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Hi all, I'm familiar with some of the Osmo Oil finishes, having used a number of their oils previously. However I'd like to try something different and I'd like to have a slightly more 'aged' look to the oak. Something along the lines of the below It's definitely a stain I'm after, and how...

In an effort to improve the dust collection in my workshop I've just invested in a Record Power CX2600 HVLP extractor, it's rated at 1.15 m3 /hr or 320 ltr/sec Unfortunately I didn't fully grasp the fact that HVLP work differently to HPLV extractors and am now trying to work out what that will...

I keep going round the houses on this so I thought perhaps the best bet would be to ask what the consensus is on here. Before the inevitable comes up, I know a Domino would be the best option, but as a hobbyist if I had £500 to spare I'd be spending it on upgrading my table saw first, so it's a...

I'm making a small cupboard for the living room, to fit at the side of a sofa where there isn't enough room for a hinged door. I think I'll therefore be fitting sliding doors, but having only ever used wooden runners I'm not sure what sort of runners would work best for this. Looking on eBay...

So this has been a long time coming but since this project is finally coming to an end I thought I would get started with this WIP. Our first baby arrived in May this year and despite being a relative amateur to woodworking I thought it would be nice to make a cot. Once the decision was made I...

I'm making a large drawer and I want to use wooden runners. Since the drawer is large I want to take care over making the whole thing to run as smoothly as possible. I have oak, beech, maple, ash and some redwood (?) offcuts I could use. I'm thinking of rubbing them down to 400 grit and then...

I've precious little time to spend in the workshop these days having a 6 week old baby. So imagine my delight when I began assembling the sides of the cot I'm building only to find the pieces not quite fitting together properly. I checked them for square and sure enough they were out by a couple...

I really need some advice on goggles please I've got a par of safety glasses and a bigger pair of safety goggles and when used with any kind of disposable mask they both fog up immediately. The masks are both with and without the front vent, makes no difference. I've even used cressi anti fog...

Apologies for the huge image, posting a photo from my mobile is trickier than I thought! After many weeks of faffing about making a router table and a box joint jig, I finally have something that resembles a box joint! It's half inch fingers and, aside from them being a little too deep the...

I'm in the early stages of making a cot. It'll have around 40 oak slats all the way around (55mm x 10mm), morticed into the upper and lower rails. I keep going back and forth on how I'll attach the slats to the rails, I could: 1. Mortise the rails AND the slats and use a loose tenon to hold...

I know this has been covered time and time before but I'm looking to upgrade the heating in my workshop. I can't afford to install a wood burning stove, although that would be awesome. I'm aware of oil filled heaters and the like but I quite like air heaters because they give out warmth very...

I'm planning to include a drawer in a cot I am making. It'll be 1.4m wide and sitting a few mm off the floor. It'll be oak framed with box joints, and probably 3mm veneered mdf bottom (or 9mm ply haven't decided yet). The drawer will be split into 2 or 3 compartments with the dividers acting...

This is just a quick WIP but I thought it may be of interest. I had some left-over oak worktops and I had the crazy idea of cutting it up to make some end grain chopping boards. I'm quite sceptical this will work but I thought for a few hours work it might be worth a go. So I cut the boards up...

Firstly, if you're lucky enough to own a £500+ thicknesser, look away now. This is mainly for those considering a thicknesser but can't stretch to the £400+ asking price for a reputable model. So after reading up a little on thicknessers I've decided to take the plunge and trial the Titan at...

I'm on the lookout for a bandsaw, only for occasional use so I can't be shelling out £300+ on something. Most of my stock will be < 30mm thick but I'd like to get the biggest saw I can afford to ensure I can handle thicker stock if and when I have to. After looking at a few reviews this...

I'm still struggling to find a good supplier of kiln dried oak near me. British Hardwoods are great for supplying stock around 23mm thick but I need something a bit thicker for a table top (~32mm) I'm after something quite characterful so ideally I'd like to pick some boards from stock prior...

So It's been a busy year since we moved in January and the workshop is finally starting to come together. This is my first workshop so I'm learning as I go and making investments as and when I'm able to. This is a very expensive game! There was a toilet in here up until a few weeks ago, I had...

So a bit of an impulse purchase this but I decided to buy a Metabo sliding mitre saw It looks like a nice solid piece of kit, however I didn't fully consider the fact that it's 1 metre deep. That's almost half the width of my garage and a bigger footprint than my table saw! So my original...

So after 9 months and a handful of woodworking projects I thought it's probably about time I treated my table saw and circular saw to new blades. They were cheapo Ryobi units on the original Ryobi blades, so off they went and on went some new Tungsten Carbide tipped blades, £33 for both. The...

I recently bought a Trend T9 router from a member here and it looks like a nice solid piece of kit I need to buy a guide bush for it so I can set about making some templates for various projects. It takes 95mm OD guide bushes which I can only find quite large guide bushes for, namely 50 - 70mm...