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I have just put together the furniture for our nursery, which has a white painted finish. Whilst assembling the furniture I noticed that the finish seems to scratch and mark fairly easily and have had to have a few parts replaced due to transit damage already. If we didn't have such an awkward...

Does anyone have any recommendations for a hinge routing jig please? I have to fit 6 new doors to my house soon and would like to rout the doors and frames for the hinges to speed things up a little. I don't want to spend too much as after I've done these doors I don't think the jig will get...

I posted a while back about have a loft conversion done, well finally it's finished! :D As my house is now three storey, building regs require all doors on the escape route to have self closers on in case of a fire. The builders have fitted white plastic coated arm-type door closers that look...

I would like to fit a bifold door to the WC in my loft conversion. The only problem is that the door needs to be cut to suit the pitch of the roof. The bifold door mechanisms that I have seen have a pin that fixes into the top of the 2nd door leaf and runs in a track fitted to the top of the...

Does anyone have any suggestions for a hard waring, non-yellowing finish for ash? I love the pale colour of ash and want to try and retain the colour on my finished project. I was hoping to use danish oil as a finish but the sample piece I have done has gone really quite yellow :( Is there...

Does anyone know of a UK supplier of these hinges? I need four for my computer desk project. I know Isaac Lord have these that are half brass and half plastic but I would prefer them to be all metal. Cheers Steve

My part 1 competition entry was this computer desk Well for part 2 I'm going to have a go at making it :shock: Some parts of the design have changed slightly thanks to some of the feedback from the competition judges. I'm sure it will change again as I go along, as I discover the reality of...

Does anyone know anything about the new regulations that came into effect on 1st July 2007 regarding being able to leave your old appliances at the store when you buy a new similar appliance from them? I am about to buy a new fridge freezer from Comet and was wondering if they are obliged to...

At the beginning of this year my wife and I had a quote for a loft conversion from a specialist company that was recommended to us. We were pleased with the quote and the time scales we were (verbally) given: From payment of 10% deposit: - Architect in and plans drawn up within 2 weeks - 4-8...

I'm looking at buying some ash veneered boards for making parts of my computer desk. The door and each carcass will be made from an ash timber frame around the veneered panel. Having never bought any veneered boards I have a few questions: Am I better off buying plywood or MDF boards? (Is it...

Does anyone know any online suppliers for Blum fittings? I know Isaac Lord stock a small range of their stuff but there are a few items that I'm interested in that they don't list on their website. Cheers Steve

I have chosen to design and make a computer desk/workstation for my competition entry. I hope to make it from Ash, but as not really done any work in hardwood I'm still not sure. These pictures are the initial design from ideas that have been floating round my head for a few months. The desk...

Anyone know if you can get a 12mm guide bush/collar for a DW621k router? I've tried a few searches in the obvious online stores but not been able to find one :( Cheers Steve

Is it possible to remove the oil from old pine flooring? The floor has gone an orange colour from the oil that was used on it and it looks awful. I know it could be sanded back with a belt sander, but that creates such a mess. I was wondering if there was a chemical method (a bit like the...

I was finishing some drawer fronts last night with some Patina and part way through I noticed that the cotton cloth I had been using had started to leave a few fibres behind. Does anyone have any recommendations for good quality finishing cloths and, if possible, an online supplier? Cheers Steve

There is a nylon bush in the top of my router that seems to have worked loose. The part seems to be something to do with speed control and when it comes loose my router suddenly stars running at 24,000 rpm - not too clever when you have a 20mm cutter in there!!! :shock: If anyone can let me...

My neighbors have a sideboard (the veneered MDF type with a hardboard back) that sticks out from their wall too far and have asked me if I could cut it back to sit flush with their chimney breast. I need to reduce the depth by about 100mm, so my plan was to remove the hardboard back, cut most...

I found this collet on amazon. It says DW621 in the title but I assumed my router was only capable of taking 1/4" shank cutters :? Is the American version of the router any different to the UK version or would this collet work in my router? Would the DW621k be ok running 1/2" shank cutters...

I have just made a small side table in oak and I'm now about to apply the finish to it. The table has been sanded 150g & 240g and I have a tin of matt varnish waiting to be applied. Questions: 1 - Do I need to sand to a finer grit before I apply the varnish? 2 - Is there anything else I...

I'm looking to buy a new ROS. The two I'm looking at are the Bosch GEX 150AC and the Metabo SXE 450 duo. I've searched through the posts and found quite a bit of info on the Metabo but not much really on the Bosch. Is there much to choose between the two I've listed and are there any others I...