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Hi all, does anyone know where I can get a 4mm x 12mm fillet? I've been given a frame with a normal 6mm fillet and asked if I can find something narrower.....

Is it just a plain wood section?

if so Tawnycraft (01604 792782) do 4.5mm x 12mm obeche fillet.

I use a 4.5mm x 6mm spacer from Wessex, which I buy ready painted in both black and white versions, which saves me the time taken to paint my own. As far as I know they do a 4.5mm x 12mm as well. I think that you can buy buy the whole range in black, white, or unfinished.

Rose & Holis do a 4.5mm x 12mm spacer in Ash, Beech, Oak and Obeche. Order reference is F2 + the type of wood.

CORRECTION Should have read 4.5mm x 6mm obeche fillet. It is their ref OB 01

Doh! was right the first time!

Is it a fillet or is it a spacer?

If you have a local B&Q they do a range of pine stripwood which is good if you plan to cover it with strips of mountboard.

http://www.diy.com/nav/build/timber/mou ... m-10798421

try Ventons, They stock all sorts of things like that 01579 389310, I think they deliver your way

Ian

Wickes do 4mm stripwood and I buy most of their 10mm section, but their are deeper sections

This type of Wickes / B & Q strip also comes in very handy if you need to increase the depth of the rebate on your moulding.

That's a good idea, could you explain how you would do that Trinity?

Would you glue/screw the strips in place and would you then fix your backing board in place by firing framers points into the strips?

Thanks

I use the B&Q strip wood to extend rebates by making up a simple insert that fits inside the rebate of the finised frame, sometimes I use a narrow mount to hide the insert or sometimes i just paint it. I find it better than using the Box Frame that is on the market. On large frame that need to be a bit more sustantial I use two strips, one offset from the other (makes a profile like box frame).

Does that make sense?

Exactly as you've worked it out David, and I just glue my strips on with light frames, firing the tabs in to the sides after a drying period. To make it all look "intended" I keep a few pots of acrylic paint to hand and paint the backs of the frame and the strip.
I'd not thought of Geospectrums use though and can see that tip coming in handy.
Beauty is, these strips are so inexpensive and make a lot of my mouldings useable.

Thanks all, useful information as usual! Prosero - it is actually a spacer, but Wessex seem to like to call them fillets - what I mean is a rectangular piece of wood with dimensions that are 4mm (ish) by 12mm (ish) by quite long!

Simon

Cheers Simon. A slight dichotomy in the nomenclature, but I'm alright now.

As already said R&H do a 12x4.5mm obeche strip. I use loads of it.

PSE sections like this are very useful. Especially for stacking profiles together as such. When I get my shed set out I'm hoping to get a planer/thicknesser so I can run up my own to the exact dimensions I need.
Stripwood from DIY places is quite pricey. Got plenty of bits of wood I can use.