Please, never apologise for what you think of as repeated viewing or projects. I, like many others I suspect, learn a lot from your videos, and it serves as reinforcement of points/processes learned from earlier videos. But I get that you always would prefer to show something new each time! Keep up the great work!
I agree with Andrew , Don't keep apologising, loving the format, I actually like the fast forwarding while building and stopping showing a top tip, and showing the end product of course, keep it up ....
This video really does show how well your dust collection systems works. MDF has incredibly fine and pervasive sawdust, nicely done. Great work on the project as well.
It's nice to know I'm not the only"idiot" that has spent time chasing down a bit that I'd left in a router! Lol. I purchased the LED light you talked up. At 65 my eyesight isn't what it used to be. I reveived it, wired it up and took it to a finish trim job. I was thrilled with being able to see even the smallest of markings! Thank you, thank you ! I couldn't bring myself to spend over a $100.00 for the ones in the supply yard. Keep 'em coming.
Thanks for the video, Peter. As others have said, I like watching you make stuff even if it's something similar to what you have done before. Shame you couldn't show the install. I think people like to see those as well.
Thanks Mark. Re the installs - it’s a question of time as much as anything. I know folks find them interesting, but I’m literally on the clock in someone’s hone, and there’s just too much going on to consider them right now. Plus some clients simply don’t want their homes shown on RUclips, and I will always respect that.
Do the sides of your wardrobe bow or move? Just 18mm mr mdf on its side right with overlay door. I'm always worried it's not enough and have 3x2 on the inside to support door. Cheers henry
Hi peter. Thanks for the vid as usual it was great and certainly helped me with my project. On thing. Checking for square: when I check my stuff for square it never is square and tightening clamps sometimes causes long pieces to bow in if I'm not careful. How do you solve the problem of not being square?
Thanks Peter. You need to start right at the beginning and cut things square, or as square as you can, because without this you're fighting a losing battle. If you're struggling to get things square during a glue-up, try dry-fitting them first to figure out where the problem is, and mark the pieces so you can get them back together again in the same order. After that it's then a question of how you check for square; using geometry (3,4,5 triangles) or checking the diagonals, or making sure that the 'square' you're using to reference against is genuinely square. I can highly recommend the Mirock squares - beautifully made and excellent value. As for clamping, you should never need to use so much pressure that you're forcing the workpiece to bow; you're just pinching the pieces together to make sure the faces are in contact with a thin layer of glue between them. If you have to apply significant pressure to make the faces meet, then he chances are they're not square in the first place... HTH Peter
Hiya. When the Domino first came out some of the early ones (mine’s one) had some issue with the fence drifting over time. A small outfit in the US called Seneca woodworking made a product called the Domi-plate which took the fence out of the equation completely and centred a domino in either 3/4” or 1/2” material, depending on which way around you used it. The only slightly weird part was that you have to use the Domino upside down, but this has a huge benefit when you’re cutting mortices into the faces of a carcass, because you have the whole of the original fence on the board, making it much more stable. Domi-plate UK: amzn.to/2PffzFE (US: amzn.to/2QU1mi9) I probably need to do a video about this as it’s a question that comes up regularly! HTH P
Works for me Pete ! 👍😎 As an aside .... When-oh-when will we see a competitor for the Domino...( I know... patents 😔) maybe then I'll be able to afford one... the Festool is just too spendy for the amount of work I do... (DIY)...😢... but its a Godsend for you...🙄
Thanks Peter! Yes, Patents. I had high hopes for the Triton doweller, but was deeply disappointed. I know a number of guys who are considering/have purchased either the new Mafell doweller, or the Lamello Zeta P2 - both of which are significantly more expensive than the Domino, BTW - so there may be a few used Dominos coming onto the market fairly soon if you keep your eyes peeled. They do tend to keep their value quite well, of course, so don't expect any bargain-basement prices, lol! But yes, it's made a huge difference to the kind of work I can do 👍
Peter... thanks for the detailed reply.. & for the heads-up on the Triton doweller, I have their TRA001 router & the planer thicknesser from them & am very happy with both... I've heard their biscuit joiner isn't exactly the bees knees either... strange... 😕 Also... have you sacked that router-bit idiot ? Give him a written warnin & next time its "sling yer 'ook mate" 🙄😏😂 If I don't see ya between now and then... have happy Xmas to you & family ....& also to all my fellow Millard fans 😎👍☘️
Lovely as always. Ill watch each and every making video posted by you. Question: did you ever considered to change you festool 55 for a 75? Would that be a real upgrade or just extra weight?
Thanks Marcello! No, I’ve never really considered the TS75; early on, when I was doing more varied work I took a look, but the number of times it would have been used didn’t justify the cost. It’s a big saw, bigger base-plate, so if you want to plunge the saw off the workpiece, you need to invest in longer rails, plus there’s the extra weight, of course. All that for probably a handful of cuts per year, if that. So, no, not for me, for the kind of work I do. 👍👍
Sure - Bit.ly/HD_Groover You’ll need an arbor as well. Full list of “stuff I use” at bit.ly/stuff_I_use, and that link is in every video description 👍👍
Well thats the last time i pay for info from a physic gypsy mime ,whos grand daughter has a boyfriend who is a woodworker, and whos dad is the butcher for the sister of a guys second cousin of his ex wife ,what was i thinking ... looks great Peter as always
Hola Mr Millard, I have just finished a work bench with a laminated mdf top. Sorry to bother you but do I need to seal it, and if so what with? Thanks.
You don’t need to, but after I stained my bench tops I applied a satin-finish water-based varnish that’s worked out really well. Just put on with a foam roller 👍
Hi Peter, or anyone else too, how do you find MDF on your tooling bits? I use MDF a lot too, so not a criticism but just find i get a lot of blunt bits in my workflow
All man-made boards are hard on bits, I find. That said, I still have my original 5mm Domino bit from 2006, and it cuts really well, considering how many thousands / tens of thousands of mortises it must have cut! So I guess having good quality bits to start with helps - I still have all the router bits I ever bought from Wealden Tool, and they’re still cutting fine. 👍👍
I use an OSX /iOS app called Graphic. It does far more than the simple 2-D line drawings I use it for, but it works in metric and to scale, which is all I need. It’s also a fairly-priced (and one-time purchase) so suits me well. 👍
do you not put side panels on. it would hide the join were the two carcasses meet. i do that on all my builds plus i make a L bracket for the other side so i can scribe that. just seams to be what they like down here.
Ive never thought about using timber for the base. I tend to use scrap MRMDF for a frame and them put a 9mm finished piece glued on with CA. i make all my bases 100mm high as stranded gets over the skirting most times.
That’s usually what I do too. Client wanted maximum space in every dimension, so ~50mm plinth made sense, and I happened to have some 4x2 & 2x2 redwood. 👍👍
Really enjoying your videos, thanks. Noticed on a few of your videos you're using tape to apply edge banding, have you seen the inner tube / clamp combination for this type of clamping: ruclips.net/video/qttn0GqifAQ/видео.html
Thanks! I’ve seen that trick before but never used it. I think a lot of the RUclips vids about it are from the US where they seem to get very cheap spring clamps. Here in. The UK those clamps can be a few £ each, so it doesn’t really work out economically, when you see how many pieces of tape I use per shelf! 👍👍
Peter, keep repeating!! We love watching you make stuff. Cheers
Please, never apologise for what you think of as repeated viewing or projects. I, like many others I suspect, learn a lot from your videos, and it serves as reinforcement of points/processes learned from earlier videos. But I get that you always would prefer to show something new each time! Keep up the great work!
Thanks Andrew! 👍👍
I agree with Andrew , Don't keep apologising, loving the format, I actually like the fast forwarding while building and stopping showing a top tip, and showing the end product of course, keep it up ....
Cheers Kevin!
Love the owning of mistakes and mishaps. Gives hope to us all.
The person who never made a mistake never made anything. And probably never lost anything, either... 🤔😂👍
No problem repeating, I could watch it all day 😊👍
Love watching these real projects for customers....
Big fan Peter - many thanks for taking the time to make these videos - as a hobbyist, I always pick something up from every video - cheers.
Thanks! 👍👍
Thanks for sharing it Peter...good job. The finished product looks simple when done. People don't see the hidden challenges to make it all work.
This video really does show how well your dust collection systems works. MDF has incredibly fine and pervasive sawdust, nicely done. Great work on the project as well.
It's nice to know I'm not the only"idiot" that has spent time chasing down a bit that I'd left in a router! Lol. I purchased the LED light you talked up. At 65 my eyesight isn't what it used to be. I reveived it, wired it up and took it to a finish trim job. I was thrilled with being able to see even the smallest of markings! Thank you, thank you ! I couldn't bring myself to spend over a $100.00 for the ones in the supply yard. Keep 'em coming.
Glad it helped Gary! I agree - ‘genuine’ work lights seem crazy expensive in comparison 👍👍
Really glad you were able to get on with your grooving... :)
Takes more than that to stop me grooving 😆😂👍
Excellent!!! - really enjoyed that.
Very nice Peter. I enjoy all of your videos.
Have just finished a very similar project.
Using exactly the same build formats Peter.
Loving your slick work and even slicker video production.
💕😁
Thanks Gary! 😂👍
Good video, with some good tips love the idea about pencilling in the hinge, I have bought a Kreg jig to drill the hinges on my latest project 👍
Nice Job Peter, excellent videos ☺
Nicely done
Yup, the quickest way to find a missing tool is to buy a new one! Nice wardrobe job.
All your parts are interesting Mr Millard …. oooh, matron !
😂👍😂
Good watching Peter,pesky router bits!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeh, decent viewing on a rainy day😂
I told you your bit would be in another router 😜 easily done, at least you have a spare one now 😀
Very good
Can you do a short video on how you use the face side and face edge marks on your project, please?
See video #236 - Easy Marking Out. 👍👍
Yes, the triangle is a great idea.
Thanks for the video, Peter. As others have said, I like watching you make stuff even if it's something similar to what you have done before. Shame you couldn't show the install. I think people like to see those as well.
Thanks Mark. Re the installs - it’s a question of time as much as anything. I know folks find them interesting, but I’m literally on the clock in someone’s hone, and there’s just too much going on to consider them right now. Plus some clients simply don’t want their homes shown on RUclips, and I will always respect that.
Fair enough. Obviously you have constraints. It was just a thought.
LOL you now have a spare ;-) . I've done this many times.
Do you get your material cut to the actual part size or just manageable sizes and you cut the parts? Cheers. Jake.
Cut to the exact size - they do a fantastic job. 👍
Do the sides of your wardrobe bow or move? Just 18mm mr mdf on its side right with overlay door. I'm always worried it's not enough and have 3x2 on the inside to support door. Cheers henry
No. 18mm MR MDF is fine for carcassses; remember, most commercial kitchen and fitted bedroom furniture companies use 16mm MFC without any issues. 👍
Another useful video. Thanks!
But silly question.. why use a different type of MDF (waterproof?) for the thiner centre panel? Stronger?
Thanks! It’s all MR (Moisture Resistant) MDF, it’s just that the thinner boards (15mm) just have a green core.👍
Hi peter. Thanks for the vid as usual it was great and certainly helped me with my project. On thing. Checking for square: when I check my stuff for square it never is square and tightening clamps sometimes causes long pieces to bow in if I'm not careful. How do you solve the problem of not being square?
Thanks Peter. You need to start right at the beginning and cut things square, or as square as you can, because without this you're fighting a losing battle. If you're struggling to get things square during a glue-up, try dry-fitting them first to figure out where the problem is, and mark the pieces so you can get them back together again in the same order.
After that it's then a question of how you check for square; using geometry (3,4,5 triangles) or checking the diagonals, or making sure that the 'square' you're using to reference against is genuinely square. I can highly recommend the Mirock squares - beautifully made and excellent value. As for clamping, you should never need to use so much pressure that you're forcing the workpiece to bow; you're just pinching the pieces together to make sure the faces are in contact with a thin layer of glue between them. If you have to apply significant pressure to make the faces meet, then he chances are they're not square in the first place...
HTH Peter
@@10MinuteWorkshop thanks peter
Thanks for your informative videos! What thickness is the lipping on the shelves?
On these ones it was 6mm; if they were to bear any weight, I’d bump the specs up e.g. 22mm shelves and ~27mm x 22mm lipping. 👍
Hi Peter possibly someone asked you this earlier on here already but here I am ...😊 What’s is the base / attachment for your ds 500 please?
Hiya. When the Domino first came out some of the early ones (mine’s one) had some issue with the fence drifting over time. A small outfit in the US called Seneca woodworking made a product called the Domi-plate which took the fence out of the equation completely and centred a domino in either 3/4” or 1/2” material, depending on which way around you used it.
The only slightly weird part was that you have to use the Domino upside down, but this has a huge benefit when you’re cutting mortices into the faces of a carcass, because you have the whole of the original fence on the board, making it much more stable.
Domi-plate UK: amzn.to/2PffzFE (US: amzn.to/2QU1mi9)
I probably need to do a video about this as it’s a question that comes up regularly! HTH P
Does adding a lip to the shelf help prevent bowing?
Yes, even a thin lip adds a considerable amount of strength. 👍👍
Bugger, that is a tall unit! And real wood, whatever next?
Plywood shop cabinets and a sharpening video...🤔😂
Works for me Pete ! 👍😎
As an aside .... When-oh-when will we see a competitor for the Domino...( I know... patents 😔) maybe then I'll be able to afford one... the Festool is just too spendy for the amount of work I do... (DIY)...😢... but its a Godsend for you...🙄
Thanks Peter! Yes, Patents. I had high hopes for the Triton doweller, but was deeply disappointed. I know a number of guys who are considering/have purchased either the new Mafell doweller, or the Lamello Zeta P2 - both of which are significantly more expensive than the Domino, BTW - so there may be a few used Dominos coming onto the market fairly soon if you keep your eyes peeled. They do tend to keep their value quite well, of course, so don't expect any bargain-basement prices, lol! But yes, it's made a huge difference to the kind of work I can do 👍
Peter... thanks for the detailed reply.. & for the heads-up on the Triton doweller,
I have their TRA001 router & the planer thicknesser from them & am very happy with both...
I've heard their biscuit joiner isn't exactly the bees knees either... strange... 😕
Also... have you sacked that router-bit idiot ?
Give him a written warnin & next time its "sling yer 'ook mate" 🙄😏😂
If I don't see ya between now and then... have happy Xmas to you & family ....& also to all my fellow Millard fans 😎👍☘️
Lovely as always. Ill watch each and every making video posted by you.
Question: did you ever considered to change you festool 55 for a 75? Would that be a real upgrade or just extra weight?
Thanks Marcello! No, I’ve never really considered the TS75; early on, when I was doing more varied work I took a look, but the number of times it would have been used didn’t justify the cost. It’s a big saw, bigger base-plate, so if you want to plunge the saw off the workpiece, you need to invest in longer rails, plus there’s the extra weight, of course. All that for probably a handful of cuts per year, if that. So, no, not for me, for the kind of work I do. 👍👍
Hi P would you possibly have a link for that Grooving bit if it's not to much hassle ....
Sure - Bit.ly/HD_Groover You’ll need an arbor as well. Full list of “stuff I use” at bit.ly/stuff_I_use, and that link is in every video description 👍👍
Well thats the last time i pay for info from a physic gypsy mime ,whos grand daughter has a boyfriend who is a woodworker, and whos dad is the butcher for the sister of a guys second cousin of his ex wife ,what was i thinking ... looks great Peter as always
Thanks Syd! 👍👍
Hola Mr Millard, I have just finished a work bench with a laminated mdf top. Sorry to bother you but do I need to seal it, and if so what with? Thanks.
You don’t need to, but after I stained my bench tops I applied a satin-finish water-based varnish that’s worked out really well. Just put on with a foam roller 👍
Thanks very much, best regards Jim
Hi Peter, or anyone else too, how do you find MDF on your tooling bits? I use MDF a lot too, so not a criticism but just find i get a lot of blunt bits in my workflow
All man-made boards are hard on bits, I find. That said, I still have my original 5mm Domino bit from 2006, and it cuts really well, considering how many thousands / tens of thousands of mortises it must have cut! So I guess having good quality bits to start with helps - I still have all the router bits I ever bought from Wealden Tool, and they’re still cutting fine. 👍👍
Have you found the old router bit yet?
If you watch all the way to the end you’ll find out... 🤔😆👍
Peter Millard bugger I banged out 10 secs early. Too funny.😂
May be a repeat but I always pick up a bit of something new.
What is the drawing program you use to plan stuff out?
I use an OSX /iOS app called Graphic. It does far more than the simple 2-D line drawings I use it for, but it works in metric and to scale, which is all I need. It’s also a fairly-priced (and one-time purchase) so suits me well. 👍
@@10MinuteWorkshop Brilliant, cheers Peter. Love the way you work. As a fellow Londoner your stuff is really helpful.
And the prize for Most Uses of a Plastic Packer in 2018 goes to... Peter Millard!
I’d say ‘most creative use of plastic packets’ but yeah, well handy little things 👍👍
do you not put side panels on. it would hide the join were the two carcasses meet. i do that on all my builds plus i make a L bracket for the other side so i can scribe that. just seams to be what they like down here.
Yep, it’s what I usually do - see vid series starting #037 - but No space on this build, the bed’s right up against the edge of the alcove. 👍
Ive never thought about using timber for the base. I tend to use scrap MRMDF for a frame and them put a 9mm finished piece glued on with CA. i make all my bases 100mm high as stranded gets over the skirting most times.
That’s usually what I do too. Client wanted maximum space in every dimension, so ~50mm plinth made sense, and I happened to have some 4x2 & 2x2 redwood. 👍👍
When you find the old one Peter you can send it me for Xmas lol don't bother wrapping it thanks
That would most definitely have been a right royal pain in the backside, not being able to move the bed...
Good job, mate 👍
Cheers Bill! 👍👍
Really enjoying your videos, thanks. Noticed on a few of your videos you're using tape to apply edge banding, have you seen the inner tube / clamp combination for this type of clamping: ruclips.net/video/qttn0GqifAQ/видео.html
Thanks! I’ve seen that trick before but never used it. I think a lot of the RUclips vids about it are from the US where they seem to get very cheap spring clamps. Here in. The UK those clamps can be a few £ each, so it doesn’t really work out economically, when you see how many pieces of tape I use per shelf! 👍👍