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Good afternoon uk worskhoppers. I wanted to ask your opinion on the following. This just landed in my inbox and I was asked to quote for it. A rather large chunk of a reception desk to be made from solid wood. Whilst i'm a competent woodworker I haven’t built something with curves on this scale...

Good afternoon uk worskhoppers. I wanted to ask your opinion on the following. This just landed in my inbox and I was asked to quote for it. A rather large chunk of a reception desk to be made from solid wood. Whilst i'm a competent woodworker I haven’t built something with curves on this...

I am making a new desk at the moment with turned tapered legs. Since I don’t have a lathe at the moment I made the legs the table saw using a shop made jig And turned the angled tenons with a router and a another jig the tenons fit in to a the corresponding hole drilled in to the two...

Hi guys, So I have run in to a little bit of a problem.I am making some small inset doors for a shelving unit. The material I'm using is 16mm white pre primed mdf. upon drilling the holes for the cup of the hinges the brad point of the forester bit punctures the other side. To remedy this I...

I have a potential new Job that i have to measure up for on friday and thought it would be interesting to get some perspective from the fourum members here as it has always proved so helpful in the past. This would be my first built in/fitted furniture job I have ever done. up until now i...

I was lucky enough to be given a load of offcuts of beach from a commericial solid wood furniture manufactur. I saved a lot of them with the idea of making my workbench frame out of them. many glue sandwiches to get the thickness of parts I needed. I decided to go for a solid wood frame and...

Hello all, I wondered if you could give me some advice on the right hinge for this application. I am still reletively new to world of hinges and there seems to be a lot out there I have been asked to build a simple library book deposit box made from plywood which includes a lid. I will attach...

Hi Forum members, I have been asked to make a wooden frame to house some Led lighting fixtures. A led rectangle will sit on the lip within the frame and be attached via screws through the back of the lip. The frame needs to be wall mounted. wall fixings are not something i have a lot of...

Hi guys, Looking for some feedback here. I am building some small style mid century nightstands and would like to have the legs removable and easy to install. they are simple tapered angles legs that mount to the underside of a small oak mitrred cabinet (44cm wide x16cm high). I wanted them...

I am having some difficulty with these basically i have built the drawer boxes perfectly to size and cut the notches what i seem to be having is some difficulty with the hole at the back which receives the hook. I opted out of buying the drilling jig and used blums measurements to mark and...

I've had it in my mind that I would like to upgrade my planer/thicknersser setup for a while now. The jet Jpt combo series is one of I've had my eye on for a bit. Firstly the jet jpt260. In terms of planing capacity it offers exactly the same as my old electra Beckum hc260 although I imagine...

Hi all, I have had my little electra Beckum hc260 for a about three years now. and have been really pleased with it's performance for a hobbits machine. I've thrown tons of hardwood at it with no problem. theist few weeks I noticed the spindle which the thicknesses bed feeling a bit stiff when...

Hi there guys So I am basically looking for some advice on which handplane to get next. I am heading to the dictumstore in Munich with the intent to buy a new handplane. I already own dictums own rebate block plane with open mouth and was impressed with the feel and quality. ( from research...

so my girlfriend bought a mid century table. aesthetically its very nice. I'm assuming it either has a walnut or cherry veneer. now the main problem is that it smells pretty offensive (something we didn't notice upon purchase) think intense stale ciggerate smoke and cooking fats. to remedy...

so my small 150mm combo square arrived and im having hell trying to reassemble the rule back into the head. I understand that t shaped nut needs to slot in to the groove on the rule. but even with the nut pushed up to full height it doesn't meet the groove in the rule making it impossible to...

Hello I am building record cabinet from plywood with oak veneer for a friend and wanted to run a few questions by the forum. size: 200cm long x 90 high x 50 wide I plan to either glue solid oak on to the exposed ply edges and flush trim or use the iron on edge banding stuff you get. What do...

greetings from a brit in Berlin. My question is as follows. I am building a set of oak side tables each. A basic mitred cabinet with a drawer and some legs. I wanted to give undermount soft close drawer slides a go and went ahead and purchased some of amazon from a brand called sotech which...

I was wondering with anyone with the same machine could help me out here. I’ve had this machine for a while now and only really used the thicknesser side of it with good results. I noticed the knives wearnt really setup for planing and would leave a taper on the wood. I’ve since watched a few...

so i have some wood here a combination of oak walnut and mahogny. i sanded the wood right up to 260. the applied 3 coats of oil based polyurethane. using a little steel wool inbetween coats and letting each coat dry overnight and the final 48 hours. finish was feeling ok at this stage so i...