some general advice. A little bit about me first - I'm relatively new to woodworking although have just finished a 6 week beginners course which taught me a few basics (and let me get my hands on some power tools!). I've wanted to...