Search results

I have for many years now used a water based stain sprayed on quiet liberally and wiped with a dry cloth and left to dry. You can tell when it's dry when the wood stops feeling cold to the touch. I never have blotchiness problems, and if there are any slight differences in colour then it is...

I quiet often fill my spray gun with water and spray into the air around the workshop to make any airborne dust fall to the floor and also completely wet the floor to keep the dust down. Works a treat.

Nice drawers garywayne they should sort the kind of problem,s I have had. As regarding the thickness of the sides yes they are very thick but thats because I was being lazy. The company that supplies my pine laminate panels also do oak laminate panels that finish at 18mm so I just used one...

I have had problems with an oak chest I made about 8 months ago, with the customer saying that the drawers had become very tight. Upon inspection I could see that they had expanded quiet a lot .I was surprised that they had done so and so much. They where fine all through the summer months and...

With my pine, which is usually canadian yellow, I always spray apply water based stain. The colour is english light oak, which I find too dark, so I only use it diluted 3 parts water to 1 part stain, then generaly finish with a colored wax. Apply plenty of stain and wipe off surplus with damp...

Nice job and done well ! When you mentioned the weight of all of your materials it made me think back to my fitted robes i used to do with redwood. It wasn't until i started to use canadian that i appreceated the difference in weight. Not so important in the workshop but when you have to lug...

Colin, what are you like! :) They are a couple of hitachi's, not sure which model. A freud, not sure which model And a couple of trends The freud is the most powerfull, then the hitachi's and the trends are the smallest. The panel cutter uses the freud, the stile cutter and drawer front...

Ok here it is. :) Please bear in mind that i only made the table when i first started up in work as a stop gap way to do the jobs i needed to do, and i still use it. So i know it looks a bit dodgy but the principle of it is very effiecient. Its a compact machine based workstation. Cheers...

Its a simple bench 7 foot long and 2 foot wide topped with MDF and then the routers hang underneath. On it i do- Door panels Drawer fronts Door scribes Rebating Beading moulding I will get some pics tomorrow if you wish. Graham PS: I only do 8 hours a day, :)

I do agree about the pocket joints and to be honest i quiet often do use them, but thought i would make a special effort for you guys! :wink: And i sense another post coming on titled ' WHO HAS THE MOST ROUTERS 'in their workshop. :) :) Graham

:D :D Well i really made a pair of them, but bear in mind they are fairly simple and i am doing it all day every day. But they were not made as part of a production run because i do bespoke items and so dont have the need to set up for that. I do try and make things as easy as possible for...

I made a chest of drawers one day last week and thought i would try with the aid of pics show you guys how i make them. Thought it interesting to have your comments on what you think to my methods! Cheers Graham http://s75.photobucket.com/albums/i282/ ... struction/

No worries .Sorted the pics but struggling with avatar. can i use my pics off camera? What size should they be. Cheers :lol:

Having problems with my pics . My avatar went firstly and now i cannot replace it, and now these pics have gone. Maybe somebody trying to tell me something. Any help or ideas to rectify would be appreciated. Thanks

Finally got some pics of the kitchen i made with the oak worktop. The customer was aware about the hazards of using oak that you guys highlighted for me and he seamed un fazed. The sink side that houses the dishwasher and sits below a wall unit that houses the boiler. Another view. This is...

Thanks will pass that on to him, Cheers Graham

Had a guy come to my workshop today asking me if i had any Oak chippings that he could use to smoke various meats for himself. I do not have any and wondered if any of you guys had a surplus and would like to sell him some! He lives in the Derby area and i could possibly put him in touch ...

Read the thread about the pros and cons and yes oak may have not been a wise choice, with me being partly to blame for not advising the customer about the maintenance side of owning an oak top. But it's done now and i will be fitting it on wednesday ( will show pics if ur interested ). Have to...

Am i to think that Danish Oil is not good enough for the job? Is it a 'very' likely possibility that the oak will start to get water damage around the sink or is it 'just' as likely as a Beech top for example? Thank fully the customer is finishing the top but i have recomended Danish oil Cheers...

Just used 2-3 coats of danish oil! Why you say didnt think you could get away with it? Is it because of the possible movement of the oak? Cheers