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Hi All, Recently I came into possession of a piece of family history, a lovely tool chest which belonged to my great grandfather. It's actually in pretty good nick but I want to do a little bit of restoration (whilst retaining the character). Main job is to replace the metal hardware which...

Ok, interesting about your experience with extensions over 30m2. My suspicion is that with some consideration getting the structure to pass building regs won't be too hard, my difficulty at the moment is finding a internet resource which specifically goes into the requirements for traditional...

Hi everyone, thanks for your replies! @Cabinetman I want to approach it as a traditional timber framing project, and so the post and beam construction of @Adam W. is indeed the type of thing I am considering. I have access to a forklift which should make the raising of such heavy timbers...

Hi Everyone, I am looking for some advice for a new workshop build I am in the initial stages of planning. I have always had an interest in completing my own timber framing project - my initial plan is to build a 9m x 5m workshop using green douglas fir sourced within kent (where I am based)...

Ok guys, thanks for all the really helpful advice so far. To me it basically sounds like people have completed similar processes with both larger and smaller routers, with differences arising in the time taken/jigs used depending. So I suppose the question comes down to what is the smartest...

I have thought about this, my worry is that the pieces will be too large to really benefit from a table setup. For example, as part of the design I need to route a channel down the centre of a 1.6m X 1m piece of ply. This is quite large to manaoever over a table, and would require a distance of...

Thanks for the advice everyone. Indeed, I am wanting to route the grooves in the face of the plywood, not the edge - sorry, I didn't communicate that very well. I can see what the grouting cutters are for now - more like a tongue and groove joint. I am after the more standard 12mm dado i.e. for...

Thanks for the replies guys. Trevanion you make an interesting point about the heavier mass been more stable - hadn't thought of that! The DeWalt dw625 does look decent. I have also seen the orange triton machines which seem to get a lot of love and are pretty cheap, so might look into them too...

Hi everyone, After a long break from woodwork I am looking to get back into it with a few projects in my new house. The first project is a kitchen island made from birch plywood, which I am really excited about! I am looking to buy a router. The thing I am unsure about is how powerful I need...