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I'm making a worktop extension/kitchen trolley for the other half in beech, to match the existing kitchen units which are finished in beech (well, a sort of wrapped MDF finished in faux beech veneer, but it's close enough that the kitchen unit manufacturers can get away with calling it beech)...

I'm going to build a unit that has a piece of corian set into a wooden frame (rebated to support the corian all the way around). There's about 2.5 metres of "joint" to glue. But what adhesive should I use? I'd rather not use an epoxy (I hate the stuff, and this will be used in a food...

I'm going to be setting about building some boxes to hold a card game. I've made a quick prototype: As you can see, it's about 10mm thinck with a lot of slots routed into it, each about 4mm deep and 6mm wide, with 6mm between slots. What timber would you recommend? It needs to fulfil the...

My own fault, really; I've managed to make a box out of, well, wood of some description, and the wood is both very light and susceptable to picking up dings. It's harder than balsa, but softer and weaker than pine (no idea what it is; "not cedar" is about the best identification that I can...

This was less about actual woodwork than justifying to SWMBO why it is that I've suddenly started buying woodworking machinery (the real purpose of which is to make little boxes for certain board or card games, my "main" hobby). So the tatty old bench in the back garden went from this...

I need no more than about 50mm of 100mm diameter round plastic ducting/pipe. It'd be daft to run down to Screwfix to buy a metre or so of the stuff if anyone here has a small offcut that they could stick in a jiffy bag and post to me; I'll reimburse postage, of course.

I'd just like to say how much I hate the manual that comes with the Woodrat. I had the day off, spent the morning buying some wood and cutting and planing it to size to make a box. This was going to be my first attempt at dovetails on the Woodrat (I've got box joints down pat, but they get no...

The other half has noticed that it's summer. She's also noticed that I've been filling the garage full of woodworking tools recently. Putting two and two together, she now wants me to refurbish our old garden bench. It's a pretty standard sort of thing - cast iron ends and slats running...

OK, I'm after a bit of advice here. I'm making some wooden boxes, and the easiest way to secure the lids to the carcases is to recess small rare-earth magnets into both the sides and the lids. My worry, though, is that these are strong magnets, and the glue will need to be pretty strong to...

I picked up a second-hand Kity 419 from e-bay earlier this week. Not sure whether it was much of a bargain, given how long I've spent this afternoon getting various bits re-attached and squared up. There's n extraction hose (are they a standard item?) but I can bodge something together in due...

I could do with a bit of advice. I'm close to being a total novice, using the few skills I picked up in school woodworking classes over 25 years ago to build boxes from time to time. My main hobby is playing and collecting board games, some of which can be improved by making a custom case or...