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Gurt big bench for a Solihull Restaurant. Got to be upholstered/painted etc yet.

Freebird Interiors on YouTube are great for this. Alistair has put loads out about how he does it, for nothing, but with a lot more if you 'buy him a coffee'

Hard to give a definitive answer on the first question because there are so many potential variables involved. If you're unsure of things on a given design, then that's where mock-ups and tests come in. Your edge thickness, however meaty, doesn't have to be consistent through the whole table...

Aye. They'll be in the restaurant/bar as you go in, full of different wines. Red in the smaller front ones (room temp) White in jackets to keep cool at the back. Then the Sommelier will presumably tell you which wine goes best with your chips. 😊👍

I made a couple of tables for a bar, one of which is a very long (2.6m) 'Sommelier' table which for the un-cultured like myself, is a wine expert. They're not fully finished yet. They'll be ebonised, bronze socks painted onto the tapered legs and a cnc cut fluted surround apron fitted onto...

They're lovely those. Must be difficult to cut out for sure 😊

I use similar. QuickBooks. I can snap a photo of receipts and upload them and as if by magic, they are entered into my accounts. I go through it all once every few weeks and categorise everything. Car/van Goods to sell on Office equipment Etc, etc. I invite my accountant to share and they pull...

A bit harsh. It's rare to start up and know everything. It's a bit chicken and egg. When I first started quoting, I would sit and picture and write down every single solitary process involved in making something. Ripping down boards - 45 mins Planing/thicknessing - 30 mins Marking out - 1hr...

Cut the one out of my Fox extractor. Works much better now but I occasionally get the odd PING!!! CLINK!!! TINGK!!! KAPIIIING!!!! But....meh.

Trouble is when I take an early afternoon to get on the laptop, I tend to fall asleep as soon as I sit down 😂

Well, I'm similar in that I absolutely hate quoting. Particularly at the moment when everything is just so expensive, I almost give up sometimes as I know the final figure will sound ridiculous. Often I'll reduce the rate I work for to make it sound more acceptable. I know I shouldn't do that...

Very nice 👍

Don't do this. Absolutely no need to break rule 1 at this stage. It's unfortunate, but it's wood and it can happen. Being right at the end it would be possible to replace that one section, but if they're not interested, fill it with resin and get on with your life, would be my take.

Well let's hope it has........DIMENSION al stability. 😉

Tis done! I made it and have had it sat in my lounge for a couple of weeks just to try to prevent any nasty surprises when it goes into the clients home. So far no issues 🙏

Framed, ledged and braced door in prime European Oak. Tongue and groove to the back.....or the front.....depending how you look at it. 😉

When I was teaching furniture making in a college, I was already starting to see the effects of a diet of North American YouTube. Some pretty terrible examples out there influencing beginners.

Yes, I HANDED it to a man with a cnc machine 😉

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This is my thinking in the most. It's a difficult thing and it's why I normally shy away from doors if I can as you so often have to revisit them. In this scenario though, where it's not fitting in a frame, I feel like the worry of that is maybe slightly reduced. Although, not that much...