Recent content by CatIII

Hi Tibor. I see there are quite a lot of ideas already so here's mine for what Its worth. Like you, I struggle sometimes (most of the time) with accuracy and I find I have to resort to power tools some of the time but what I find helpful are these tips which I've picked up along the way. 1...

VAT...value added tax. I was a kid at school when this was introduced as we joined the common market as it was called then. I remeber asking teach why we had to pay it and not receiving a suitable reply. Now we've left, can we stop paying it now? Regards from a old hard liner who remembers...

Jimmy. I've been searching for a plane (or 2) but didn't want to pay the earth for something I wasn't going to use that much. I shortlisted a number 4 'smoothing plane' from toolstation for 13 quid. Cheap so don't expect a Stanley quality and you'll have to sharpen the blade before use but it...

I’ve been using cast iron side beams off an old bed. Nice and long at over 5 foot and it’s angle iron so it’s easy to clamp. I use it to trim door edges with a router amongst other uses. One side beam I’ve cut down shorter to make it easier to use. Cos it’s cast iron, bit of a hack to cut with a...