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Fair enough. I wouldn't be concerned about the strength. Cutting long mitres can be a challenge and you would need a dead flat surface to assemble them.

A mitre will always look better. Assuming you can cut an accurate mitre I would pocket screw them together on the underside. Don't use PVA glue as it will leave a glue line - a slow setting Cyanoacrylate glue would be better.

An old book now but Herbert L Edlin's 'What wood is that ' is well worth buying. It has 40 actual wood samples neatly stored in the inner leaf. The text is an expert discussion of the 40 most commonly used woods in furniture making. Lastly I remember visiting Kew Gardens ( a long time ago ) and...

I've got one sitting in the shed - about 3 x 1 foot. Can the glass be recovered to use as shelving ?

The Lamello Clamex leaves a tiny hole for the cam lock so is quite acceptable. You can of course buy cheap Ikea type fixings but they are a pain to use. I'm now saving for the ridiculously overpriced Zeta but I just shelled out that price for a car service ( + 4 new tires ) so I don't feel too...

The Domino is a great tool for furniture making. However, you are limited by having to clamp the parts together. For large wardrobes or any kind of built in unit I think the Lamello Zeta is a better choice. Lots of K/D fittings although they are a bit pricy . Easier to dismantle as well. As...

A homemade filler is likely to reject any finish and can stand out when varnished .Some two pack fillers claim to absorb varnish and stain - can't say I've tried them. Whether for furniture or turning I simply use a black shellac stick which runs into the cracks by a kind of surface tension and...

After the tablesaw it's the most useful tool in the workshop. Buy a decent machine with an induction motor. I also prefer a machine with rubber rollers as you can thickness wood right down to 3 mm without knurling marks on the wood. You should be able to pick up a Scheppach HM250 or its big...

Exactly. Biscuits have only one function in edge joining, they align the boards when cramping up and prevent slippage. However always use the fence of the joiner rather than the base. If there is a slight bow in the wood, using the base will throw the biscuits out of alignment. Getting a clean...

I think you mean perpendicular to the grain. They are ripple or fiddleback features and on the bottom below the glue line some olive marking found mainly in maple but also ash. I'd agree the wood is ash.

If the mitre saw is the main crosscutting saw you will use it 90% of the time. Try and stand it away from a wall so you can get behind it to tidy up. Even with extraction they generate an awful lot of sawdust.

its a false economy. No drill mounted in a stand will be as accurate as a drill press. Also you would need a 750 watt motor at least to drive large Forstner bits.

Joe did well to get the laminated ply down. Those Bessey clamps are really for light clamping - a set of Record sash clamps would have been better. As for Rhada attempting a resin pour with no experience -what could possibly go wrong Duh ! Does anyone know anything about that workshop ? Its...

Mount the router on a piece of ply and use it like a pendulum to rout a kidney shaped opening. Flat bottomed surfacing 1/4" bits are available but seem to be confined to 25 or 40 mm diameters. Personally I prefer the 25 mm. Obviously take several passes at a time.

I decided to make a doll's house for Xmas a long time ago. Of course it was running late and I was out in the shed until 4 am on Xmas eve ! :rolleyes: They are the most fiddly and time consuming things to make and I swore never again without a comprehensive set of plans.

I don't think I saw one of them use a square to mark up. BTW is it me or are there no windows in that workshop ?

All edgebanding has to be trimmed after glueing down and that's going to be easier before assembly. I prefer to use 4 mm strips of hardwood to match they will always look better than edgebanding IMO.

I find that Rustins 'Ring Remover ' is pretty good followed by their 'Furniture Restorer' . Rub on with a green scouring pad then buff.

Are they available in 230 volt /50 hertz for the European market ?

Firstly, that workshop was to die for. I can hardly swing a cat in mine. Secondly I kept thinking ' fail to prepare, prepare to fail'. It seems like £1000's of wood were bought without any finished plans. The contestants were always going to be struggling given their inexperience but the designs...