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EFH01: It is much cheaper to have a wider opening (say 700mm) and use standard hinges (e.g. 700mm wide opening with 300+400mm doors) although that may not look as neat, or just leave the front of the machine exposed. The other point about using standard machines behind doors is that the...

Nick, how much would you be willing to pay for a day/evening? What would you expect for that? How often would you use the facility? Would you be willing to pay a membership and if so, how much? Scrit

There was a small chain of workshop centres doing this in Sweden in the late 1970s, I believe, but I'm sure the stumbling block will be the insurance/safety aspect. H&S Regs or an insurer will doubtless regard the establishment as a workplace and in a workplace there needs to be a "competant...

Depending on the style I'd tend to agree with Big-All: wedges and dowels. This was how a lot of Craftsman furniture was manufactured - the original KD flat pack, circa 1900! If you are making a style of furniture which is essentially modern and won't look right with wedges then I'd suggest...

If you utilise smooth bore extruded PVCu ductwork and seal all the joints properly your extractor will probably work well over the 2.4 metres, but it will clog up with congealed grease over time and need to be cleaned out - a very unpleasant task. If you use flexible hoses the extra flow...

I believe that some patterns are still available from what used to be Baco Aluminium, now called Blackburn Metal Centres Scrit

If you were in trade would you rent out your premises to a bunch of complete beginners? For a start your business would never get insured to have non-employees using the stuff......... And the problem is that woodworking places tend to have lots and lots of potentially very dangerous...

Square, penmcils, hammer, tape measure, mug of tea......... :wink:

The biggest obstacle I can see is going to be insurance, especially if you are using static machinery. Insurance companies would have to regard this like a cross between a training establishment and a small business and apply the same sorts of rules. The other issue in a shared workshop is...

Bit above the £100 budget, though, Tim......

You might as well just buy strips and glue then together...... Hold on a mo' isn't that laminate flooring? :wink: Scrit

I've got an ancient Bosch 2kg SDS D-handle reverser, wish it had rotation stop as that's all it is missing, and a 3kg Atlas-Copco (now called Milwaukee) which has rotation stop and is bloody marvelous. A mate of mine has a couple of 2kg Metabos and they seem unkillable, too. At least you can see...

I'm just wondering how you;d get it through the door and in position..... :shock: Scrit

Hopefully your circular saw has a sharp, fine toothed blade, in which case flip the top over so the underside is uppermost, clamp a straight batten (say some 3 x 2 PAR pine or the like) to it to guide the saw, then saw the back edge away from the "wrong" side. The jigsaw will tend to leave a...

Er, no, and yes (respectively) Yes..... Ta, gcol...... Links sorted...... I agree with you that the Makitas are good machines. I see enough of them around. As to them lasting longer....... I think there's not a lot in it Scrit

Nice one B-A. Good to see a shed built by someone who knows what they're talking about Scrit

It will probably be too heavy to lift that way, and how do you propose joining the sections when you get there? Prefabricated sheds are generally delivered unlined because they're bolted or nailed through adjoining studs. I've worked on huge 80 x 30ft sheds which my old man used to make in the...

I've had my original blue Bosch SDS drill since 1980 or 81, so 26 years or so. That doesn't sound like a new standard to me! :wink: The thing about the SDS system is that it's not just a tool holding system. SDS drills utilise either a hydraulic (uncommon) or pneumatic hammer (the norm)...

Sounds like an expensive way to build anything, IMHO. Have you seen the price of f/e exterior grade ply nowadays? And why build a double skin then insulate? Scrit

As a flip-over saw user myself I'd have to agree, but the problem is that they ain't cheap Scrit