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If things get a bit tight, I think you might have to slip into SuperDoge mode Rog :lol: :lol: - Rob

Absolutely Rog, what the customer wants, the customer gets, but it must 'irk' somewhat when you know as a maker how they should fit ( and how you would normally make them) but then you have to deliberately do 'em baggy. Still, customer is always right...usually :wink: - Rob

From the original post Rog, I thought that might be the case. I think that once they're complete with the cushions they'll look rather good...looking forward to the WIP and seeing the completed chairs...end of the month? :mrgreen: (hammer) - Rob

I can see that's a good, simple design and the inlaid back panel sets it off well. It obviously falls within the constraints of her budget, but the dead flat seat is going to be very hard on the bones of her students bums...I think if there was a thin, decorative cushion to go on top (say held...

It might be SuperDodge Rog...but is it approaching Mailee speed? :lol: :lol: - Rob

Lovely piece of work Rog, but I'm a bit concerned about the drawer fitting...looks good at one side and a bit baggy at the other?...nothing wrong with baggy btw, 'specially if the piece is going somewhere hot and humid. Just curious - Rob

To go OT for a mo', we've had some interesting discussions on said composting, and it's always a source of amazement to me the way the level keeps dropping in the bin. I just feed mine with green waste from the kitchen (spud peelings etc) bits from the garden and pond (no weeds) and the odd bit...

Totally agree Bob, simply because individual(s) who 'fan the flames' and delight in doing so are just not tolerated...end of - Rob

Sometimes though, the thread (together with the contentious information) is aimed directly at the individual (it's happened to me) and it's almost impossible not to respond but I agree, it fans the flames, which is exactly what the protagonist is after. Putting such individuals on the ignore...

I've built two 'puter desks similar to the one(s) shown by the OP, both using laminated pine from sheds like B&Poo. On both of them I've incorporated a couple of rails at the back to add rigidity, but I've done it in such a way (using large cross dowels and long screws) that the whole thing...

I use a scrub: ...from Dieter Schmid which has a very narrow, but deeply cambered blade. I wasn't sure I'd use it tbh, but it's the first port of call to remove all the crud from the surface of a board before the p/t - Rob

When my previous boss made a piece for Linley as a 'tester', he buried some Pozidrive screws right up inside in deep counterbored holes. When the job was examined by one of Linley's blokes, he found the offending screws, turned round to him and said that..."he would be using proper brass screws...

+1 - Rob

+3...I haven't had a look at the listings for screws for a while, but a decent selection of good quality small brass slotted screws and their steel equivalents would be very useful, it's the sort of thing you need for making boxes - Rob

Very difficult to say really, but if you click on the pic to enlarge it, it certainly doesn't look like any mahogany I've ever used...but it does look like meranti or something similar. The only 100% accurate way to determine the type of timber is by botanical analysis of the leaf/twig...

You'll know it's a cat if you find half of it's prey spread over your new green leather sofa :evil: - Rob

Another one for meranti - Rob

The examples shown here are stunning and as I said earlier, I've never tried anything like this so am blathering from a position of ignorance. However, I fully accept that other hand tools could be used if required. The only person I knew who used to do this sort of stuff was one of my old...

It is Jim...it dropped off! :mrgreen: (hammer) - Rob

Silence is golden :-" :lol: - Rob