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Thanks guys, we went and had a look at a couple of B&Q offerings just to see what these things looked and worked like in reality. The missus liked the Le mans style units, they also do a square wire basket system but you lose a lot of internal height to the mechanism beneath. I think we're going...

I've been tasked with building and fitting a new kitchen. I'm planning to build the units from scratch with melamine faced ply (my experiences with MFC have been less than positive). Our kitchen is a bit of a funny shape - it's a combined kitchen-diner and the room is an L-shape; you enter the...

Tony - the drawer runners were these side mount units from Ironmongery direct (I didn't buy a box of 50 though!). Just screwed onto the MDF vertical panels and then secured the drawers to the runners - you can see in the images of the vanity unit the white panel either side of the drawers and...

Thanks for the kind words chaps. Yes, this is my first attempt at built in wardrobes - plenty of lessons learned!

I don't often put my work on here, as I consider myself to be very much in the "all the gear and no idea" category of woodworking. But this has been a gradual project over the last 9 months or so, and I'm quite pleased (mostly) with how it turned out. It might give one or two people some ideas...

The beam has a shorter travel than its length, mine hits the limits at either end before clearing the blade. My solution was to cut out a small section of the beam at one end: This doesn't affect performance when locked in position for ripping, but gives me enough clearance to get the blade...

If going for a chip collector, I would suggest at least 2HP. Most of the cheaper machines on the market are 3/4 to 1hp and don't have sufficient oomph in my experience - my Dad has a low powered Axminster machine that struggles with bigger machines (table saw, planer thicknesser) even though...

Wood grows at different rates in different directions. With the grain (ie fibres) there is hardly any dimensional change with moisture content. Radially and tangentially there is a strong dimensional change with moisture content (swelling and shrinking). Your design mixes lots of end members...

I would suggest you'll want to do the following: Fit a new MCB to your existing consumer unit, which will supply all power to your workshop Run a cable from this MCB to your workshop, and connect up to a new consumer unit specifically for the workshop. For most applications a 6mm cable will...

The table saws you list are very different beasts - the Jet is a compact 10" format style cabinet saw with a short stroke carriage, whereas the Axi is a much bigger traditional style saw with a 12" blade and an optional carriage with double the travel. For small work the Jet looks like a good...

My father-in-law has one of these which was his father's before that, seems like a solidly built machine that's capable of good work. If the capacities meet your requirements, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

If it's for a large or likely to be abused door, I would probably use a hardware approach. I used this kit for my wardrobe doors recently, and I'm impressed with it: http://www.bullerltd.co.uk/section/413/ ... g-door-kit The runners are easy to align for very long track lengths, the wheels and...

In your final image, it looks like the joint isn't quite going together - if this is the case, the joint is too tight and the cutter needs to come up a touch. As you have now identified, the key to the joint fit is to determine the precise cutter height that produces a snug joint - which is...

To answer the OP's question about mounting the router, I would just cut a recess around the router. My benchtop router table is made from two 12mm plywood pieces laminated together, I cut a disk out of one of them before gluing but there's no reason why you couldn't rout a half-depth recess...

An end to the story - after opening it up, I spotted a burnt-out wire that feeds the field coils. Decided to send off to Bosch for repair - they were very helpful and within a couple of days had collected and diagnosed the fault. Unfortunately because I'd opened the tool up it invalidated the...

Spent the last couple of weekends putting this patio table together to keep SWMBO happy. Hopefully that gives me some breathing space to get on with what I want to!

I haven't actually spoken to the retailer or Bosch yet. I'll give them a try tomorrow and see what they say. Thanks for the suggestions chaps! Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

A warning for those who own or are buying any tools from the Bosch professional (blue) range. I bought a Bosch GST140BCE jigsaw last March, which has seen very light use. At the weekend it packed up - the motor doesn't respond to the trigger, although power is still getting through somewhere as...

Thanks for the replies chaps. I'll try again to source some air-dried Iroko, if not then I'll just have to get some dry wood and wait for it to stabilise a bit. As they are going into a garage rather than into a living space, I'm hoping for a smaller difference in moisture between sides in the...

I've got a couple of door building projects to tackle. The first is to replace a rotten 3' door on a brick shed; having never made doors before I'm starting with this one as the final item isn't required to be cosmetically or dimensionally perfect so will make good practice. I've already bought...