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Apr
142013

Festool Rotex Sanders – A Light Touch, Fast

Posted by Helen Cooper

Many woodworkers would object to the word “enjoyable” ever being used is the same sentence as “sanding”. So when Festool says in its tool catalog that it delivers, “tools that make the task of sanding faster and more enjoyable,” you might be tempted to take it with a grain of salt. But youre more likely to agree that the term “faster” queues in on the next best thing – as long as the desired results are achieved.

Just about everything has its tradeoffs, and power sanding is no exception. And the either/or choice here historically has been between sanding speed and sanding “accuracy”. But with at least a couple of their premium quality sanders, Festool has gone a long way towards offering the best of both worlds.

Traditionally, a belt sander has been the tool of choice for fast material removal. And it’s a good choic

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Apr
122013

Introducing the Jemima White Furniture Range

Posted by Helen Cooper

New England Lifestyle are pleased to introduce the Jemima White Console Table and Jemima White Bedside Table.

Nick originally designed the Jemima range of bedroom furniture when his daughter was born as it has a more feminine, delicate design.  The table legs are turned and the drawer and table top have a bevelled surround.  The drawer has wooden runners and the shelf beneath is perfect for your current book, magazine or Kindle.

The Bedside Table measures H:65cm, W:46cm, D:42cm.  View more details here.

The Jemima White Console Table is ideal to use as a dressing table and looks beautiful beneath one of our wall mounted hand carved mirrors.  I

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Progress, transformation and innovation are the root of advancement in life. For every industry these three things are essential and that particularly with security systems. The world has taken another step in this arena and has transformed or rather advanced the conventional security camera systems to advance IT security systems.

This development frees the users from old BNC cable systems and especially in the case of wireless security camera systems this is a strong and most benefitting step. With this step WAN and LAN connections are frequent in use and this also enabled the IT professionals to come in the scene. Now, unlike the old days when people used to consult electricians for the setup of a home security camera system/ home security systems, they can rely on IT professionals to do the job and in a far better way.

IT professionals also made sure that they set up and control the system in a better way and so they started using TCP and IP networks for monitoring and regulating the camera systems.

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Apr
022013

Designing a feature wall with a height of 3900mm

Posted by Helen Cooper

This house got a ceiling ht of 13ft…….! so how you going to plan for the feature wall and most ply wood panel and laminate sheet  come in 8ft x 4 ft .

The design ideas is to have different panel board overlaying to form the design in order for the short for the length of the laminate size.

I saw many designer forgot about take into considering the limitation of the meterial use. I still remember during the early day without much experience I for about all this minor detail when designing.

Contemporary and multifunction kids furniture design of Pauli shelving system.

Designed by Graz, Austria, based kids and children furniture manufacturer, Perludi Gmbh, Pauli is a versatile and innovative shelving system that, according to your mood, can be used as a storage space for books and other knickknacks, a seat and tabletop for children or as a stool for adults.

By stacking two shelves together, one above the other (head to head), you can create a new, rectangular shelf.

By putting a tabletop on top of 22 PAULIS you instantly have a new and refreshingly designed table.

2 Pauli stacked together have a total height of 70cm, the standard size of dining tables and desks.