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    Twisted stair spindles

    Hi, I need to make some of these stair spindles, I have no idea how to go about it........does anyone have any ideas Simon
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    Mitre saw

    its gonna be used every day in the workshop and then taken on site ocasionally. got to be very acurate and also used for small runs of cutting to length so need acurate stops
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    Mitre saw

    I'm trying to make up my mind to buy either Dewalt DW718 or to spend an extra £700 or so on the Festool Kapex KS120EB kit. does anyone know if the extra money is worth spending on the Festool
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    Flecks in Ash

    Yep, many many thanks for your valuable input, the first two boards I selected had very heavy pith flecks and i was just about to call my suppliers and ask them to take it back, then I thought guess i'd better check the rest. End of panick, the rest of the whole lot has no sign of it and is as...
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    Flecks in Ash

    Well thanks Agian Dubh, I must admit I don't like it that much because of its nature to run at angles random to the grain of the wood. i've taken a delivery of some 26 cubic feet of this Ash and it was sold as 100% white one face, do you think the "Pith Fleck" comes into acceptable grading...
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    Flecks in Ash

    Hello Folks, Took a delivery of Ash yesterday, a wood I've not used before, it seems to have loads of flecks in it. Anybody know if thats normal [/img]
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    Wardrobe doors for painting

    Well thanks for the advice chaps, really apreciate it, looks like its gonna be MDF, I suppose the next question is the hinges, I want to use a face frame and I normally build hardwood stuff and the door sits inside the frame but for speed I want them to lay on top of the face frame and use blum...
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    Wardrobe doors for painting

    Depends on the quality of work I’m constructing as to the type of joint, I usually use router cutters for the rail and style and use the classic 5 piece kithen door set with a raised panel, which gives me a “rigid” door. But in this case it’s a very simple groove in the stile and a short stub...
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    Wardrobe doors for painting

    Mmmmm Moisture Resistant MDF I've never tried it, whats it like to work with
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    Wardrobe doors for painting

    Thanks, yea not a bad idea, it would certainly stiffen the whole thing up, I suppose a good quality birch ply would also help
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    Wardrobe doors for painting

    Hi, I need to make some long wardrobe doors for painting, the panel only needs to be 6mm ply and the frame 19x100mm softwood, I’ve had problems making these before with twist and bow, I think its because the panel isn’t rigid enough? I’m thinking to make the frames from a good quality ply...
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