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Morning all, I've just got a job in that requires lots of dovetails. As it's the first job that needs one I've had in 5 years of working on my own, and can't see anymore on the horizon I don't want to spent too much. Are the cheap ones any good? Cheers

Hi all. I need some advice. Ive been offered some teak. I will keep it brief, I know a lady who divorced her husband and sold her house. She told me she had some planks of teak that were used at work tops in her old garage and at one stage a kitchen worktop. She said they were teak. To be...

Morning all. My 1960s Sedgwick saw is broken! I'm right in the middle of making a front door and it couldn't have broken down at a worse time. All was fine, then I pushed the start button and got like a false start, a jog I think it's called. Then went to push the button again and the button...

Hello all. I've just aquired a nice old meddings drill. I have some doors to make soon and am thinking of buying one of these. http://www.axminster.co.uk/morticing-attachment Are they any good? Does anybody have one? Before I got the drill I was going to get a dedicated morticer for the doors...

Hi everyone. I've just acquired a meddings floor standing drill. It is in amazing condition. But there is a slight wobble at the chuck. How do I rectify this? It's not terrible, I'm thinking of just living with it. But as the drill cost me nothing I don't mind giving some time to fix it up. Any...

Morning all, I'm building some cupboards for a client. She is expecting a baby and wants all the doors to have locks on them. The doors are plain 18mm mdf. I'm a bit unsure as to what I need, I assumed I would just buy some very small rim locks but there is a huge amount of choice. Is this the...

Morning fellas. I have an old bike in my garden, I used it up until 2011 then parked it up and didn't declare it off the road. Now someone wants to buy it. What happens when he goes to tax it? Will I be liable for a huge fine? I ran a serch on the vehicle licence website and it came back...

Hello all. I will try and keep the back story brief. I left the safety of employment two years ago (where I was a joiner for a small high end building firm) to go it alone. I rent (cheaply) my brother in laws large garage as a workshop and marketed myself as a built in specialist, lots of...

Having lost my drills under a floor recently, I am in the market for a new impact and drill combo. The ones I lost were 18v makita. Id had them for years and they never let me down, but I hear bad things about them now. I don't really want to spend more than £300. I rarely do any first fix so...

I've been laying a squash court floor this week, easy. Screw the first board down to the batterns. Lay the floor away from that, t&g boards fixed with porta nailer until you get to the last board and screw that one down. Then I realised that I'd hidden my makita drill and impact driver halfway...

Hi all. I'm having trouble waxing a couple of tables I've just made. I've used wax loads of times, but not on a large flat surface. I can't seem to get rid of the swirly rings. I've followed the instructions to the letter. Is it just a matter of more layers and more elbow grease? Thanks for any...

I have a small karcher Hoover that I'm on the verge of throwing away. I thought it would be better to give it away on here. It's had a hard life, but still works fine. I just never use it. It gets put in the workshop, then the van then back into the workshop. It needs to go. Somebody might as...

Hi all. Just made this table for my in-laws. They recently moved from a house they lived in for 40 years. Anyway the new owners were having a loft extension added so I grabbed a load of old rafters out of the skip. This is the resulting table. Finished with sanding sealer and wax. Thanks for...

Hi all. Thought I'd stick this on here. I'm quite pleased with it. It's a large office desk. 6m x 2m. I got the job on Wednesday afternoon and it had to be completed by this morning. Managed to finish it 6 o'clock last night(Sunday) Thanks for looking. Don't know why the pictures are on their...

Hello all. Thought I'd share some of my recent jobs. Thanks for looking. Sorry about the poor quality of the photos. They are from my iPhone. I have to reduce the quality to post.

Hello all. Looking for a few ideas. I'm making a wardrobe for a customer at the moment and she wants panelled doors (18mm mdf) and oak panels (6mm veneer). I have 8 drawer fronts and 4 doors to make. I'm a bit worried about having a nice sharp line between the oak and mdf. The way I see it, I...

Hello all, I'm pricing to do some alterations to this bar. Can anyone identify this timber? Is it possibly cherry?

Just got to have a quick rant, this won't take too long. Do you ever feel like people try to over simplify the work you do to their own ends? Went round to price a wall unit for a guy which was fine. Then he said "while your here" could you price for a dining table that is hinged to the wall...

Hello all. I've done a bit of research and can't seem to find a definite answer. Two of my mates have recently had babies and I thought it would be nice to make them teethers as a gift. (And an excuse to use my lathe) I've a bit of walnut left over from a job, but I'm not sure if walnut is safe...

Hi all. My charger won't charge my little 10.8v impact battery's. The light is flashing quickly. They charge ok on my mates charger. Anybody got any ideas?