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I've just ordered some sheets of generic 18mm hardwood plywood to make some "quick and dirty" workshop equipment stands. I was going to stick it all together with pocket hole screws and PVA. But I now realise I only have a box of the course 1-1/4" Kreg screws. Will I get away with these? Or...

This is my first woodworking bench after many years of making do :oops:. The design is heavily influenced by Chris Schwartz's Workbenches book, and its' downloadable appendix [PDF]. I like the Roubo approach but I only have space for a 1.5m long bench and there is no space for an end vise. So I...

This is an "ideas post". Although it is very specific to a particular bandsaw, it may give someone ideas to apply to their own. I have a Scheppach Basato 3 vario, made in 2004. I'm sure the 100mm dust port on the rear works well if you have an HVLP extractor, but when I started this I was using...

I'm planning to make a new workbench using 40mm thick beech kitchen worktop. I intend to laminate two layers :shock:. I usually use Evostick blue PVA. The largest lamination I've done with it has been a medium sized router table top, and that was a bit of a panic. The new work top will be...

Right, I'm nearly at 50 posts, and have had my first whinge about lack of photies :). So I thought I'd better set up a photo hosting account and show progress on this Spring's task - Project CozyWorkshop. Some background to start with. I live in a diddy 1960's bungalow, with a single garage and...