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Hello all, I am contemplating looking into making my own box sash windows for our new build house, due to the cost of getting a joinery company to make them, or the lack of quality of mass produced spiral balance items. There will be 18 in total and I am looking at £20-25K for bespoke!! I have...

Hi, Here is a very simple coffee table I made for ourselves. It is all european oak, 25mm planks with a 32mm top. This is the first table I've made BTW! The only other things I have made are a hi-fi unit and a complete oak kitchen. sorry there are no WIP pictures but I forgot. The legs are 3 x...

Hi, I am about to explore the wonders of making loose tenons :? Before I start wasting lots of expensive timber, I was thinking of the best way to produce accurate and repeatable mortise slots with a router. Is there any reason why I shouldn't do them on the router table? I don't have to...

hi, I oiled a new oak coffee table with Rustin's danish oil in my (cold) workshop yesterday. I gave it two coats (admittedly I only left it for about an hour before the second coat) and it wasn't drying at all. Too cold, I thought. So I brought the table into the house last night at about 6pm...

Hello, I received my new Axy 106PT2 p/t last week, and after setting it all up (including struggling like a b*tch to get the feet on!!!), cleaning the grease off the tables and rollers, setting the outfeed table to the blades, setting up the blades and squaring the fence up, I started using it...

Has anyone used these? Are they any good? Seems a lot cheaper than a dowel jointing machine or biscuit jointer. http://www.joint-genie.com/index.html

I have been looking on youtube at some of the mortising jigs for making loose tenons. Most seem overly complicated. I was thinking about making one from a couple of pieces of parallel unistrut with two cross pieces to give me adjustable stops. It would be easy to bolt the four pieces to give...

Hi all, I have only used european oak so far in my woodworking, but am looking at making some occasional and coffee tables from Ash, mainly because it is so much cheaper and I think they will look good. Is ash easy to work with, does it glue OK? I presume it is not as dense as oak, but is it...

Hi, I am planning to build a kitchen in tulip and painting it with an HVLP sprayer. I am concerned about damage to the paint and wood, being a kitchen. Has anyone used any clear finish over the paint to protect it more? If so, what? Is it able to go through a sprayer or brushed? Cheers Pond

Hello, I posted a topic on here a short while ago, asking for anyone who can make me some sash windows for my new build house. Well I am now looking into the staircase (I haven't sorted the windows yet, just trying to sort out budgets). I am intending to have a central free-standing staircase...

Hi, I am trying to budget costs to build my own house. I need someone to make softwood (or maybe hardwood depending on costs) sash (or fake sash) windows to part L regs. Any ideas of costs? Is there anyone on here makes these, preferably in the North Cambs, South Lincs, North Norfolk area? If...

Hi all, I bought a new 3D TV and 3D blu-ray player last week (happy xmas to me) and thought ai would make a new a/v cabinet to house it all. I had some oak left over from my kitchen, and this is what I came up with. I laminated two 27mm planks to make finished 50mm x 50mm legs. I purchased...

Hi peeps, I put a thread up a while ago about my kitchen build. It is now finished, at last, after 6 months work. For those who didn't see the original thread, this is my first foray into woodworking; I know I jumped in at the deep end and sometimes I have wished I hadn't! This is how it looked...

My workshop/ garage/ equipment store/ brewery! I know it's a complete tip but I refuse to spend ages tidying it until I've finished my kitchen project!!my little MB9020 p/t is the heart of the operation but it does like to throw the shavings around!shavings and offcut store!my pipe racks make...

Dear all, I am in a quandry whether to upgrade my P/T. I bought a new Axminster MB9020 little benchtop one a few months ago. It is very good for the cost (£180) but is EXTREMELY noisy and will only take off 0.5 to 1mm of oak at a time, making progress slow. The aluminium table is showing signs...

Hi all, I am have to cut about 100 small cavetto mouldings. They are 10mm wide and 7mm thick. All being done on a R/T.The cutter is burning the work in places as per the picture. It is a new Wealdon cutter and is spinning at 23000rpm. I have had to make some featherboard extensions as the work...

I have undertaken turning a load of European Oak into sawdust! Apart from that, here are a few pics of my progress so far. front and back of island unit. I've got some turned posts for the four corners and worktop is temporary! My first attempt at dovetails! A finished door! My door rail...

Hi, Was wondering if anybody had any plans on how to make wooden louvred shutters, I believe they are called 'plantation shutters'? They look quite complicated, especially as I have bays for them to go in! Everything I've found say they are made from 'Basswood'! Is this a species, or is it...

Hello, I am generating a LOT of chippings and sawdust from my woodworking (three big bin liners full already and only just started on my kitchen project). I don't want to throw it as it's all oak. It is starting to clutter up the place and even though i have woodburning stoves in the house, I...

Hello, I have come to the conclusion that I need a ZCI on my table saw (thanks to Steve Maskery for showing me why on his video). I presume this will need to be made, as I can find no sign of anywhere to buy one! The problem with the TS200 is that there is only a 'ledge' to sit the plate on...