LancsRick
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...and then realising you don't have all the kit!
I said I'd do a few bits and pieces for a friend later in the week including putting up some shelves/desks that they want from a length of worktop they have spare. No worries.
Need to buy a worktop jig. Knew that, £25 delivered from ChippyShop for one of their MDF ones, job done. Also worktop bolts. Fine.
Then realised I didn't have a long enough 12.7mm straight bit.
So I bought a router bit.
Then thought I'd better check that my 1/2" router, which lives in a table (JOF001) accepts my Trend guide bushes.
It doesn't, and Triton want £80 for their own custom set of imperial sized bushes. Jog on.
Don't have easy access to metalworking facilities at the drop of a hat (only with notice), so can't make my own.
Bought a new router, Erbauer from Screwfix, so I've got a 1/2" cheapie for running through templates where I need more grunt than my Elu, and need bushes.
Said I'd do the framing from pieces I had lying around for the end of the worktop - don't have anything suitable. Need to buy timber!
So with a wry smile I'm kicking myself a bit! Not particularly bothered as it's nearly all stuff that will see the light of day again on many an occasion, but I'm guessing across the years of experience on here there must be a few great examples of this sort of thing that put my shopping spree to shame?!
Go on, spill
I said I'd do a few bits and pieces for a friend later in the week including putting up some shelves/desks that they want from a length of worktop they have spare. No worries.
Need to buy a worktop jig. Knew that, £25 delivered from ChippyShop for one of their MDF ones, job done. Also worktop bolts. Fine.
Then realised I didn't have a long enough 12.7mm straight bit.
So I bought a router bit.
Then thought I'd better check that my 1/2" router, which lives in a table (JOF001) accepts my Trend guide bushes.
It doesn't, and Triton want £80 for their own custom set of imperial sized bushes. Jog on.
Don't have easy access to metalworking facilities at the drop of a hat (only with notice), so can't make my own.
Bought a new router, Erbauer from Screwfix, so I've got a 1/2" cheapie for running through templates where I need more grunt than my Elu, and need bushes.
Said I'd do the framing from pieces I had lying around for the end of the worktop - don't have anything suitable. Need to buy timber!
So with a wry smile I'm kicking myself a bit! Not particularly bothered as it's nearly all stuff that will see the light of day again on many an occasion, but I'm guessing across the years of experience on here there must be a few great examples of this sort of thing that put my shopping spree to shame?!
Go on, spill
