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I'm trying to make a shelf which is mounted on drawer slides so it can pull forwards. It needs to be able to lock out in the forward position, and it will be subjected to some jolts so a simple 'detent out' won't quite do the trick. The slides only need be between 300-350mm long, and they...

Yes this was my original plan, which it sounds like I will have to return to! Plan is to make a shelf from 18mm ply with some very short sides that I can attach the drawer slides to. On the worktop I will add two blocks to attach the other part of the slides to. I hadn't considered whether to...

That’s really helpful to know - exactly what I was thinking about doing so unless I can find something that is rated to a decent weight for use in that way then I will have to stick with the normal method of mounting them.

I am making a heavy duty shelf to mount my mitre saw on, it needs to be able to be pulled forwards and then lock out in the extended position for use. The pull out 'sliding shelf' will be 18mm birch ply approx 40cm deep by 60cm wide, and will be fixed to a worktop. I was originally thinking...

Hello, I only have a small shed workshop. I have a 'vaccum' type extractor connected to a small cyclone and a blue bucket. The extractor is one of these Vonhaus Dust Extractor. (Record Power and Axminster and Charnwood all make basically the same thing). I use a short length of the 100mm...

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Excel make compatible tracks for the festool (and Makita I believe) for a fraction of the price of the brand versions. I have two of their 700mm and two of their 1400mm, I don’t think they do a 3m though. Annoyingly for some reason their 1.4 and 0.7 can’t be joined. Peter Millard does a good...

Oak and Walnut Chess Board with brass inlays

It isn't really a problem and I am actually really happy with how it has come out overall, just isn't quite the colour I was expecting from the metal I had started with :) 't

Excel table saw!!!! V similar to dewalt but much much much cheaper!

I think this is what has happened - It still had a slightly yellow tinge but was really reflective and so looked very bright and silvery. I have noticed that even over the past 24h since I did it that it has become more yellow in this short space of time, so I wonder if it will continue to...

It is solid brass, maybe it’s just brighter than I was expecting after sanding, it’s a real yellow in those pieces but on my piece it’s much brighter almost chromed

That is a v good point. As far as I was aware they were solid brass. It was this https://www.diy.com/departments/brass-flat-bar-l-1000mm-w-10mm-t-2mm/254115_BQ.prd

I sadly have quite a lot of space constraints - the loft is currently used as the sheet goods storage area. She is always delighted when I ask her to pass a board of 18mm birch ply up to me 😂 Thankyou all for those suggestions, a lot of them are rather ingenious. I shall have a look and see...

I have been making a project where I have set into some walnut some brass inlays. They started off as a single 1m long 1cm wide 2mm thick strip of brass, and then I cut them down with the bandsaw lengthways to give me a 1m long 0.5cm wide piece, then in half again to give me 4 pieces of 50cm x...

I added two cross members to the roof (like the centre of an ‘A’ to allow for more wood storage up there, unfortunately that means less room for clamps! I’ll have a think!! The hinged Pinterest idea is interesting, I wonder if it would still be too big thoufh

My ‘workshop’ is small. Very small. It’s a 6x8‘ shed, which I’ve managed to cram all Sorts of machines into. currently I have my clamps just sitting in a corner and they are kind of in the way, but I can’t come Up with a way of storing them that’s sufficiently compact that I’m happy to go ahead...

Yes I wired it in after the switch and it works fine. I actually did it that way because others had explained that if it is wired in before the switch the button had to be held down fully during start up or would turn off. I have read the last few posts with interest, and wonder whether I...

DISCLAIMER – I DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT ANYONE ATTEMPTS TO DO THE MODIFICATION DESCRIBED IN THIS POST THEMSELVES. MAKING ALTERATIONS TO ELECTRONICS SHOULD BE LEFT TO APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED ELECTRICIANS, AND IS NOT A DIY TASK. THIS IS SIMPLY A DOCUMENTATION OF WHAT I DID TO MY SAW, AND DOES NOT...