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The model dockyard should be ok for standard sizes, but a better option would be for you to make friends with your nearest cabinet maker. There must be one in your area. Then you would have access to carefully selected seasoned hardwoods, and a cabinet maker will have the machinery and the skill to accurately cut whatever sizes you want, and will understand the need for quarter sawn stock for stability. I am a retired musical instrument maker and have built a few wooden cameras. If you need any advice pm me with your phone number and I will help in any way I can.

If a problem does arise and a disagreement develops between you and your contractor, stay calm so that tempers do not flare. Set a time for you and your contractor to get together, and go over the contract. Listen to your contractor’s side of things, and request they do the same for you. If the problem remains, seek another opinion from a knowledgeable friend; if the situation is serious enough, discuss the situation with your lawyer.

The most common problems that arise include poor workmanship, delays, and misunderstandings about the scope of the work. If your contractor has taken on other projects simultaneously with yours, causing your project to stall for days or weeks between visits, insist they adhere to a regular work schedule, and complete your project at the promised time.

If your contractor refuses to comply, send them a registered letter threatening to cancel the contract and seek a refund of the down payment, as permitted by law in some provinces. This may help to rectify the problem, especially if the letter notes a copy of the letter has been sent to the consumer protection department of your local government, or to the contractor’s bonding company.

Bad workmanship and poor business practices can be reported to the government department from which the contractor obtained their license. This office will take necessary action if deemed appropriate.

If you think some of the work is not up to local or Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) standards, report it in writing to the appropriate inspection department. If it is determined that the quality of work does not meet code requirements, the contractor will be forced to make necessary corrections at their own expense.

To Avoid Problems:

  • Select your contractor carefully; check all references.
  • Ensure the contractor is properly licensed and carries the proper insurance before hiring them.
  • Visit the work site at intervals and discuss progress with your contractor; keep communication with your contractor open, and make yourself available to answer questions or discuss situations that might arise.
  • Before hiring a contractor, ask if they plan to work on other jobs while working on yours. If so, ask how many days each week they plan to work on your project, and get it in writing. Work schedule terms should be outlined in the contract.
  • Make sure the contract is as detailed and specific as possible.


1. Progress in Korea nuclear talks data: 10.04.08
North Korea says a deal is reached with the US over disclosure of its nuclear activities.

2. Jobs: Mirror Works: Live wires data: 07.04.08
A row about the last song played at a concert prompted two friends to start recording shows and selling CDs instantly to departing fans.

3. Dominant Russian party to nominate Putin as leader data: 10.04.08
The Russian president has said he will become prime minister after his successor, Dmitri Medvedev, is sworn in on May 7, but leadership of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party would effectively give him control of Parliament, where the party has a large majority.

4. Clashes at Olympic torch relay data: 07.04.08
Police arrests dozens and change the route of the Olympic torch relay to avoid protests in London.

5. Greek prime minister faces a vote of confidence data: 27.03.08
It is unlikely that the censure motion against Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, introduced by the opposition, will succeed.

6. Putin invites Bush to confer in move to avoid public clash data: 07.04.08
The meeting is likely to be the last between the two leaders before the Russian president is replaced by his protĂŠgĂŠ, Dmitri Medvedev.

7. Bank rates 'will fall by a point' data: 07.04.08
Interest rates will be cut by a full percentage point by the end of the year as the credit crisis continues to cause turmoil in the mortgage markets and the wider economy, financial experts predicted yesterday.

8. Scots beaches 'worst for waste' data: 10.04.08
Scottish beaches have the worst levels of sanitary waste in the UK, according to a new survey.

9. Trade in mammoth ivory, helped by global thaw, flourishes in Russia data: 27.03.08
As global warming releases the remains of extinct woolly mammoths from the frozen Siberian tundra, the traditional Russian business of ivory carving is flourishing once more.

10. 54 Burmese migrants suffocate in truck data: 10.04.08
At least 54 illegal Burmese immigrants have died of suffocation while being smuggled into southern Thailand in a freezer truck, police have said.

11. Paul Routledge: Fag ban will work, no ifs and no butts data: 07.04.08
Ssst? Wanna buy some dirty, dangerous drugs that will eventually kill you? I got psome real hard stuff, genuine Virginia. Just like Marlboro Man used to smoke.

12. Rescue team find missing aircraft data: 07.04.08
A rescue team finds the wreckage of an aircraft which went missing in bad weather in the Cairngorms.

13. Al-Qaeda leader al-Masri 'dead' data: 10.04.08
The US says Abu Obaidah al-Masri, reputedly al-Qaeda's mastermind in Afghanistan, has died.

14. Live qualifying notes data: 27.03.08


15. Sight restored 66 years on data: 07.04.08
A man blinded in one eye during the Blitz has his sight restored by Scottish specialists, 66 years later.

16. Boring press conference, telling moment data: 27.03.08


17. Man charged over Jamaica murder data: 07.04.08
A handyman is charged with the murder of a 61-year-old British woman on an extended holiday in Jamaica.

18. Gordon Brown accused of breaking Iraq promise data: 19.03.08
Gordon Brown was accused of breaking his promises on Iraq yesterday as troops were told a force of 4,000 would need to stay in the country until the end of the year.

19. Tony Parsons: Lionheart Prince Harry wins battle royal data: 19.03.08
The secret is out - idiot elements of the media have forced the early withdrawal from Afghanistan of Prince Harry.

20. Crash dead remembered data: 07.04.08
A special church service is held in Farnborough a week after an air crash which killed five people.

21. Heather Mills torn to shreds by Sir Paul McCartney divorce judge data: 19.03.08
Heather Mills has seen her reputation left in tatters after the High Court judge presiding over her divorce from Sir Paul McCartney tore into her character, accusing her of "make-belief", inconsistency and inaccuracy.

22. Junior doctors 'bullied' into unpaid overtime data: 07.04.08
More than half of junior doctors are being "bullied" to work hours of unpaid overtime, the British Medical Association has warned.

23. Margaret Thatcher 'would win election today' data: 07.04.08
Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher is voted the greatest post-war prime minister in survey.

24. Queen set to meet Irish president data: 19.03.08
The Queen is expected to meet the Irish President Mary McAleese in Belfast later during her visit to NI.

25. U.S. equity loans are next round in credit crisis data: 27.03.08
Lulled by good times, millions of Americans borrowed — sometimes heavily — against the roofs over their heads. Now the bill is coming due.

26. IOC'S Rogge says "very concerned" after torch protests data: 07.04.08
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said on Monday he was "very concerned" after protests disrupted the Olympic torch relay in London.

27. Madeleine McCann: Apologies through the ages data: 19.03.08
From hoaxes to errors of judgment, the front-page apologies in the Daily Star and the Daily Express today are the latest in a long history of expressions of regret by newspapers.

28. Despite setback, France to pursue Betancourt's release data: 10.04.08
Bernard Kouchner, the French foreign minister, vowed to push ahead with efforts to free the French-Colombian hostage, even after her rebel captors, the group FARC, rejected a mission trying to reach her.

29. Women face bias worldwide - UN data: 07.04.08
Women are discriminated against in almost every country worldwide, a UN-commissioned report says.

30. Zico seeks end to foreign player limits in Turkey data: 10.04.08
Fenerbahce coach Zico has called for an end to restrictions on the number of foreign players at Turkish clubs after Chelsea knocked his side out of the Champions League.



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