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I've got a big project coming up to build out a room full of built-in bookshelves and a few cabinets for other rooms, so have just been chatting with the rep at Lathams about plywood prices. I was glad to see they've come down a bit from astronomical prices a year ago. He mentioned they are...

Has anyone ever managed to find a cranked cabinet door hinge that works on a 25mm thick door? It seems like the only thing that anyone sells is for 16mm thick timber, and I've opted for a thicker door, just because. Seems like the sort of thing that might come in options, but I'm coming up blank...

I'm finishing a bench for our kitchen, which is intended to add a bit of seating + storage and hide two big radiators. Now that I've finished the carcass and am starting to put in the ply sheets I'm trying to find a good way to adapt the original design away from a straight back to a slightly...

I've been routing out 6mm (well, 6.7mm, but hey ho) dadoes to slide in cabinet backs and drawer bottoms. Having just broken my bit, I did a bit of work to see what might be the problem. My collett seems ok, and there aren't any worrying marks on the broken bit (it's a trend 6.3mm double-flute...

I'm planning on building a kitchen full of freestanding cabinets using 18mm cabinet grade ply. I've built standard cabinets before and am trying to get my head around some of the design changes. In the past, I have tended to route a dado into the sides for the bottom to fit into. It seems to me...

I'm finally getting underway making my cabinets on our new (1880) home having completely demolished the previous kitchen. What I've learned is that the house is all earth floors with quarry tile (or suspended timber in other rooms) and solid 9" brick walls with lime plaster (4cm thick in some...

As shown in picture, the paint is chipping off my Dewalt table saw, which is otherwise in quite good shape. I bought it used and it came this way, so had assumed that I might want to restore it. Anyone run into this before? Have tips re: paint that might work well to emulate the original smooth...

So, I've just unloaded a few sheets of 18mm birch cabinet-grade plywood and good grief that stuff is heavy. I'm reasonably fit, and have moved sheet goods before, but this stuff is another level entirely and I found myself needing a break after unloading just a few sheets from the top of our...

Several firsts represented here - first go at mock-up in sketchup and my first proper cabinet. So, any & all feedback most welcome! Have been reading over a ton of posts here and absorbing useful suggestions, but still a long way to go. This will be the first of a whole lot of cabinetry as I'll...

I've just managed to get my hands on a used Hitachi M12V2. It's a fantastic source of kit - thanks to everyone for the posts on here that were so helpful in sorting out my options. Next step is to build myself a table for this router. I've perused posts here but haven't seen much discussion of...

I'm in the process of pulling together kit to build kitchen cabinets for an old home we're renovating (to live in). I'll be building cabinets using 18mm birch ply and edge banding and am just starting to think about how I want to do doors and drawers. I've accepted that domino joinery is out of...

I'm going to be doing a good bit of cabinetry and built-in shelving in a home we're renovating. For this, I'll be assembling frames using a kreg pocket jig, and for 18mm birch ply I'm expecting to use the Kreg 32mm No.8 Coarse Washer Head Screws. From what I can tell, you can get a bulk pack of...

Long time hobbyist here finally starting to buy power tools now that I'm no longer completely broke. I've begun trying to conceptualise the dust/chip extraction air filtration etc. aspect of my kit. I'm terribly grateful for all the resources here on dust extraction especially - this has been...

I was very glad to find this site and have found the forums to be quite helpful. I'm just starting a box project and need to get the timber resawn from 1" down to something like 3/8" thickness. I've got a small flat and for obvious reasons don't have a bandsaw and planer, so I've been trying to...