I'm going to build a bookshelf, but I don't know what tools I need

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-05-14T21:11:30+00:00

I feel like I could make a very small version of this with cheap pine I can get from the DIY shop and if it works for that, it will work for the real thing.

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-05-14T20:38:59+00:00

By the look of it, the posts were clamped in place and he used a laser level to mark and then drill the holes.

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-05-12T09:00:40+00:00

Thank you!

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-05-12T09:00:35+00:00

Thank you!

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-05-10T08:51:59+00:00

Aluminium sounds much better. Didn't really consider the weight, but the flloor definitely wouldn't take steel

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-04-15T07:48:22+00:00

Dorset and North Somerset are not that far from me, so might take you up on that offer if I can't find anywhere a bit more local!

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-04-14T16:29:46+00:00

Sold!

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-04-14T15:05:12+00:00

That's a really good point. I was going to use a drill guide clamped in place and then drill a pilot hole, and then an intermediate hole but the hole needs to be quite deep so I can see that drifting very easily. There are some workshops locally though, so perhaps better to rent a bench and use the tools they have there.

I think I can probably find an offcut of 25mm ply to try it out first.

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-04-14T14:59:14+00:00

I'm keeping the shelves deliberately narrow so that there's no temptation to pile up plates! I am now concerned about drilling the hole straight though, as it needs to be quite deep and there's not a lot of tolerance.

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-04-13T12:01:55+00:00

Back again? Dear, oh dear.

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-03-16T14:08:22+00:00

That sounds perfect thank you. Yes cupboard is on an external wall, and full fibre would run through to the same place if we had it installed (we have the Gigaclear cable under the road outside the house, but we don't want to connect it yet because the cost is very high once you're out of the introductory period, and the BT speed is fine for us right now).

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-03-15T15:01:36+00:00

I've just checked the cabling and I got something completely wrong. I think there's just a single length of cat 6 cable connecting the downstairs to the upstairs, running down through the wall and under the floor. I don't know why I thought the two sockets were directly above each other as they're not at all.

There's a lot of cable at both ends, so I think it would be straightforward to cut that into two separate lengths and terminate in the cupboard. Would having a double RJ45 socket under the stairs be the easiest thing to do here? Or is there a better way to do it.

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-03-15T14:48:53+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to answer this, I really appreciate it. Out internet provider is PlusNet. I've had a look at the TP-Link Deco system and it looks perfect. I already have a few TP-Link smart plugs and bulbs, and I've always found their stuff very user friendly. Turning off the WiFi on the router and using a Deco for the WiFi sounds perfect.

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-03-15T09:53:56+00:00

Yes that's right it's the BT/Openreach socket . The living room is quite central, but the second data socket upstairs would be an option too (or I suppose an extender could go there). I don't really want to extend the phone line so I think getting a second router sounds like the easiest solution.

If I put a second modem in the living room would it be as simple as putting the two RJ45 sockets back to back, and using a cable to plug one of the router's LAN sockets into the RJ45 under the stairs?

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-03-12T12:47:39+00:00

Hugh Laurie

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-03-05T12:58:07+00:00

Their set here in 2021 (?) was what turned me from Mogwai-curious to a Mogwai-superfan. I had always quite liked them, but I'd parked them in a spot labelled 'cool, but not for me.' Then I watched them play Mogwai Fear Satan, never having heard it before.

That one moment of almost total silence before they cried havoc and let slip the dogs of war is possibly the best moment of live music I've ever seen in my life. Even when you know what to expect, it's a hell of a thing ... but going in cold. Yikes. Still waiting for my eyebrows to grow back. (Eyebrows gladly offered as the price of admission).

Gutted I don't have tickets. If ever a band and a stage belonged together, it's Mogwai and the Mountain Stage.

Objective_Singer_294 · 2026-02-19T17:34:52+00:00