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I've had a look on the Festool spares website but they don't seem to sell it as a spare part?? Any help much appreciated! Thanks

Thanks Beanwood. Can I query why you suggest to keep the holes narrow? Is that to reduce cost of bags of cement? I ask because I sadly DIDN'T keep my holes narrow (I tried but bush and tree roots foiled that plan) and the cement was eye wateringly expensive :cry: and took about 13 bags for all...

Thanks Tris - brilliant, thank you. I've already been out this morning to have a prod and the concrete is much harder so I'm relieved a bit there. I'm sure it will continue to harden. Thank you.

I'm building a play fort on 4x4 posts for my son. We're thinking of it as a treehouse without a tree. At the moment I've got two posts in concrete curing and two more to do tomorrow. I have a few questions, if I may? I know 1 & 1b aren't really woodworking questions but I hope it won't offend...

Can't see the edit button. Forgot to give the URL for the cutlist website. It's here: http://cutlistoptimizer.com Basically it's a cutlist web app. I don't like the one in sketchup 'cos it seems to fail to place all panels on sheet goods for no reason. This one seemed good but then I think...

This should work, right? This must be a bug in the software? In a way I'd be pleased to hear I've done something silly... If anyone's got a spare five minutes to test I'd be grateful! thanks

Is this within the realms of sane? I'd love to cut out the top two panels in my old exterior wooden front door and replace with stained glass. I have a plunge saw and was going to do it this way and then I thought about the near certain presence of nails/pins so decided a multi tool might be the...

Thanks - I did look at Peter's brilliant videos for this particular scenario but couldn't find anything that helped ME understand what I needed to do. The closest I came to finding something in his output was the stair landing bench with storage video. Love his videos, though!

Brilliant, deema, thank you - I'm now totally sorted (I think!!) with how to do my infill piece. You MIGHT also have armed me with the information for how to do the 'L' scribe to the wall as well. I'll have a mull on that one. Thank you for your explanation.

Hello! I am someone who can't think in 3D. It's a real pain. I use SketchUp to enable me to woodwork which I really enjoy, but I'm afraid I struggle visualising how things are going to come together and interoperate. I've built some cabinets for an alcove in our sitting room, and I now need...

Hallo! Am building a built-in alcove unit with a drop down desk flap. I've ordered some drop down flap stays with brakes but I'm wondering if I've cheaped out by not going for the gaspiston type. Two links to the type of thing I mean. And as well as this fretting, I am wondering how to keep...

Sorry for being unclear. Yes, the intention is to cover the plinth with a scribed cap on all visible sides. I'm basically so far following this video. I am also not going to leave it pinned, that's just a temporary fix while I sought guidance on whether the gap was too big. I'll use a piece of...

Got my plinth made and level (took AGES to get it level, the floor is a mess) - does this look OK? It's higher than I would ideally wish but not ridiculously so. 90mm off the floor to the top of the plinth. I'm wondering if I need to add a couple more horizontal boards to give a greater surface...

Thank you ! Good advice. Like the idea of log storage, too.

Hallo! My wife and kids have gone away for the week and left me at home with the brief of fabricating some alcove shelving for our (very wonky) living room. The house is from 1910, and the floor isn't level and the walls aren't plumb or square! I've got four sheets of MR 18mm MDF on order (due...

Thanks Hot Stuff. I have since realised I had completely got the wrong end of the stick and have changed my order from a 16g to an 18g. D'OH!!!

Just wondering about the Ryobi One+ 16g finish nailer. I've just noticed the smallest nail it can drive is 19mm. Is this going to hold me back from making the most of the tool? If I'm working with 18mm MDF or ply, I'm guessing this will mean I actually can't use the tool for (for example)...

Sorry - I've not explained myself very well - like this, but with the shelves at the side and the back being all quite shallow, so that it's almost like you'd cut the bulk of the material away if you imagine a bit of plywood being slid into the alcove.

In our kitchen we've got quite a wide gap between the edge of the chimney breast and then the 90deg right angle wall. My wife is asking for some shelving to run round the outside of the three walls but for the shelves not to be as deep as the alcove would allow. Does that make any sense? Almost...

It's a bit wider than our current dining table - the width of the table doesn't change. Additionally it extends to be a bigger table than needed - extending is good but this thing is a beast!! :-) Plan would be to replicate the design but change here and there to suit our needs. Including...