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I purchased a new SIP fireball 3kw electric fan heater from Toolstation yesterday. http://www.toolstation.com/m/part.html?p=35961 It does not seem to push out as much heat as I expected when on full. At 3 kw & at over 10,000 BTU this not a small fan heater and am pretty sure a cheap household 2...

Hi I have just spent a reasonably productive weekend in the shop and thought that I would post up a few things that I find useful in my workshop. First up is my Crosscut Buddy jig. I have found that since getting my Festool TS55 track saw and guide rails last year my table saw is being used...

Hi I have just had the luxury of a week off and have spent most of that time reorganizing my two car garage workshop. Sad, but true. I had a one car garage previously and was always tweaking it to get the best use of the available space. When I moved my equipment into the new two car garage I...

Just 'knocked' this up for using in the workshop. It ain't pretty but will do the job. What do you think this is for? No prize cause I'm a tight git, just the satisfaction of guessing correctly. Howie

Hi After reading the"cheapest place to buy Festool" post last week. I checked out the recommended website which trades as Nuts and Bolts. The prices were very reasonable I thought and so bought a TS55 which came with a 1.4m rail for £325. Another 3m guide rail and a pair of 120mm clamps for...

I have recently re-organised my workshop for the umpteenth time and thought it was now worth showing on the forum. I love to see other workshop tours as they often give me ideas on how to better use my limited space. I hope you enjoy. :) My man cave is a single brick built garage with...

Hi I am in the process of revising my workshop dust collection and will be implementing either a cyclone or thien separator to work with my record DX4000 extractor. I would like to build a drop box for the separator which would obviously be square or rectangular because: 1/ it's cheap 2/...

I have recently bought a new air compressor and brad nailer. It is the bostitch MRC6-U compressor and brad nailer combo pack from screwfix for £200. I think it is pretty good quality kit and a good value price considering everyone else is retailing it at £250. I have a single car brick built...

Hi I have a project starting for some TV room units that incorporate glass quite heavily into the design. The units are being made of a mix of MDF and MDF veneer to which I will be adding 6mm rebates (about 30 mm deep) to some edges and then sticking 6mm toughened glass onto the rebates in the...