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Would I still need to dovetail the rail in if I was having drawers at the ends and used mortise and tenons to build a solid construction with cross braces etc to hang the drawer rails off as per Olly's suggestion? Darren

Well I'm designing a large farmhouse kitchen table for my house, it will be of traditional style with a thick pine top with drawers underneath for cutlery etc. and I need a bit of advise on the construction. As I see it I have two options available to me. The first is do I go down the...

I've moved a fair amount of machinery when I was a fitter, and these are the sort of feet we used to use, you can get them with holes in the feet so that you can mount / secure them directly to the floor once the machine is in position / levelled. http://www.cad1.co.uk/products.asp?cat=161...

Thanks Jason I'll try that

Hi Does anyone know where I could get some free kitchen design software? My brother in law is looking for some and I'm sure that I saw a link to some from the forum but after many searches I cannot find it Any help appreciated rgds Darren

Well I've started to trawl the internet and follow up some contacts that I've been given from the forum on oak beam but now I have another question. I know from previous posts that there are guys on here who use large oak beams on a regular basis so I thought I would ask the experts for some...

I renovated my first house which was an old victorian house, the only way after months of trying was to do as Trim the King said and get them dipped, it gave a perfect finish but remember to neutralise and feed the wood after. You'll never get rid of the wire marks if you use an abrasive...

Hi - Does anyone know of where I could get hold of an oak beam 250mm x 250mm x 3000mm in the Lancaster area? I'm remodelling my kitchen and we are putting in a new beam and I'm just trying to find one at the moment, new or reclaimed will do. If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly...

Does anyone know where I could get a good priced beam 250mm x 250mm x 3000mm in oak in the North lancs area? as I am having a beam replaced in my house, so new or reclaimed would do me. Any help appreciated rgds Darren

DOH!!! :oops:

I wondered if anyone knows where I could get spare motor brushes for a Ryobi router? as I have a router that is getting on a bit but perfectly useable, however the brushes are starting to go and as this is permanently in my router table I don't want to have to keep swapping my other router in...

Rob I've built about 12 over the years (lots of nieces!!), my advice would be have a look around, there is a big exhibition called minitura that is held a couple times a year that is worth a visit to see what is out there. Also get some catalogues and see what you want to build, the other thing...

I started out of necessity when we got our first house it needed renovating from scratch and I got some basic woodworking tools and got stuck in. I'm a time served marine engineer by trade so I figured if I used the same principles for marking out etc I'd be ok, so it snowballed from there...

Thanks for the advice guys i@ll get craacking with it now :D rgds Darren

Hi folks I've not posted for a while due to work, but thankfully I've now got a new project which means I can spend more time in the workshop :D The project is to revamp an old set of pine wardrobes, this will include painting them to match in with some existing furniture, which brings me to...

A lot of model engineers use plate glass / floating glass as a cheap alternative to a surface plate, as mentioned you do have to keep it supported though. There are different ways of doing this but the ones I have used include making a small tray for the glass to fit into and then filling it...

Thanks folks for all the expert advice, I'm going to have a proper think about the wood I use. i'm now errring on the side of something harder and I'm going to buy a small batch of tulip wood and have a play with it anyway. Many thanks Darren

I've been reading a lot lately about face frames on solid wood kitchen cupboards being made from tulip wood, I can't say I have used it before but is this the right material for a painted kitchen for instance? Also is it expensive? and being based in deepest darkest Lancashire where would I get...

Thanks fellas I'm going to have a play with knocking a jig up and you never know in about 3 years I may well upload some pictures of a kitchen :lol: Darren

Thanks Folks I'll go down the jig route and do it that way, I'll also get the tools you mentioned as well. One final question though if I jig the hinges would you then finish the cupboard door before you fit it, I'm assuming with the better accuracy you would, or would you still finish the...