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  1. #1
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    Default Hi, I am joining forum!

    Hi everyone.

    My name is Wayne, and I have discovered this great forum in the last few days.

    I am a novice, and I don't have many skills, but I hope to learn a few.

    I am fixing a house that I live in. This place needs a new kitchen, real soon!

    I may have some pretty good tools for someone of my level.

    Lets see, I have Power tools, a circular saw, jigsaw, disc sander, drill, De walt router.

    Hand tools I have most things, but probably need a few bits and pieces.

    Anyhow, I have a camera, and will try to post up some threads of my progress when I start the project.

    I don't want to make expensive errors as I am not rich. I also hate waste.

    Please feel welcome to give me nudge in the right direction if you feel I am doing something wrong. Good advice is like gold for someone of my level.

    I am looking forward to this, but I think it is not going to be easy, but very very satisfying.

    I am going to read read read, and try and get some idea of a plan on how to do this. Flatpack may be good for my skills! I certainly don't expect someone to jump to my aid for everything I do! I will do some research myself first! But saying that I will need a hand from time to time, as every job is different.

    I look forward to meeting some good people in here.
    See you around the forum!
    Wayne

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    Hi Wayne and welcome aboard, you came to the right place for advice, you will get plenty of that here.
    Reality is no background music.
    Cheers John

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    Welcome to the forum. That's the best way to learn by doing. And always be careful when you do something not really wanting to learn by mistakes.

  4. #4
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    Lambton, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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    Yes, welcome Wayne, hope you have a great time here.
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    www.solidwoodfurniture.com.au


    A good edge takes a little sweat!!

  5. #5
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    G'day Wayne and welcome to the shed.

    You are keen, with some good tools.

    Ask questions by all means. There is plenty of wisdom to be had here.

  6. #6
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    hi wayne, and welcome to the forum!

    justin.

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    Hi Wayne,
    Having just also just done this myself I thought i would suggest if you are going to DIY kitchen installation then another possibility to consider is getting a newish second hand kitchen off Ebay. There are many pitfalls to this approach however (the primary one being it is very difficult to fit an existing kicthen into a tight space like we did at our place) and a lot of time is required to invest following ebay listings to get one that suits, but I just did it in our house and I was very happy with the result. We got a practically brand new kitchen with all appliances for the cost of new appliances alone and I think the oven had never been used! I had to pay about the same amount again in the end to get it installed but it was still a better result for the price than I could have achieved with flat packs as I would never have afforded things like Blum soft-close drawers. Just an idea to consider. It worked for me but doesn't work for everybody.

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