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I keep finding working washing machine motors - always the brushed universal type, which seem to be everywhere. Has anyone else got example implementations of these motors on workshop tools? I have experimented with various speed control methods (and they DO need controlling - if hooked up to...

Hi guys. So we have recently acquired a load of shuttering ply off cuts - all 12mm some 240 x 2440 and some 690 x 850mm. We need a place to store the farm quad and other bits and bobs. I'm thinking something roughly 5 x 5meters. A quick search for all ply made sheds isn't turning much up. I...

Hi guys. After spending a lot of time recently de-nailing some reclaimed timber from a building/demolition project - everything from monster custom black smithery and 6 inchers, to small panelling nails - I was contemplating all the tools that I have never seen that should be around to help...

Hi Guys, I am in the process of building/converting an old barn into workshop space, and as part of this I want to make a sliding door - a really massive one. Well more of a sliding internal wall thing really. The plan at the moment is to have it constructed roughly like a stud wall - timer...

Hi Guys, We are in the process of converting an old barn into a workshop and are about to put down the concrete floor. It will be going onto shale with hardcore on top, and be 150mm thick. The paln is that the workshop will have a number of reasonably big machines - some woodworking but also...

Hi guys, some of you may be interested in the Dust Sniper on my Blog Its plans to make a mobile workbench/cyclonic dust extractor that makes no noise. And I mean, this baby is quiet! Anyway the link goes to a video and some detailed step-by-step build advice. Would love to know what people...