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[carrera4s]

Steven, looking good! Maybe add some braces under the top. The weight of the saw and router might bend it over time.

Edited November 9, 2018 by carrera4s

[stefmeister]

Very impressed with this Makita trim router, was very reasonably priced too. Bought it earlier this year at Chamberlains.

Comes with a few attachments to use it free hand on wooden pieces like benchtops, etc

I honestly can’t see a reason for anything more expensive than those Makita mt trim routers.

[Rocket-Boy]

So I think I can finally call myself a man after getting this

[Rocket-Boy]

So this little cabinet was a long story, normally I would have made this myself and been done with but a friend won a voucher to a new woodworking business and gave it to my wife. She chose this and that was where the pain started...

2 months worth of ignored messages and calls to the place and finally they said to come pick this up.

Finish was absolutely horribly done and the drawer couldnt even open and close because it was skew and the runners we done so badly. They also attached the drawer front FROM THE FRONT!!!! seriously screw holes everywhere and then filled and varnished.

This is what it looked like when I got it off.

There was no glue used anywhere, just some screws and only visible surfaces had paint/varnish on them. The handle was cut with a jigsaw... badly!!

 

I made a new front, changed the handle design and fixed the drawer/slides. Then a bit of stain and I think it came out looking a lot better, heck you can even open and close the drawer now!

 

Im not sure how someone can give that to a client and think they will ever be back again, but maybe that is just me.

 

[Rocket-Boy]

My wife also asked me to turn some Christmas decorations, normally its not my thing but its been quick and fairly fun stuff.

 

Hand carving that star on top was a pain, it was so delicate that the first few broke before getting one that stayed together.

These little dudes are meant to hang in a tree.

 

Might do some more with colouring just to experiment a bit.

[Grebel]

So I think I can finally call myself a man after getting this

 

I have no idea how I got this far without one...!

[Ed-Zulu]

So this little cabinet was a long story, normally I would have made this myself and been done with but a friend won a voucher to a new woodworking business and gave it to my wife. She chose this and that was where the pain started...

2 months worth of ignored messages and calls to the place and finally they said to come pick this up.

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Finish was absolutely horribly done and the drawer couldnt even open and close because it was skew and the runners we done so badly. They also attached the drawer front FROM THE FRONT!!!! seriously screw holes everywhere and then filled and varnished.

This is what it looked like when I got it off.

front.jpg

There was no glue used anywhere, just some screws and only visible surfaces had paint/varnish on them. The handle was cut with a jigsaw... badly!!

 

I made a new front, changed the handle design and fixed the drawer/slides. Then a bit of stain and I think it came out looking a lot better, heck you can even open and close the drawer now!

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Im not sure how someone can give that to a client and think they will ever be back again, but maybe that is just me.

You fixed that properly!

 

Strange dimensions on that build though or is just angles in the photo? 

[Rocket-Boy]

I have no idea how I got this far without one...!

You scratched an old itch with that thread you started about them a while ago.

My wife made me wait until my birthday though because she wanted to get it for me.

[Rocket-Boy]

You fixed that properly!

 

Strange dimensions on that build though or is just angles in the photo? 

Thanks, I was pretty happy with how it came out in the end.

The dimensions are not great at all, it could have been so much nicer if they understood proportions a bit better.

The legs splay in a very strange way too and needed tons of tuning to get them sit flat on the floor.

[eccc whippet]

So I think I can finally call myself a man after getting this

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be smart and dont cut off the plug top...get yourself a round plug socket and fit it to an extension cord so that you dont have to carry around a big plug...makes it way more mobile.

 

The other option is a weed eater extension cable.

Edited November 15, 2018 by eccc whippet

[Hairy]

I use a weed eater extension cable (And it came in orange) and then store this long bloody cord on a old wind up hosepipe reel. Easy to unroll to the length I need and rolls up easily ...... and no tangled electrical cord!

be smart and dont cut off the plug top...get yourself a round plug socket and fit it to an extension cord so that you dont have to carry around a big plug...makes it way more mobile.

 

The other option is a weed eater extension cable.

[Grebel]

Surely a plug adapter is a smaller more convenient option?

 

[kosmonooit]

So I think I can finally call myself a man after getting this

rhammer.jpg

 

That is such a useful tool, I have the same with a variety of bits up to 25mm, 300mm long and I have put it though its paces many times over the last few years. Chipping mode with the right bits works a treat, though you should give it a break to cool down when you smell melting plastic.

 

Only hassle is the cord when you need to work outside, on or in a roof etc But I recently got  a solution for that problem:

 

 

 

Not the grunt of the Bosch beast, no chipper mode but damn handy!

[Capricorn]

That is such a useful tool, I have the same with a variety of bits up to 25mm, 300mm long and I have put it though its paces many times over the last few years. Chipping mode with the right bits works a treat, though you should give it a break to cool down when you smell melting plastic.

 

Only hassle is the cord when you need to work outside, on or in a roof etc But I recently got  a solution for that problem:

 

 

 

Not the grunt of the Bosch beast, no chipper mode but damn handy!

having a dedicated chisel function is a heavensend! 

[Slowbee]

I use a weed eater extension cable (And it came in orange) and then store this long bloody cord on a old wind up hosepipe reel. Easy to unroll to the length I need and rolls up easily ...... and no tangled electrical cord!

 

 

How many of you *back in the day* had to unrole the ENTIRE length of electrical cord from the those metal reels cause of the risk of melting the cables?

[Tromp]

How many of you *back in the day* had to unrole the ENTIRE length of electrical cord from the those metal reels cause of the risk of melting the cables?

Maybe I miss the point of "back in the day " , but I still totally unrole extension cords.