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Looking to recover my 8x6 shed and summer house roofs, as the old 'paper' felt has perished particularly at corners / folds. Once I replace the rotten bits of board, I'm wavering as to which route to go. EPDM has good lifetime, but is the most expensive, then Felt shingles - certainly look the...

So there I am sitting at work this afternoon, listening to the rain on the roof, when there is a terrific bolt of lightning and the rain starts pouring in through the roof... Within minutes, the ceilings were collapsing, and we were inches deep in water. I shut down all my file servers and...

I went to see the HHGG Radio Show Live last night. Featuring pretty much all the original radio series cast. 3 hours of pure joy. Highly recommend it if you are a fan. Last night's guest "book" was John Culshaw, and very good he was too... Better than some of the other guests they have...

I had been getting fed up of loose toilet rolls floating around in our downstairs loo, so decided to pull out some scrap oak and make a toilet roll holder. First I turned the bits for a sprung spindle. Assembled spindle Finished and mounted to wall using screws in routed keyhole slots in...

I was asked to build a post box to integrate into this fence; So I came up with this; I decided to use tanalised softwood, which I think the client has now decided he is going to paint to match the gate. The name plates on the front are cut using my 3d pantograph in oiled oak to match the...

The same chap as I just built a signpost for; Also wants me to build him some postboxes to integrate into this fence ; We were thinking along the lines of this ; As I'm new at this, the question is what to make it from, given that it will be exposed to the elements. Ply? Tanalised...

I had been looking at mechanical keypad entry systems to fit to a door. Due to the door frame being aluminium with adjoining wire glass, I wanted something to integrate with the existing Euro sash lock. All the add-on key pads I could find needed a bottom fixing hole beneath the follower, but...

I just won this table on EBay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230762866461 Should I refinish it (something I have no experience of) or leave it as is? Si.

In my wonky wheel thread, there was a request for more pics of my saw table, so here we go... I bought a Kity 419 from Ebay, but it had no side table, so I made some long side rails from aluminium angle and bolted them to the saw table Two pieces of 1" mdf were sandwiched together to make...

No wonder my saw/router table was getting difficult to move around... These were bought from Axminster, and were subjected to less load than they were rated for. They have completely delaminated. They are even more egg shaped when under load. Last night I replaced them with nylon wheels...

I need to source some scrollsaw blades for cutting some 3mm aluminium. Preferably ex-stock in the UK. Any suggestions? Thanks Simon.

I picked up a Jet JSS-16 variable speed scroll saw from Axminster at the weekend, to replace an old Rexon two speed model I have. The two are a virtually identical design, apart from the fact that the Rexon has a much bigger motor, and is of clearly better quality - the slots in the blade clamps...

Whilst on the visit to Axminster last week, Ian Styles their MD was explaining how they had had problems with the quality and supply of their accessory jaws from China, and had therefore decided to bring the manufacture of them back in house... I commented that I knew what he meant as the jaws...

I have been staying with the outlaws in Somerset this weekend (handy for the Axminster trip), and this morning, one of their neighbours popped round and said, "I had heard you were into woodwork, and wondered if you would be interested in these?" He held in his hand one of these : Turns out...

I got up this morning with all sorts of plans and intentions, then the wife tells me we need a gate to stop the little one and friends disappearing down the side of the house. It quickly became apparent that it was to done yesterday, so.. Having found some suitable overpriced pressure treated...

I was thinking about a design for a house sign for some friends, and came up with the below. I will use my 3D pantograph for the sign itself, but the question is, will I be okay scrollsawing the dog out of say 10mm oak, given that it will be outside exposed to the elements. Any other ideas? I...

Anybody using Tapatalk on an iPad for viewing UKW forums should go to the app store and download the new Tapatalk HD. It's got some great new features like tiered windows, side by side Tapatalk and web versions of the thread and more. I'm nothing to do with Tapatalk, just a happy customer. Si...

...But enough about me.. Seriously.. I have dug my scroll saw out from under the bench to cut some stencil letters out for my 3d pantograph. I am cutting them from 12mm mdf. The saw isn't the world's best, but if I take care can get quite decent results with it. However, my problem is that...

I'm going to make the 3D Pantograph from Woodgears.ca (http://woodgears.ca/pantograph/) I have picked up a used Trend T4E from Andycase to use as the router. Can anybody think of a reason not to use 3/4" MDF, rather than plywood for the ply bits? It would be much cheaper. Any other advice...

I see that lidl have a Fein style Multi tool for £30. Anybody bought one before, and are they any good? Si