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Hello, Yes, I know Suzanne well, lovely lady. She struggles as despairately as I did, I'm afraid, though she might not have needed to do as much site joinery and shed building as me to make ends meet. Mike.

Hello, Your right, I forgot Chippendale made all that stuff, dab hand with an emulsion brush, too he was. Doh!, I'm an *****! I shouldn't wonder he also made fine mahogany teeth for the local dentist. ( Who was also a barber and surgeon) Oh hang on, wait, Chippendale was a designer...

Hello, Don't put words into my mouth, Dr Bob. I'm not saying any of those things, I didn't say any of those things, you did. You have your business model and it works, you no doubt work very hard. But you do have a production set up, and it is not something I want to do. I don't want to work...

Hello, I was not talking about making to the industry standard, but adding hand made features that Jacob says we must, to differentiate us from the industry standard makers. Anyone can make MFC carcasses, buy in all the drawer/door fronts and just be an assembly guy and fitter. But we are...

Hello, Jacob, you still haven't answered the question of why almost all designer makers teach in their workshops to make ends meet. Or have second jobs, or do site joinery. Almost all of the others employ people to maximise the workshop overhead, which has problems of its own such as extra H &...

Hello, If you are sanding into corners, a ROS is not the best choice, being round and all. Wouldn't a quarter sheet orbital sander be better. I know they are not fashionable these days, but I still find them useful in the workshop. Mike.

Hello, Someone understands, yay! You couldn't tell Jacob, could you, I've been trying to explain for years? (hammer) Mike.

Hello, The cynic in me tells me it is designed to fail. I don't know what else to think other than the government wants us all to learn code. Mike.

Hello, Chris, Shonky is Australian, I believe, I just adopted it as the language I should use is inappropriate in such polite company! Jacob, Yes, this is the idea, we all have done batch production to expedite the making.Where do we store 10 dining tables? We've tried making lovely boxes...

Hello, Jacob, clearly in some sort of parallel universe to the rest of us. I simply cannot make a side board, employing the most deplorably poor methods of expediency and shonkyness to sell for 250 pounds like oak furniture land can. I cannot do it for twice the cost. 3 times the cost and I...

Hello, Jacob, clearly in some sort of parallel universe to the rest of us. I simply cannot make a side board, employing the most deplorably poor methods of expediency and shonkyness to sell for 250 pounds like oak furniture land can. I cannot do it for twice the cost. 3 times the cost and I...

Hello, We are not blaming schools, just stating what the situation is. It is government policy that dictates what is taught at schools and it is clear that government policy is not to promote craft subjects. It seems to think that someone with an innate ability to be good at making things will...

Hello, I don't think you mean dado, I think you want to put the ply in a groove, or a rebate. Incidentally dado is usually called housing in Britain, though we know what you mean. Mike.

Hello Transatlantic. Is this any clearer? You need no joinery on the upright legs, there is enough stregth with glue and screws to the plywood. Mike.

Hello, It was very cool, the college was in an idillyc location and I regret not being able to stay for the second year, but funds would not allow. I had actually been making for a living for quite a few years before I went; it was not my primary source of training, but it was a great...

Hello, I'm on child minding duty today, so a bit preoccupied, but when I get a minute I'll do a drawing. Mike.

Hello, Ply sides are in effect big gussets, if you forgive the parlance! If you are adding ply, you need no dowel joints at all, though. Half lap two frames and glue and screw the remaning frame members together through the plywood. It will hold everything together very strongly and will save...

Hello, I thought exactly the same. I recently moved schools from an all girls school to a mixed, in the hope that I could inspire some of the lads too. I think I made a big mistake! I cannot believe how many 16 year old lads cannot even use a cordless drill. Many have never used a saw! It is...

Hello, Did you read my edit about gussets? Mike.

Hello,. I would make two frames with half laps at the corners and then dowel the 4 rails into those to make the 'box'. The dowels will reinforce the lap joints and there will be no clashing holes. The half lapped frames should be the top and bottom with the doweled members being vertical, that...