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Hello chaps and chapettes, Advice and opinions needed please. I'm building some under stairs storage using every square inch of the space, I have designed it all on cad and the general shapes, heights of drawers etc are fairly set in stone. There are a few tall drawers containing shelves...

Hi all, I had a search here but to no avail. My next project at home is to build a wall bed/cupboards for SWMBO’s office/guest room. I have found wall bed hinges and full kits online but none quite fit my requirements. They’re usually based on a plain swivel hinge rotating about one axis. I...

Hello again! I am in the market for a dado set, and wondered if anybody has any advice, other than not to get one or to use a router. It will be used in my home (hobby) workshop, I have 20+ years of experience using large, dangerous tools, plant and machinery. I’m definitely getting one, just...

Hi all, I have a wadkin 10ags and I’m interested to know about the 240v motor I have. I assume it is original to the machine. The thing I don’t understand is this: I thought watts equals amps x volts so 11.5 x 240 equals 2760w or about 2.7kw. How many HP is this? The plate says 2hp - is that...

Hello all, I’m building some under stairs drawers and ideally would like 900mm full extension push to open drawer slides but I can’t find any after an hour or so of googling. They only need to be medium duty - 45kg is plenty. Don’t need to be concealed. And not too expensive. I may have to...

Hello all, I’ve been lurking for a while and have posted a few messages so thought I’d better introduce myself. I’m Nick, a carpenter and rigger for the live events industry, a job which I love doing although nowadays I’m pretty much a full time dad for two boys, 5 and 7yrs old. My other half...

Hi all, I’ve just bought an ags10 and I’m very happy! I got it for a pretty good price as I had to drag it out of a cellar and one wing of the table has the skirt completely broken off but that’s okay, as I was planning on removing a wing anyway for space considerations. I’ve cleaned off all the...