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Thanks Dr! Some very valid points and I have now updated my website with some of your suggestions... I still need to get it to look right in non-windows OS's but bigger priorities right now, changed my hosting provider so its back online. If anyone needs a site hosting I'd recommend TSO Host...

From Grayorm: If you scroll down you'll see that he's offering every trade going including electrical work :shock: #-o which to be blunt tells me he hasn't got a clue what he's doing and fishing for anything to practice on. He says he was made redundant from a professional position, which I...

What a lovely message mate, genuinely thank you Chris

Hi yep I have £1m public liability insurance :) and thanks for the comments!

Hi Stew, I'm assuming you viewed it on your phone? I'm still working on mobile optimisation, but viewed on a PC/ laptop it displays fine. I built the website myself in a week as I don't have any money to pay someone to do it and I have a bit of experience in design. I was left from company...

Hi sorry I know my post came across all spammy, its really not meant to be, I've been on here a while and have always appreciated the advice and chats. Just wanted to make that clear :)

Hi all, I know I'm not a regular but after having been a lurker on here for a while and getting made redundant on New Years Eve with no pay (nice) I started my own handyman/ carpentry/ decorating business. I've built my own website, got some flyers made up and jumped into the world of being my...

Hi yes that was a thread I was commenting on, you were probably reading my posts! But thanks for the heads up, think Ive shelved the idea now anyway, time involved just doesnt wannt what people are willing to pay... get the feeling people and just being conditioned to cheap Chinese imports and...

Perfect thank you, will give that a try this weekend! We should go into business, there's a huge market for them apparently and given our combined skills...... ;)

Very good idea thank you :)

Fair point, courier costs are £20 odd as its about 8kg. However not really no, I make each side, glue the end towers on so I'm left with 2 walls with towers at each end, and 2 walls without... which basically I just put no more nails on, glue to the base and to each other. So I could ship as...

Hiya, thanks for your reply - I'm getting the timber merchant to cut the ply panels to size and the MDF bases like you said, I've given them my measurements and they just run a few off when I call them which is nice of them. Then its just a case of sandwching the walls, and glueing painting etc...

Wow very nice mate, don't suppose you have any pics of the drawbridge pivots up close do you? :)

Thank you. Yes pu tsome pics on Ebay as a listing and was getting offered £40-£50 roughly, which covers materials and a bit more which isnt worth it for a week or so work on each. Will try and find an outlet if people think they are worth selling! Thanks again

Morning all My name's Chris, from Warrington and first of all I'm not a joiner/ carpenter, I'm 37 and have had no training on the subject and actually work in an office - but I've renovated my own house and and self taught on all things wood and creative. I love working with wood, my grandad...

Aw thank you very much guys, nice to hear. Have never attempted anything like this before, so I'm pretty pleased. It works for Playmobil yes, but I found some Britains figures (the ones with the green metal bases that have been around since the 70's) that fit pretty well. Just need to add the...

Morning all My name's Chris, from Warrington and first of all I'm not a joiner/ carpenter, I'm 37 and have had no training on the subject and actually work in an office - but I've renovated my own house and and self taught on all things wood and creative. I love working with wood, my grandad...

Bit of a noob here but is No More Nails interior rubbish then? Or is Titebond etc more for fine work? I make toy wooden castles/ forts and use NMN for that as I overpaint (usually) and its great? Its always the wood that gives way before the actual glue does. Yeah go on, rip me to shreds :)

Thats a great link and I've read a lot of that, thank you, need to read it all over again. However to summarise it seem you can still self certify (I think!) as long as you meet the requirements of the directive. Seems to me like a huge grey area and unless your sole income is a toy making...

In what I have read and what I learned from the conversation the CE mark is granted once your item has passed testing, like a Kite mark or Corgi (GasSafe) registration for other walks of life. Otherwise people would just be printing off CE marks off Google images! I would assume that using the...