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  • Hi all,

    I'm taking a break from stripping wallpaper and don't want to delve into the world of plastering/skimming/lining paper yet so going to start a new project.

    I'd like to have a go at making this.

    I picked up these heavy wood kitchen worktops for free (don't have a car so walked 2 miles with them and my forearms ached for a week) which I think will be suitable.

    For tools I have:

    • cheap mitre saw I got for free
    • £36 Aldi drill and impact driver
    • detail sander I got for free but the velcro is shot
    • bunch of chisels and hand saws
    • tape measures
    • dust mask, safety glasses, earmuffs
    • birthday coming up and Dad ordered me a circular saw (won't be expensive though)

    obviously not the arsenal many have and don't have the budget to get too much but what else would you recommend?

    I'm thinking

    • a rafter square to use as a guide
    • long spirit level
    • eventually will need a router
    • perhaps need to investigate the blades on the power saws


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  • having been rendering and plastering this week, i can advise you to start a good upper body strength routing in advance!! Christ

  • The main thing I think you're missing is something to join the pieces. OP would be domino joiner but biscuit joiner is more likely in budget or a cheap dowel jig. Just gluing them as butt joints would be a pain.

    As you've highlighted, the best way to do the groove would be a router but, with a track saw, you could quite easily do two passes at 45deg.

  • One of these is useful to go with circular saws.
    https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/parkside-clamp-sawing-guide-rail-at-lidl-4181803
    Various options out there but the Lidl one is cheap if it happens to come up again.

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