Boozehawk
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Hi just joined the site.
I've got into putting my own little spare room workshop together after deciding to build my own kitchen from scratch instead of just installing readymade cabinets. Have made a wall and corner cabinet but stalled a bit as winter set in. Kind of putting off doing the door on the wall cabinet as i'm in two minds over hinges, traditional hinge or modern kitchen cabinet hinge? part of me says the modern hitech hinge is a good clever device and when selling my house on wont put buyers off. Another part of me says the older traditional type of hinge is the proper cabinet maker way to set a door in to a cabinet. So any advice that might stop my procrastinating over this quandary is welcome.
Ive also got more and more interested in using hand tools properly and have a growing collection of older tools im picking up from car boots sales. Last weekend picked up a pair of nice old Stanley No4 and a No4,1/2 planes. The week before a No5. Im keeping an eye out for a hand router-plane now, nice and quiet compared with my electric beast.
Im making do with an old computer desk with a board screwed down on it as a bench but im thinking of making my own bench with a load of wood ive built up in my shed over the years. Im thinking fence posts for the legs and laminate some boards for the top. It will make completing kitchen cabinets so much easier.
Have looked around the forums and looks like a great place for advice.
I've got into putting my own little spare room workshop together after deciding to build my own kitchen from scratch instead of just installing readymade cabinets. Have made a wall and corner cabinet but stalled a bit as winter set in. Kind of putting off doing the door on the wall cabinet as i'm in two minds over hinges, traditional hinge or modern kitchen cabinet hinge? part of me says the modern hitech hinge is a good clever device and when selling my house on wont put buyers off. Another part of me says the older traditional type of hinge is the proper cabinet maker way to set a door in to a cabinet. So any advice that might stop my procrastinating over this quandary is welcome.
Ive also got more and more interested in using hand tools properly and have a growing collection of older tools im picking up from car boots sales. Last weekend picked up a pair of nice old Stanley No4 and a No4,1/2 planes. The week before a No5. Im keeping an eye out for a hand router-plane now, nice and quiet compared with my electric beast.
Im making do with an old computer desk with a board screwed down on it as a bench but im thinking of making my own bench with a load of wood ive built up in my shed over the years. Im thinking fence posts for the legs and laminate some boards for the top. It will make completing kitchen cabinets so much easier.
Have looked around the forums and looks like a great place for advice.
