Search results

UKworkshop.co.uk

Help Support UKworkshop.co.uk:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. D

    My New HiFi Unit Installed :)

    very inspiring, I could really do with a bit of hifi camouflage too. Did you look into IR repeaters - a tiny "eye" on the outside of the cabinets that relays IR signals to stuff inside them. Means you can keep the doors closed but still use everything. A lot of the home automation sites...
  2. D

    Fox PT

    I'm interested in this too, in fact I'm about to buy one so this is a last cry for "no, don't do it" advice. It seesm to be the same as the Woddstar one mentioned here and here Darren
  3. D

    Stair/bannister connection question

    thank you, yes that does help. The rails are obviously longer than the gap so I push the top into the additional space area and then slide it back down into the bottom mortice. But will that work? The posts are pretty solid and the wood doesn't bend much. Also at the same time, I need to fit...
  4. D

    Stair/bannister connection question

    thanks all. I've sanded some more and it all appears to be sapele except for the landing which is something entirely different. Is there any way of making sapele erm... less red? I guess I'll get used to it. I'm inspired by the diy spindle route, I think it will look better as well as being a...
  5. D

    Stair/bannister connection question

    Fair point, I guess it would be easier to identify wood if you could see it! I'll do some sanding and take some more pictures in better light today. Thanks. My local B+Q stock them so I went down to take a look. They will definitely do the job. B+Q only had complete spindles (chrome plated or...
  6. D

    Stair/bannister connection question

    sorry more joinery... Our new house has a seventies staircase. Apparently it is hardwood (anyone recognise the wood?) and I'd rather work with it than replace if possible. I've got two plans, but they both resolve around the same first problem. Instead of connecting the bannister...
  7. D

    Fetool Ts55 EBQ - First Impression Review

    congratulations!!! Make sure you look at this aditional manual - it is full of useful stuff that isn't covered in their basdic manual. (click on View Tip in this link)
  8. D

    hardwood flooring used as skirting board

    Interesting, seems about 50:50 so far. I think I'll do the obvious thing and waste a couple of boards to do one wall and see how it goes. Ah, OK. I was planning to butt join and pocket screw them together from the back as I thought this would give me best chance of an invisible join. Are you...
  9. D

    hardwood flooring used as skirting board

    We are probably going to lay a hardwood floor in our living room. Homebase sell packs of solid "parawood" for around £12/m and this seems excellent value. We used it in our last house and it looked great. The boards are 120cm x 16cm and are 15mm deep and I was wondering if they could be used...
  10. D

    Spax Screws

    I bought some DeWalt batteries off the 'Bay a couple of weeks ago. Got offered free shipping if I bought a power tool too so got a 14.4v DeWalt Impact Driver as well (there are slippery slopes everywhere you look). Used it this weekend to put some 4in screws through some 6x2's. Nothing too it -...
  11. D

    Removing a load bearing wall - any tips?

    We had a wall taken out of our 20's house at Christmas. Builder was recommended by local council (and was great). He happily got on with it and we ignored details. Building regs guy came around during the job and said it looked fine. Once we'd finished and plastered up, the building regs guy...
  12. D

    Metabo Jigsaw

    Hi Andrew, Did you have a chance to play with your new toy at the weekend? I'm very interested in this - the price is by far the cheapest I've seen and I need a new jigsaw. Also, was the carry case a systainer type like Festool use? I know Metabo use these sometimes. Darren
  13. D

    Router table plate questions

    Thanks, that clears up most things. Are the 3 holes in the yellow insert also for the shoulder pin or do they serve another purpose?
  14. D

    Router table plate questions

    I'm at the very, very early stages of building a router table, well I've bought some of the components. One of them is the Dakota router plate insert from Rutlands. It doesn't come with fitting instructions so I'm hoping someone can help out with some questions I have. 1. The table comes with...
  15. D

    Homemade Router Table

    Hi Matt, I'm doing the same thing. After a bit of googling, I found this excellent site that links to loads of free plans. http://www.freeww.com/routertables.html Although to be honest, I think Neil's (linked in previous post) is pretty spot on and I'm going to have a go at something extremely...
  16. D

    MDF veneered shelf with contrasting lipping?

    Well would you believe it, a quick check on the web and a pop to my local library and I now have a copy of this book in front of me. The samples are great and actually I'm in two minds now. The sapele is redder than I expected and I much prefer the walnut. I might look a little harder into...
  17. D

    MDF veneered shelf with contrasting lipping?

    Thanks Scrit, nice reply. I quite like art deco stuff so if it was good enough for them, that's very reassuring. Nice tip about experimenting with the banding too - sadly I don't have an offcuts box to speak of and was wondering how to get some scraps to play with. Freetochat - I've had a play...
  18. D

    MDF veneered shelf with contrasting lipping?

    I'm very much at the beginners end of the talent spectrum and would like to run an idea by you before I get myself into trouble. I want to make some simple built in bookcases from 18mm maple veneered mdf. To add some interest, I was planning to make the face frame in walnut as a contrast - I've...
  19. D

    Tricky door knobs

    I've had similar problems and that's just on softwood doors. I think you have to drive the screws in at an angle, there doesn't seem to be anything else for it. There should be one silver screw screw amongst the brass ones. This has the same thread and you drive this in first to form a hole...
  20. D

    Trend Air-Ace

    I was at the ITWE show on Saturday and one of the things high on my shopping list was a Trend Airshield. However the display model on the Trend stand was pretty tatty and the screen was slightly cloudy and scratched. It also wasn’t powered up and when I tried it on, I didn’t like it. I’ve seen...
Back
Top