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Thanks for your thoughts. Birch Ply would be my go to... it's just cost.

Good morning all. About to start my 3rd kitchen, this time for the most demanding client ever... the girlfriend! Have previously built out of WBP but always had issues with voids and edging (yes I should have bought better Ply). I have recently watched the Peter Millard series on YouTube...

Thanks Mike, going to look into that now.

Hi, Hope I'm posting in the correct section here. I'm making my first painted kitchen cabinets and, forgive my ignorance, I have no idea what type of paint to buy. Until now I've only created projects that showcase the material and aren't painted Clearly I wouldn't use emulsion... can anyone...

Hang on!!! Before you buy anything check out Great Barr sawmills. Don't work for them or have any affiliation but they are amazing. Prices you won't believe. They are essentially a furniture makers who sell 'offcuts'.... of walnut, oak, cherry, iroko, and plenty of other species at crazy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEUx9stLNMU 4:38 Yep, me too.

Hi SunnyBob 15*15mm box is £2.59 per meter https://uk.materials4me.com/metals/alum ... 6002002002 Vs £12 per meter in Axminister. Am I missing a major cost?

Hi, Just wondering if anyone has ever tried to make their own T Track by cutting a dado into a piece of aluminium box section? If so does it work? Seems like box section is significantly cheaper than pre-made T Track but most people I see tend to buy theirs.

Thanks very much for the advice everyone. Really appreciated.

Very sorry if this has been posted before- if it has please can someone direct me there, but I'm looking for advice on finishing Oak faced MDF. Would it stand up to a simple water based poly? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Hi Andy, I'll take the roughing planes please. Please see the PM I sent for the hand screw clamps for my details. Thanks

Yes please. Can collect tomorrow. PM sent

A massive thank you to everyone who has posted here. I always feel out of my depth going to a merchant because usually I fear I'm going to be laughed at for asking for a single board but I'm excited to look through their offcuts to get some bits for Christmas presents. Will be heading to Sykes...

Thanks for the feedback. I don't need huge capacity, just a bit more than I currently have (and never knowing how much I might ultimately want) and that seemed like a common sense way of achieving it. My drill motor is in good knick and didn't want to get rid of it so wondered if that was a good...

Evening all, I own a bench top pillar drill but would love to own a floor-standing press. Just wondering if anyone has tried to put a longer length of pipe in the pillar of their drill to increase the throat capacity? I'm thinking that if I buy about 1200mm of steel tube at the same diameter...

Thanks for the different options folks. Will experiment with them when I get my workshop back (moving house) and see how I get on.

Hi there, Planning on building a painted media unit over the summer for a new house- it won't be holding much weight so wondering about making it out of MDF (because its cheaper than ply) but I'm not sure about the potential exposed edges. Is it possible to use regular iron-on edge banding on...

Thanks Morturn Its sealed where the separator meets the lid- firstly screwed into place then I've gone around with a silicone sealant.

Hi everyone, I recently purchased a (cheap) dust separator from ebay to help out my Henry Hoover which I'm running as my shop vac. Got it all connected today and gave it a test- I can see the sawdust going into the cyclone, but then its not dropping into the bin, instead its being sucked up in...

Wow. Thats really helpful advice. Thank you very much. I'll hopefully add a couple of build photos in the projects section of the forum as I go.