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Moisture resistant (MR) MDF would be best for a bathroom. Not only is it moisture resistant but MR MDF will give a much smoother finish on cut edges than the regular stuff. I've had good results by sealing cut edges with waterproof PVA glue diluted with water (five parts glue, 1 part water). For...

DW, those are very fancy loose tenons...do the spots give a greater glue surface? :lol:

Tommy Walsh put a mezzanine floor in his "Ultimate Workshop". The floor was mounted on pneumatic jacks and could be raised and lowered as required. Probably more trouble and expense than you want but it is another option.

A 220 mm (just over 8") shouldn't be too hard to find, try a home brew shop or maybe even Halfords...old plastic light shades even. As for the plastic bucket, I'm sure that B&Q will have a range of things like kitchen waste bins that might work. Better still look out for builders skips, they...

Absolute genius, as usual Niki! Keep posting your great ideas.

Andy, have you had a look at the Triton dust bucket cycloneon the Aussie Ubeaut forum? Other than the Triton dust collector, available online or from the bigger B&Q Warehouse stores, it uses readily available plumbing fittings, a cut down funnel and a plastic paint bucket. I have the Triton...

Well worth the search Brian. The big smile on your grandson's face suggests that he loved it too.

The base SI unit of length is the metre and shorter lengths can be prefixed with deci (1/10), centi (1/100), milli (1/1000), micro (1/10,000), nano (1/100,000)...all the way down to yocto at 10 to the minus 24, so centimetre is a legitimate SI unit defined as 1/100th of a metre. (note to...

There seem to be lots of air nailers for sale on Ebay, in the range of £20 - £40 for 18g - 15g. Anyone got any thoughts on these for an occasional user like me, as in "ok for occasional use" or "total crap avoid them like the plague". My current Cosmo 18g nailer/stapler is ok but, as Scrit...

Something like these screw-on feetmight do the job.

I think that the moral of the story is really "don't dip doors". It destroys the glue and warps the timber (as you already know) and often the materials the door was made from were "paint quality" in the first place. I think I just heard a distant echo of Mr. Grimsdale :wink:

I've just checked and there is a B&Q HVLP for sale on Ebayat the moment. It might be worth a look and I'm sure postage to France wouldn't be too expensive. As a guide to price, they were actually selling for £50 when I bought mine (not £70 as claimed by the seller).

I also have the B&Q kit and I am currently using it on my kitchen project. I'm new to spray painting but I found it quite easy to get a good finish. I decided at the beginning to go with water based finishes as they are a bit safer to use and easier to clean up at the end. It takes a bit of...

It's easy to get a hole deeper than 50 mm provided that your drill bit is long enough. Drill in 50 mm, back the drill out and put a 10 mm packer under the workpiece and drill out the remaining 10 mm. A tall fence on your drill press table will help keep everything square and you can attach stop...

Richard, the backing laminate is usually used for areas that won't be seen, to balance the laminated surface. I'm not sure if it's as durable as the regular laminate. It will probably also be only available in gray or a darker off-white. I'd go for the regular laminate in white as I like my...

I have a couple of the Triton Multi Stands that I use to support my grid for cutting 8 x 4 sheets. The grid consists of two 4' x 6" x 2" cross pieces that are held in the channel in the top of the Multi stand. The 6 x 2s are notched to take three 4 x 2s (also notched) running at right angles...

I've cut mortices in 2x4 using a 1/2" x 50 mm kitchen worktop bit. I used a router table but it will work just as well hand held. I made quite a few shallow passes to get full depth but it worked well in softwood. I would alse second Wealden as a source of good quality bits...always had good...

Just had a look at the spider repellant and I see that it contains an extract of chestnuts. Years ago I remember being told that chestnuts keep spiders away and thought that it was an old wives tale. I guess there's some truth in it after all.

Thanks for the replies guys. I think I will have a go at repairing the jig with some car body filler. If I had lots of joints to cut I would certainly go for something like the Trend jig but it's for my kitchen at home and I only have one more right hand corner joint to do. I must remember in...

Gary, nothing to lose by doing the repair. I just don't want to do it and then stuff up £100 length of worktop if the advice is that it's not worth the risk, as in, the Araldite might come unstuck at the vital moment in the cut, or something like that.