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    Veneer advice for a newbie

    Hi all, I am going to veneer some Ash to fairly large MDF boards 900mm x 350mm and 1400mm x 800mm for the first time and I have some stupid questions. From what I have seen online people seem to use general purpose wood glue or something like Titebond cold press glue. I don't have a vacuum...
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    Extracting Rusted Furniture Bolts From Outdoor Furniture

    Hi everyone, I have some old garden furniture and all of the screws have totally corroded. The bolts are 6 x 90mm and they are stripping or worse the head just comes off. I’ve tried a bolt extractor but the friction seems too much for it to grip before it strips the thread it has cut. Does...
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    Teak Supplier North West

    Hi everyone, I have some tiered garden furniture that I think is made out of teak and some of the components need to be remade. Does anyone know of a timber yard that sells rough sawn teak in the north west? Thanks
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    Airless Spray Finish Issues

    Hi everyone, I’m having issues getting a flat spray finish and I don’t know what the root cause is. I’m using a Graco Ultra airless sprayer with a 310 tip. Morels water based primer and paint I’m spraying at room temperature 21C and about 55% humidity. Drying conditions are the same. All...
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    Dining Table Hardware

    Hi everyone, I want to start designing a dining table and I am looking for hardware to create a pop up leaf that rises when the table is pulled apart. Same sort of thing you find on a table from furniture village. I’ve had a Google and I haven’t been able to find anything other than simple...
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    Best wood glue for outdoor projects?

    Hi everyone, I am going to make a garden gate out of exterior MDF and I need to laminate two 15mm sheets together. Normally I would just use regular wood glue and I’ve never had a problem with this on indoor projects but most wood glues are not outdoor rated. I considered using PU glue as...
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    Question for Festool LR32 Owners

    Hi everyone, I am building my first project with the LR32 which happens to be a cabinet for my systainers. looking at the instructions for the sustainer drawers the first row of holes needs to be 57mm from the front which is fine because I can do that with the parallel stops. The second row of...
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    Dust collection pipe advice

    Hi everyone I am planning on getting an Axminster Craft AC118CE dust extractor and I need some pipe work and fittings to go with it. Does anyone have any recommendations for some cheap pipe work that also has 45 degree connectors and Y fittings. The Axminster kit seems expensive for what it is...
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    How Much Space is Needed For Festool KS60 Mitre Saw Station

    Hi Everyone, I am building a mitre saw station for my KS60 and I was wondering if anyone knows how much width the saw needs to operate unimpeded. By that I mean bevel in each direction and full range of motion. In my design I have allowed 755mm so the saw can be level with the bench top but I...
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    Casters with retractable self levelling foot

    Hi everyone, I’m looking for some casters to go on various workbenches in my workshop but I also need self levelling feet as the floor isn’t level. Has anyone come across an adjustable foot that you can raise and lower to engage the casters? I’m sure I’ve seen this but I can’t for the life of...
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    Record Power AC400 Vs Axminster AC15AFS

    Hi everyone, I’m looking at the two air filters in the title, I’ve seen a few threads on here talking about the AC400 and people seem pretty happy with it but I can’t find much on the Axminster model. Are there any opinions on one verses the other? On paper the Axminster seems to be a little...
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    Scribing Question

    Hi everyone, I have a newbie scribing question. I need to scribe in a fillet into a wall that is at an obtuse angle so I cant use the offcut scribe method as I have on the opposite side where the wall is at 90. My thought at the moment is to take a few measurements along the length of the...
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    Large format MFT Plans

    Hi everyone, I am hoping to move into a larger work space soon so I have started looking thinking about my new workbench. I currently use an MFT and I love the functionality of it so I want to make a larger one with storage and a router table. I was inspired by the BF/MFT...
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    Axminster Craft AC2305B Opinions

    Hi all, I’ve been thinking of getting a bandsaw for a while and I see the Axminster Craft AC2305B has £120 off at the moment. It seems to have mixed reviews but they seem older when the saw first came out. Does anyone have any experience of this saw or any other recommendations? Thanks
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    Blum drawer slide layout question

    Hi all, I have a couple of questions on laying out and marking for Blum drawer runners. I have a cabinet that I am going to fit three sets of slides to starting at the bottom and they are to be spaced evenly. I’ve worked out the distance between each pair of runners at 238mm. So far so good...
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    Melamine faced MDF/Plywood Supplier North West

    Hi everyone, I’m looking to build a cabinet out of a melamine faced board and I would rather the core was MDF or better yet plywood but I’m struggling to find a supplier from an online search. Does anyone know of a supplier in the North West I’m in Warrington so the closer the better. Thanks
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    Cabinet carcass glue up

    Hi everyone, I need to glue up some carcasses and I’m wondering how other people do it. The panels are 19mm veneered mdf boards and domino slots have been cut into the panels. The back is 19mm thick and cut to fit over the panels. The sides of the panels won’t be seen so screws are fine to...
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    How to accurately measure up for inboard dominos?

    Hi all, I have two pieces of laminated 18mm MDF making one 36mm piece and I have cut domino slots in the centre of each board, this is a centre self in a book case so I want the added safety of the double stack of domino's, also I'd like to know an accurate way to do this if there is one. I...
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    Table Saw buying advice

    Hi everyone, I am setting up a home workshop and I need some table saw buying advice. I currently have an Evolution Rage job site saw that is great for what I paid but it has its limitations and the dust collection is almost none existent which really annoyed me. I quite fancy getting the Incra...
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    What’s the best glue to laminate MDF together?

    Hi all, I need to laminate two pieces of long narrow MDF together, when I have done this in the past on smaller pieces I just used regular gorilla glue spread evenly and put some heavy things on top. This has worked fine but these pieces are a full board length and only 200mm wide. Is there a...
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