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Esteemed experts, I'm preparing to apply danish oil to a coffee table project. I built the top with an oak frame, holding an oak veneered MDF panel and thought I would try a test on some scrap pieces (it's the first time I've used Danish oil) Whilst the oiled oak piece is looking beautiful...

I'm working my way through a coffee table project, with a sliding leaf top. The leaves open automatically, or rather they will when its finished. I just completed the mechanism that will sit below the table top halves and open and close them. Here's a video: http://youtu.be/avnxcPZJ1Cg Its...

Hello everyone. My sliding leaf coffee table project is coming along, to the point I'm making the top. I nipped into a furniture shop to look at finishes and other details and noticed some have some handy slide mechanisms, that allow you to pull one end, and the other end opens at the same...

I'm looking for a UK distributer of these: http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=769 I've googled til my googler is sore and can only find them available in the US. They are already pretty pricey and I dont want to rub international p&p into the wound. Does anyone know of a place I could...

I know its usually a symptom of poor quality veneers, but I want some really thin oak. I got some samples (0.6mm I think) but its too thick for my project. I need some that will easily allow light to shine through. This clock should give you an idea of what I'm after.... I saw a reference to...

Hi there. I'm making a computer desk/bench with 18mm oak veneered MDF. Lots of how-to videos to get me started with the iron on edge banding, but the desk is L-shaped with a curve rather than a right angle and I'm not sure how to best apply it to the curved section, especially since it's concave...

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Hi everyone. Stumbled across this forum whilst looking for a timber supplier near me. Found the google map - brilliant! I'm near Chesterfield and conduct my hobby from an 8x6 shed when time off from work, 2 kids and a baby permits. I recently bit the bullet and replaced my B&Q kit...