Renners

This weekends first 'why didn't I think of that before moment' came when I was setting up the router to do the beadings and glazing bars. That was...

Back onto the windows at last, got nothing done in December, I am now looking at Easter as a deadline to have them ready to be fitted. From the ou...

Not that it really matters, the hopelessly optimistic completion date of mid October for the windows has been and gone, and there's still a way to ...

It's been ages since I got a chance to add to this blog, I've been doing bits and bobs to the windows at every opportunity, the most difficult part...

I'd hoped to have had more of the sashes glued together by now than I have, family commitments have kept me out of the living room workshop for the...

Glad to say all the jointing is done. Now it's time to move on to the glazing bars. This is not traditional joinery with divided lights. This is my...

Whenever I have used loose tenons in the past I have always been amazed by how accurately and how quickly you can make a strong, reliable joint. ...

It's not been a bad week, managed to get an hour in after work every day, an afternoon on Saturday and nearly a whole day in today. New planer kniv...

I would love a two car garage workshop, it's my dream to have space for everything including a dedicated  finishing area. I do have a garage, but i...

So I know we're on part 4 and I haven't touched a piece of wood yet, but you can't rush these things. Everything needs to be taken into account if ...

Of course, I'm not just going to make these windows straight off the bat. I have spent many hours looking into this project, looking at what toolin...

I won't pretend for a moment the decision to make the windows isn't driven by cost. At a very minimum it would cost 15 grand (sterling) to buy the...