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I think it looks fine although I'm just not a big fan of pine. Although its cheap, I have found quality to be so low that wastage has made it really quite pricey. The only suggestion I would make re design would be to put some form of panel/ false back on one of the two 'open' bits to hide the...

For work or personal use? :shock: :lol: Cheers Tim

Thats the Forest of Dean for you.... :lol:

its about 75 in mine - all right for most things but I need to PT a whole bunch of oak - currently 2m long and about 180 x 65. Heavy work indeed. Still better than the guys digging the footings for our new extension - 1 m down into clay and rock. :shock: Cheers Tim

Combination of Radio1, Radio4 esp PM and my ipod set to random played through the stereo. I have found that even being very careful any kit with moving parts ie CD/tapes get knackered after a while with fine dust. I also can't bear commercial radio but I find Radio 2 the equivalent of...

I took the guard off my pillar drill pretty much immediately. I found that light reflected off it in such a way that I realised I was craning my head round and underneath to see close up! Totally pointless IMO - much better to be wearing tap, tap, tap safety glasses. Cheers Tim

I have to admit that I feel no responsibility to the client on this. The brief was well answered and well executed and I think as Paul notes that they have just found it bigger than they expected. I drew it in SU and included human figures so they could see the scale and I also made them a...

I'm definitely not the only one. I was reading an article recently on crown moulding and the author was saying that the best place to cut the stuff was in the room to help visualise it! I got given this book recently: Finish Carpentry (For Pros, by Pros) - Taunton Press. Very useful on this...

I admit to a failure of maths/ visualisation skills when it comes to cornice etc. As a result, I decide to take the hit in wood costs and more often than not back my mouldings with 45 deg wedge cut strips to enable me to make a flat cut. Makes it much easier and prevents the very irritating...

That looks really good - much better in the right setting than I expected from your drawings. Bet your dog is loving the heat! :wink: Cheers Tim edit: just spotted the other massive dog behind the swing! Are they newfies?

HE'S BACK!!! =D> =D> :occasion5: :occasion5: :occasion5: :P :P :P Okay, still not 100% (maybe he never will be) but he was sitting up behind my wife in the car as they drove up the drive clearly recognising where he was and who Tigger and I were. He's checked out the garden, been very...

Thanks guys I think that those of you shouting 'Run away' are offering sound advice. I have suggested that we change the knobs to an older finish. I also think that reading between the lines, that they haven't got to grips with the size of it and I think that they should live with it for a...

Thanks guys - I'll summon up my cheeky persona and give Thistle a call. Norman - will that work on a painted surface? I'm assuming it will give it a tobacco stained effect - depending on strength etc. Is that correct. I may bottle out of this and get them to get someone else in to have a go...

I've just finished making and installing this TV cabinet: for more pics https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=111918#111918 The clients are delighted with it but feel it looks too new :roll: and want to soften the look of it. I know that I could rub down the corners etc but...

Gidon Trellis came from www.justgrilles.co.uk . I sprayed it - nearly got to the point of spraying it with petrol and adding a match - its such a pain. Scribing was done carefully - I use the veritas log scribe http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=32577&cat=1,42936,50298 which is...

Chris Handles are from Hafele: Bedbolts were used to hold the box tight to the top of the cabinet. Side support is not possible because of the pocket doors. I drilled vertically into the edge of the box on each side and then put a flat head bolt through the top of the carcase, through...

This is the second piece https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=111918#111918 It lives in a large orangery that is used as a living room. The brief was to provide coat hanging space as well as some general storage plus hiding the fuse box and some stereo stuff. It also needed to...

Just completed a couple of commissions for the same client. This one is a TV cabinet with storage below for a stereo system and a drawer for CDs, DVDs and videos. The construction is birch ply and tulipwood painted in Laura Ashley Country white to match the rest of the room. The sky/ video...

Thank you so much for all your thoughts and best wishes. The good news is that he is coming home tomorrow :D. We don't know how long we are going to have him for but he hasn't given up so we aren't going to give up on him. We will just make the most of what we have and as long as he is...

Thanks guys Do the pics work now? Cheers Tim