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I made the bullnose myself, not too difficult, just made a series of kerf cuts in the riser and bent it around a former. We don't buy anything in, usually cheaper just to crack on and make it ourselves. The stairs will be carpeted and we used to M&T all handrails and drawer bore but now use a...

Hi all, Just thought I'd show you a staircase we did this week. All in oak except for softwood treads with ply risers. We were a bit short of time so had to make it quick. It took 2 of us 2 days to make and 2 days to fit and finish. Pictures are a bit rubbish and don't do it justice. Hope you...

Thanks HOJ We always use cascamite for any exterior work and especially laminating. It has a good open time, is the most water resistant and is not flexible so holds veneers firm without letting them move. We made the 6mm veneer by resawing 20mm stock down the center and then simply planing to...

Hi all, got some advice a while ago on how to make a horizontal boarded door. Finished a few weeks ago and thought I'd show it as their a bit different. Looks really pukka in real life and its a shame that the photos don't do it justice. I made another without a sidelight as well but it was...

Glad others think its dodgy too. On the day it was listed I spoke to him and he was a german chap who said he was selling for his dad who was downsizing and had owned it from new. I asked if he could send a copy of the original purchase invoice but he said they no longer had it. this sent alarm...

There is an altendorf wa80 2010 on ebay for £3400! I too am looking but this seemed too cheap so I didn't dare risk it. Here is the link, not sure if it will work. If I new all was good with this I would buy it in a heartbeat. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Altendorf-WA8 ... 2c907cddd9

About 10 years ago I left school and went travelling. I ended up visiting both hnt gorden and Colin Clinton in there workshops, I bought a pukka square off Colin which I've since used almost daily. Had never heard of him at the time and it only cost me about £20! Should have bought a truck load.

I've just laid a laminate floor in the extension I've built. Being a joiner I love solid timber but with kids and muddy boots coming in and out we went for quickstep elite white oak UE1491. It's a better quality one with a 30 year gaurantee. Easy to lay and looks seriously good, it's really hard...

Hi all, I've been asked to make a front door and side panel similar to the picture shown. It all looks no problem until I saw that the door is full width horizontal boarding front and back with an insulated core and there are no styles which the customer is dead set on. Does anybody know how...

Hi all, Found this new and unused 3ph DC brake in my workshop store room. Does anybody know if there worth anything? I guess its used to make a machine stop in under 10s. Had a quick google search and cant find any info. Any help would be much appreciated. Cheers

Just pop in and ask them what's best for you. The branch we use will give us a litre of finish to test if we're unsure.

I have underpriced some jobs before, the worst was when i built a large conservatory and forgot that the customer had specified self cleaning glass, I had only allowed for standard glass but written self cleaning in the quote. The glass came to a extra £3500! I paid it out of my own pocket and...

Hi, yes your right, to make a stormproof sash you would make the sash oversize and then spindle mould the rebate on so it fits perfectly with a 3mm gap between the window frame rebate and the sash, the sash then overlaps the frame by around 12mm so a total rebate size of 15mm. Because adding...

Thanks for the advice hansonread, I use the solvent lacquer and didn't realise I should dry for 30 days. This seems ages as I can't have carcasses hanging around for a month! I guess that once sprayed most kitchens are fitted within 14 days. I have thought of pu but think its nasty stuff and I...

Hi all I wondered if anyone can help. I use a lot of oak veneered mdf for kitchen carcasses and finish them with A/C lacquer from morrells. They look great to start but after a year or two the bottoms of shelves and drawers tend to not wear too well, especially when pots and pans are put on...

Hi all I'm after a new biscuit jointer and really like the look of the milwaukee/AEG one as it has a good fence system. Trouble is, i can't seem to find anywhere that sells them. Does anybody know where i can buy one from or are they no longer being made? cheers

We recently painted our feather edge board clad workshop. We did a test in creosote and it is very thin and when dry went an ugly patchy dark brown. It smelt really toxic and the smell remained for weeks! We used a Matt black blue house barn paint from barnpaints.co.uk and it was excellent. 1...

Cheers everyone for comments, Berns found me out. I bought the the toolbox book by Jim tolphin and it's got a great section on site boxes which gave me the idea for the wheeled one. The wheels are are off a pram and too small so I,ll put bigger ones on when I get the chance. I'm mainly...

Hi all, i asked for some inspiration on making a toolbox for site work just before Christmas and got some good ideas. Had a bit of spare time so quickly knocked together a toolbox. Cheers Bern for helping me with ideas. While i was at it i thought i'd bodge together a site wok bench on wheels...

We make lots of kitchens and always run a light bead of glue in the grooves. As peter says the real wood stiles and rails are still free to expand and contract but the mdf panel shouldn't need to be loose as any movement is so small. Over many years are glued in panel doors have faired much...