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Hi everyone I’ve generally used butt hinges on most of my projects and don’t have much experience of the kitchen cabinet/blum style hinges. I’m sure I read somewhere on this forum that inset hinges aren’t designed to be flush with the carcass, is that right or have I misunderstood? Also for...

Good evening everyone I’m embarking on a corner wardrobe build at home. Doors will be shaker style full overlay 22mm MRMDF rails and stiles with 9mm MRMDF panels with floating tenons (thanks for the youtube videos if you’re reading this Peter Millard :-)). The doors will be tall (approx...

Hi all Thanks for all the replies it’s really helpful. Jacob - if it were me I’d go traditional but the mrs has her mind on soft close and she won’t be changing her mind!! Johnnyb - yes possibly, do you want to send me a pm with details of how many, price, etc? Cheers Pete

Thanks woody I’ll take a look. Any other suggestions anyone?

Morning everyone I’m about to embark on my first set of drawers. Can anyone recommend drawer runners? The choice is bewildering! Something sturdy and with soft close? They are just for clothes in a wardrobe so won’t be holding a huge amount of weight. Cheers Pete

Good spot Phil, if only I wasn’t 300 miles away I’d have it!

Hi Tim What a magnificent restoration!! Looks absolutely tremendous. Is it right that it’s only 90kg? If I had room I’d bite your hand off for this. Cheers Pete

Hi Adam Did you ever manage to offload the block plane that was looking for a new home? Would be happy to buy it off you if it’s still surplus to requirements. Cheers Pete

Evening everyone I’ve done a few jobs like this now, but roughly how much would you charge/do you charge to build a cabinet around this pipework? Double shaker doors (probably 6mm panel and 18mm stiles and rails), 22mm countertop with ovolo detail, all primed and double top coat (white...

Hi jon I’m in the Newcastle area too. You could try Ashley timber in South Shields, they are very reasonable. Arbor timber in meadow field/Durham is also great, with an old fashioned machine shop but they are a bit more expensive. Another alternative is nordstroms in Sunderland (they’ve...

Thanks for all the responses everyone. My workshop is fairly small and access isn’t great so I think I’d struggle to get anything bigger than the Startrite in there. And yes it’s mainly shorter lengths I’d be ripping. I sometimes feel burning the logs that I can kindly get from a local tree...

Hi, has anyone got any thoughts or experience with this bandsaw? I’ve seen one advertised locally (£300) that looks like it’s in good condition but doesn’t have a fence. My plan is mainly to use it for cutting down 12” (ish) logs into useable timber. Anything I should look out for or any better...

If you are going to be cutting/routing grooves in the rails/stiles to house a thinner panel them this would probably pull the lengths back straight. Having said that, if it came off a delivery lorry looking like a banana I’d be sending it back. Did it arrive like that or is it just since...

Hi Doug have you searched for boxes of old nettlefold screws on places lile EBay? That’s probably your best bet i think.

I think I used lithium grease on mine and it seems to work well

It’s a shame you aren’t a bit closer as I’d have bitten your hand off for the pillar drill. Really nice of you to offer them for free, I’m sure someone will be along soon to take them off your hands and will look after them well.

Hi all I’m thinking about getting a bench mounted pillar drill (drill press?). I’ve searched the forum and have seen that startrite mercuries often get recommended, are there any others that I should be looking out for? I actually had an old Churchill drill press which I believe was from the...

Hi Alex, you’ve probably got a few options. Add a divider above the shelf that’s above the clothes rail which would work even better if you could get some sort of fixing from the top of the carcass into the ceiling. You could add a solid wood lipping to the front of the shelf and screw through...

Hi everyone Thanks for the replies so far. It’s a picture from a magazine that has been stored rolled up so the photo made it looks like the unit is curved but in fact it’s just the picture that was curved! I’ve attached a better photo. So maybe a 2x1 or 2x2 frame underneath the seat, secured...

Morning everyone How would you make something like this? Mainly thinking what you would make it from, 22mm mrmdf? And would you use the mrmdf for the seating bench too? And also how would you attach the seat to the cupboards each side? I can’t imagine dominoes would be strong enough? Cheers...