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Has anyone got any useful advice regarding getting paint INTO (but not filling!) 5mm holes used for shelf supports? The library I am making is to be painted green and the freshly drilled holes (c 4,000) of them are rather obvious because the substrate is birch ply I have tried spraying but...

Nice boat but : Get your fenders in! Cheers Tim

Hafele stock a whole bunch www.hafele.co.uk. look in kitchen accessories and then breakfast bar supports. Isaac Lord will generally get you what you want from Hafele although its not difficult to open an account with Hafele. You could say you are a property developer (if you are doing up a...

Roger - search under 'cluster flies'. They are particularly common in Herefordshire. The council regard them as a pest and will come and get rid of them for you - involves a smoke bomb and a frosty day. The smoke chases them out and the frost kills them. They produce a pheromone which means...

I find that running a block plane with the blade retracted over the surface after using the iron a good way to ensure a strong bond and take the heat out of the glue quickly to help it cure. For trimming real wood veneers, I tend to flip the panel veneer edge down onto a sacrificial board and...

Its most likely algae as Adam says and pressure washing is the way ahead. If its the grooved kind, its even more likely to have algae probs. Cheers Tim

I have two Record machines - a bandsaw and the RPM 75. Both are pretty poor IMO. I don't use either much but if I did I would replace them both tomorrow. Cheers Tim

Having just come out of the workshop on a Saturday, thats exactly how I feel! Good work Gill. Cheers Tim

I bought a few Festool things in the last few months from a dealer and got 20% discount (off list price) on all the items - I thought that this was the norm? BTW what is the price of the hose holder please, tombo, its not in the price list as far as I can see? Thanks Tim

Okay - has heard a reason to not use these guys then? They are in Frome btw for all you west country folk.. Cheers Tim

http://www.john-boddy-timber.ltd.uk/Pic ... ime_g.html Says its 0.54 Cheers Tim

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As Chris says, I use Edens for all my panel stuff. I use BB rather than S but that said I have noticed that recently there are more 'dutchmen' in the BB than there used to be. Given the usage here I would opt for the S. Re flatness - most 18mm I get is pretty flat and because I usually get it...

Anyone used these guys? http://www.timbersource.co.uk/ I was looking for some planed timber (to save time - in fact a time machine would be good!) and ideally wanted tulip which put British Hardwoods out of the frame. John Boddy wanted more for 200m of tulip than BH were charging for Beech...

I'm with Zen and I have to say that it has run perfectly from day 1. I do think its expensive though -£25 pm inc vat. I have the 8000 active set up. It is capped at 20GB a month which I don't exceed but probably would if I watched films etc. Not sure that 'running perfectly' should be a...

Very nice. Interesting comment re tulipwood. Do you find the beech as quick to prep and finish? Cheers Tim

A bit OT I know but since the SU users tend to congregate here I thought I'd ask. I have a laptop and a desktop PC. Most of my work is done on the desktop but I transfer files to the laptop using Network Magic mainly when I'm showing clients designs or working away. This works fine for all...

My TS2500 (soon for sale - when we move!) plugs into a 13a no prob. Think its tripped once in 4 years. Cheers Tim

Interesting topic Gill. I think so much depends on the type of item being made. When I make furniture, for example, 99% of the creative work is done before any tools go near any wood. The construction of the furniture is then a technical execution of that creative process. That doesn't mean...

I've put a call into them having looked at the site. The technical guy I need to speak to is away until tomorrow so he's calling me back then. Cheers Tim