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I have this one, cheaper varieties are available of course :-

https://www.toucantools.co.uk/festool_ofk_500_q-plus_r3_edge_router_trimmer-240v_only.html?source=googlebase&kw=&ci=55752835718&network=g&pm=&cid=210807998&aid=16891337558&tid=pla-1217054184192&dev=c&mt=&lim=&lpm=1006886&pos=&dm=&fid=&mid=100535314&productid=2190&country=GB&source=google&gclid=Cj0KCQjwp86EBhD7ARIsAFkgakg8vKRnXUHqf7_pWNeg4Ld2pfKasrzhfFG1SBK_ZiH3hy9GFp2oZsQaApHwEALw_wcB

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https://www.howetools.co.uk/makita-rt0700cx4-240v-router-trimmer-1-4-collet?utm_source=google_shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQjwp86EBhD7ARIsAFkgakhK-02I1dqJRepaBBd1h8JQV0dk0qFdrTOv_ITNYLTRhCSZ8rpUU0AaAqx4EALw_wcB

These are really useful and easy to adjust.
More versatile than just a laminate trimmer.
In my mate’s workshop he uses it in preference to his Festool (which he might have sold by now)

I use mine for cutting hinge mortises and all sorts of little routing tings.

If you’re only using very occasionally something like this.
https://tools4trade.co.uk/products/excel-electric-hand-trimmer-wood-laminator-palm-router?variant=37689059115205&currency=GBP&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=Cj0KCQjwp86EBhD7ARIsAFkgakh23obSBmlk_nxTMxGbehYI67keuY2nSm9A6LmOans5l5P0Oe9_cN0aAv_zEALw_wcB

And one of these.

https://www.rutlands.com/sp+routing-router-bits-router-bits-chamfer-bits-tct-router-bits-chamfer-with-bearing-rutlands+m_tr413?utm_campaign=Googlebase&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=Googlebase&geoip=GB&gclid=Cj0KCQjwytOEBhD5ARIsANnRjVgnXVTAzu5bZizhrsu3Xdt2yH1BGD0fBh1kKbVA2XENmKYQPO5AM-saAiyVEALw_wcB

If you have a sander of some kind already that will do the job, it’ll just take a bit more time and care.

Wow. For £35 get that wee red one.

Thanks @rj and @Airhead for the bondage advice - luckily it turns out Toolstation do 7.5kg bags of the stuff so I don't need to get a massive one.

I'm increasingly going to Toolstation because it's often cheaper than Screwfix for the same stuff and there's normally a queue in Screwfix when Toolstation next door is empty...

Is there a go to forum recommended oscillating multi tool? I need to chop through some floorboards.

I'm going to cut the ones due to be replaced with reclaimed boards so the quality of cut isn't hugely important, but I do want it to be an easy job and leave them in useable condition after because the floor sanding guy isn't coming till June 3rd.

All the reviews of cheap ones complain about them failing. I'm already in deep with the DeWalt 18v XR battery system so presuming I'm going to get good use out of one doing up a house I'm tempted to just get a DeWalt cordless...

Ooo, red one looks surprisingly affordable.

I can borrow a full size router from my Dad in a couple of weeks time, I'm guessing that could do the same job?

It can, but a trim router is a nicer tool for the job. Much lighter and easier to manoeuvre.

I’m a bit stuck.
Planned to rip out built in wardrobe and replace with a fake floating cupboard (just some doors on some shelves really) but when I removed the wardrobe I discovered it was installed pre plaster and as a result made a bloody mess.

I’m thinking maybe build in a whole wardrobe but unsure what to do with walls. They’ll be hidden but do I need to worry about their condition?

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I would recommend not using a full size router - it’s much easier to slip or not be perpendicular to the face.
Although with a chamfer bit the failure is at least in your favour- as in it doesn’t cut enough rather than too much.
I feel the same about a sander - too easy to take off too much. Maybe I’m just heavy handed.

@airhead ? How do I colour these scratches to laminate furniture?

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I was told that Toolstation was started by the brother of the guy that started Screwfix. They fell out so the Toolstation guy vowed to open a branch next to every Screwfix and undercut him.

@chrisbmx116
Just cover it up.
You could fill the slots with bonding to maintain the integrity of the plaster, but I’d only bother if I had a bag knocking about.

That window is fantastic, have I mentioned that before?

As in just slot a built in wardrobe in? My wife’s very worried about how secure it’ll all be as the plan is to have the cot in front of it. The walls are a crumbly mess but I’d assume a couple of fastenings on the back to the wall would make it pretty solid.

Is there a go to forum recommended oscillating multi tool? I need to chop through some floorboards.

Fein is the original and best, I have an early one and they've made some really worthwhile improvements but it's still decent. Personally I would probably just get a wired one.

Will the wardrobe be sitting on the floor?
A couple of decent fixings into the brick on the sides will hold it in place, when the screw pulls tight into the panel you know it’s a goodun.

If you’re going g to fit the wardrobe tight to the alcove (leave yourself 10 -20 mm slop) painters mate will hold it in place
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Yep and yep!
Any further tips? Feels simple ish to me but also worried about messing it up.

The corner window here is going to be good I think.
Douglas fir, 3 big sashes, a modern minimalist take on a 30s casement.

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Next room in the house after the kitchen is the guest room, but I need to sort some garage shelving so I can empty the room and get a clear run at it.

Has anyone bought/ built garage type shelving recently? I like the look of the Ikea Bror stuff but it is quite expensive. Cheaper Amazon versions look ok but there are quite a few accounts of the shelves going insanely mouldy in no time. Cheers.

Look forward to seeing that.
How’s my bathroom window coming along?
Also, like the treehouse.

Also, like the treehouse.

It may be coming down, if I can persuade the 11yo. There used to be just that and a 3m trampoline out there. The Maginot Line like walls paving etc were my lockdown project a year ago.

More info on them please. Need to do the same in my front garden.

The walls?