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John51, thanks for you reply. I know what you mean, it's a worry that I wont earn the money back that I have spent on everything. My thought is that if I can just earn the basic pre-tax allowance, and then anything else I earn will pay back the money I have invested (capital). So in the end the...

With regard to electric, I have to get someone in to change the CU in the house, as it doesnt have any slots left to allow for the power to be supplied to the workshop. I had a builder friend around yesterday, and he dropped his Micro Digger off for me to play with for a couple of weeks, so I...

Im also told that it is cheaper to buy planed tongue and grooved packs of flooring or cladding timber from some of the big hardware supermarkets, than it is to buy un-planed wood from a timber merchant. Is that true? One guy told me he buys the tongue and groove and trims off both edges to leave...

:) I don't know about the calender, my wife would not go for that one. Remember that my workshop is in the garden. When I was 21 in Australia, I went out with Australia's playboy of the year, maybe I should hang the centerfold picture I still keep safe. No, I dont think that would be a good idea...

Wow! That's some info there. And plenty to think about. I agree that second hand will be the way to go, as I am not highly skilled in a lot of woodworking, I will likely see a new machine turn gnarly pretty quickly :) My most recent purchase was the Makita LS1030 Mitre saw. I had planned on...

Yes, training seems like the key. After my first 5 years from leaving school as an Hod Carrier in the UK and in Australia, I set up a landscaping and building company, with not a dot of experience, other than carrying an Hod and developing a huge lump of hard skin on my shoulder as a result, and...

And my budget is 30k. With this money I have to make my workshop, add tools and equipment, and whatever is left I will want to use to buy a double cab pickup. I know, a tall order hey? I do have tools already that I have built up over the years, including: SIP Extractor with attachments for...

It's been a while, but I am at last looking at starting my workshop within the next few months. After deciding where we wanted to live, Tan Lan near Prestatyn North Wales, we purchased a small 16 century stone built Toll House. We bought the place in April 2012. It has a couple of acres, an...

Thank you all. There is some really great advice here. And from who seem to be knowledgable people. I think the idea of "buy as you go" is a good one, as I can imagine starting a project then adding what I need to complete it. I also like the idea of buying machinery that is built here in the UK...

I am thinking of it like this. Having worked in the building industry all my life, I am at a point where I need to slow down. I still want to use my workshop as a business though. I don't need to earn a lot, so any profit will come off my original tool capital, and so I will be paid back for...

I plan to make things by machine. I think £20,000 for a pair of gloves would be a little too much. Honestly, I would like to think I would be able to develope some skills that would see me capable of machine work and by hand.

Thanks, I have just sent off for the Axminster Tool Catalogue. I never really thought much about dust extraction, but yes, that should have been one of my first considerations in the design of my workshop.

OK, here is the problem. I have £20,000 to spend on equipment for my workshop. My workshop is not limited on space, as I haven’t built it yet. I will be building the workshop on some spare land on my land, so I will build it as big as I need to. I plan on making garden furniture and solid...