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I needed to install a double socket on the wall behind one of my kitchen base units, so I removed the drawers and popped out the back panel before chasing out the plaster to accept the socket back box. However, stupidly, when doing the chopping out I neglected to protect the runners. As a...

Thanks for that helpful advice. Yes I will be veneering both sides as both will be visible.

I’m making a small box out of oak, about 250 x 180mm. For the lid I have a piece of santos rosewood veneer that I’ve had for ages and never used that I think will contrast nicely with the oak. I plan to use the veneer on a 6mm ply substrate which will be rebated into the box sides. My question...

I don’t think anyone’s mentioned Fujifilm. I have the XT-3. Crop sensor, smaller and lighter than equivalent SLRs, instant control of aperture/ISO/shutter speed without having to dive into menus. I have the massively underrated 50-230 XC zoom, equivalent to nearly 350mm at the long end. Worth...

I have the same router and have used the same method, or cable tie on the trigger and cable routed via a NVR mounted on the front of the table. The table itself cost me almost nothing to make, out of scraps of ply and bits of plastic for dust extraction. All I bought was some T track for the...

Go out shopping and if you don’t wear a mask we’ll fine you £100. Then go into a restaurant, take off your mask and we’ll give you a tenner.

Yes I’ve already said my original post was a mistake on my part.

Oh yes the penny has dropped. Those valves masks are ok in a workshop but not for the purposes of CV.

Surely the valve is to allow unfiltered air in. The air you breathe out goes through the mask.

I used 12mm for my kitchen drawers and they are fine. The Blum slides I have used are rated to 30kg and so some of the drawers are stuffed full of heavy crockery.

Could be a plastic skin over a cardboard honeycomb structure. If so I’m guessing there will be a narrow wood lath running round the edge of the door. Just taking 5mm off should be ok. And if you’re using a Festool track saw you needn’t worry re splintering. The other week I used mine to cut a...

Eric, that is an excellent guide for plumbing in copper. I must say there is nothing more attractive than a neat copper installation. For me though, plastic is the way to go. Perhaps when it first appeared it may not have been totally reliable but I have spoken to several plumbers/heating...

I now use plastic pipe and push fit, just installed a bath in my extended bathroom, it is brilliant stuff and very forgiving for an amateur despite some of the scare stories about such fittings failing. I also had to move a radiator as part of the new bathroom layout and used plastic for the...

I use nothing but Bedec MSP for external wood. I’ve not used it for windows as mine are UPVC with stone sills but I do use it for garden benches and for the timber canopy over the front door. It is water based and needs no undercoat or primer. It goes on easily but is a bit thin so needs 3 coats.

I live in a Victorian house with a postage stamp of a front garden and a tiny backyard. I have no intention of ever moving, so a workshop build is something I will never undertake. However, I find these builds fascinating and follow everyone's on the forum with great enjoyment. Yours DBT85 is...

Perhaps I came over a bit strong. Certainly no venom intended towards the commissioners of the work.

Incredible craftsmanship but FFS, how many sunglasses do you need? Ostentatious and vulgar.

I didn’t know such things as pocket doors existed. Seems a daft concept to me. Not only is the running gear hidden away so very difficult to maintain/repair, but I’d have thought that the physical effort required to open and close it is not as natural or easy as with a hinged door.

. Thanks for putting words in my mouth that I did not use. Your insults are typical of those who have nothing to say. Go back over the last 4 months and look at what I wrote and there isn't a wild conspiracy theory there at all. Still if the cap fits. Read your post mate, you put...

Your rant attacks the wrong target. Civil servants take instruction from politicians. The policies you don’t like emanate from politicians, civil servants just try to put them into practice - not always easy when these policies are impractical and wrong-headed. Not strictly true looking at...