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Hi Everyone Work and the arrival of little man no. 3 have kept me from just about anything including internet and woodworking for a while! :( I bought a table saw about 6 months ago (Axminster 10”) that I’ve not had a chance to plug in yet much less use. I work in a front room of our house...

Hi Everyone! I have to make 1800mm floating shelves in an alcove. I usually make these up to about 1200mm in a torsion box type build. I was wondering if this would still be ok for this span? If so, any recommendations for minumum size of softwood for the "web"? Also, I'd like to get a...

HI Everyone I've had a workshop build in mind since we moved to our new place a few years back and I thought to go about it in the way on "Mike's workshop build" post. However, my wife's fed up of me commandeering the two front rooms as workshop space and reckons it will be a lot faster to...

Hi Everyone! It's been ages since I've been around and hope all is well with UKWorkshop and it's members! :D I am really excited as this week I'm finally ordering (and hopefully getting!) my HVLP unit. In preparation for this I was thinking of buying a portable blower/ventilator like this...

Hi Everybody! :) Quick question. If making a torsion box for a shelf is it best to use: 1. Strips the length of the shelf width with shorter ones in between them running depth wise to form the grid pattern; 2. Strips the length of the shelf depth with shorter strips running across the width of...

Hi Everyone Weather's starting to look up this week so fingers crossed we get a sunny and mild spring!!! 10 years or so ago I bought my first batch of tools, among them a little Ryobi table saw. I only used it to cut a few thin strips of plywood (to fill gaps in the kitchen floor between...

Hi Everyone I have to make some shelves and ideally they'll be as thin as possible 18-25mm thick (torsion box has been shot down). :( The span is approximately 1600mm and the shelf depth will be approx 300mm. I thought to use two sheets of either 9 or 12 mm mdf, route a 10x5mm groove (or 2)...

Hi Everyone! I have to make a couple of floating shelves for an alcove. They'll be about 350mm deep and 1200mm wide. I'd be grateful for some advice on what materials to use for the torsion box. Top and bottom will be 9mm MR MDF. Can I use 18 or 25mm mdf cut into 30mm strips for the torsion...

Hi Everyone Apologies if this is in the wrong forum I wasn't sure but please move it if it shouldn't be here. :) I've finally decided to buy one of these half masks with the p3 filtersas I find that even with dust extraction when I'm sanding lots my sinuses get bunged up and give me really bad...

Hi Everyone Away on holiday at the moment and saw this wooden panelling in a park and was wondering what wood it was. I guessed iroko perhaps but honestly have no idea. Any thoughts? Thanks! Aidex

Hi Everyone! Does anyone know where I can buy some 25mm preferably MRMDF in long lengths? It has to be longer than the 10' panels ideally at least 4m. Places that do skirting and architrave sell these up to 5.4m but I've called Latham and a few other local yards and they don't sell them as...

Hi Everyone I'm about to start building some bedroom furniture with oak veneer carcasses and wenge veneer mdf boards for doors and drawer fronts. I've never used but am keen to try out an Osmo product to finish these as what I've read and heard is that it's a very good hard wearing product...

Hi Everyone First of all apologies if I should've posted this in the "Design"forum I honestly thought this was probably the more suitable forum. I am building a super king sized bed and to keep the weight down my wife suggested I build and clad a frame rather than make mdf boxes for the...

Hi Everyone Has anyone used nor seen finished projects made using the above? I think they use a cheap timber (poplar) to make veneered med boards that look like expensive veneers like ebony. I'm just interested to see what you think of them - hkw they compare to the real thing, ho well they...

Hi Everyone I have to make an under stairs cupboard. The width of it is approx 1800mm and the height goes from approx 200mm under the second step to approx 1800mm at the highest point. My plan is to build 3 X carcasses of approx 600mm following the angle of the staircase and fit them in place...

Hi Everyone I've only ever used pre glued edging tape before but I've got a cabinet to build with a eneered board that my supplier can only provide the edging (0.5,1, 2 or 3mm) all unglued. I don't have an edgebander and I don't have a vacuum press etc plus some of the boards that will need...