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It is possible to get 100mm high adjuter feet, but the reason they are the height they are (nominally 150mm) is because standard cabs (and therefore off the shelf doors) are 720mm high and most washing machines need 850mm or so to go under a worktop, hence the "standard" height of 870mm or so to...

What thickness are you trying to mount? Also how tall is it (assuming it is 50in wide)? In sign case making acrylic and polycarbonate sheet is normally held in an aluminium profile, but before the ally profiles became widespread rebated hardwood was commonly used (still used on small jobs), but...

From an installer's point of view it is probably much faster to install separate cabs on adjuster feet than to build a fixed plinth on site, especially where you have gaps in the cab runs to accommodate built-under washing machines, etc. I can't say I know of many fitters who'd willingly carry a...

You have chosen an oily wood for your worktop - a timber which can give problems in finishing. A worktop is a working item and not just for show and therefore needs to be something with a repairable finish. To my mind that makes oils of some description the only sensible finish. But where? In...

Just make sure that your dust extraction is very, very good. Iroko generates a lot of very fine peppery dust which is unpleasant to breathe. Some people also exhibit a sensitivity or mild allergy to it. Yes Scrit

We have a supplier up in Oldham/Sheffield who does that - for anyone in the area they're called Hills Panel Products. Some cabinetmakers now supply solid 18mm back panels, but there's no reason why you couldn't fit your own braces, or for that matter cut down a standard size to a special - I've...

Dom Possibly one major difference between Wegner and many other designers is that his stuff is all designed for mass production in a factory. I doubt that he ever made his own prototype without a master woodworker there to do the hard bits. For my benefit what is a nursing chair? It's just that...

When I were a lad in summer they used to whitewash t'mill rooflights for t'same reason....... Really. Scrit

Sure enough, especially if they're IKEA ones! I forgot to mention that it would be a good idea to check that standard/your choice of built-in appliances actually fit :oops: Scrit

It all depends on whether you regard your time/back/patience as having any value, I suppose :wink: That's right, blame me! :wink: ....all I did was to present the facts, honest guvnor. You can survive washing-up in the bath for only so long. I've seen near divorces over this a few times, so...

Pity they've never read a 1920s, or earlier, tooling catalogue, then. Traditional rip saws were designed to use hard felt packings (BTW a true recycled material rather than a petrochemical derived epoxy resin) around the blades to provide just such a zero clearance system. That hard felt is...

If your rip fence ends just beyond the leading teeth of the saw blade (or certainly nor further in thatn the moddle of the blade of thin cuts) and your saw has a properly set-up riving knife then kickback won't be much of an issue. If you have no T-slot style mitre slot, just the wide shallow...

I find many of Wegner's pieces stunningly beautiful, partly because of the apparent simplicity of the shapes he uses, but this is one of my all time favourite Wegner pieces. To me is a wonderful fusion of traditional Windsor chair form and relatively contemporary style (I believe it first...

It's actually Festool copying others in this instance. Kress came to market with the idea on their range of tools more than 8 years back with a patented system and I have a Kress angle grinder with their system which works well. Although Kress aren't well known here, some firms like Wickes...

For bevel edge you can't go far wrong with a set of LIDL's cheapies - believe it or not they hold an edge better than the Screwed-Fixed cheapies. I use mine for site work where I'm less fussed if someone nicks a £7 set that if some of my old Stanleys were to go walkies. For mortices you can get...

Actually, yes it is. The Festool has 8 holes out near the periphery to collect the dust through: whilst he Bosch has just 6 holes, further in: Not a lot of difference, you may think, but this means that the Festool is a much cleaner machine to work with, especially if you are sanding...

Thanks for the suggestions. I was rather hoping there might be a UK based supplier. The Dick ones appear to have those awful press-on hex ends which loosen off very quickly in use. I'll take a look at the Trend ones if my local dealer has any Scrit

For brass screws in hardwood I'm still old fashioned enough to use Fuller taper drills like this: which I've found to be excellent. I have a bits and pieces set of the most used sizes with stop collars, countersinks/counterbores and matching taper plug cutters. main problem is that almost...

DW I can see your site here, so what problems are you getting? Scrit

They're OK, but the dust extraction isn't anywhere near as good as the Festools. I changed from the GEX to Festool a few years back for that reason. Scrit