Recent content by mattyd

cut wood, stright, and accurately with no table saw.. im not looking to cut anything to extream, mostly cutting timber down to size and maybe some plywood sheets (maybe). Any techniques would be appreciated?

Thanks all for the great advice... I guess this time Ill put it down to a not very expensive mistake that I wont make again.

So.... In the last few weeks iv embarked on a small bit of woodwork - iv (almost) build a bookcase, its very simple and will be held together with dowels and glue. Heres the thing, its built from timber (redwood?) from B&Q, some of the timber is slightly warped, I don't think its too much...

Cheers both of you for your advice... AndyT - I had not actualy considered venerred Mdf, seems like a solid plan, also seems to be quite afordable too. Would you recomend MDF over Ply? Also, simple is good - so in that case do you have any recomendations regarding Joints, dowels or nails...

Hi All, Looking for some real basic (and honest) advice. Just bought a new house, and i'm looking to build a nice CD/DVD case to fit inside an alcove in one of the rooms. So....i'm positively clueless when it comes to woodwork (I was pretty good at it at school, but that was years...

Long term windows user im guessing? I use both, they both have there querks, and are pretty much as easy to use as each other. Out of the box though I do think Macs are more userfrendly with all the cool built in software that windows is lacking, or is next to pointless using. That said, they...

I had about 14k in bonds a few years ago, and that worked quite well then. Just recently though Iv come into a bit of money (thank the tax man!) and I was looking to do the same thing again, but I visited MoneySavingExpert (best site ever TM) and they have a calculator on there to compare...

Hi All, heres a hopepfully quick (but probably not simple) question.. It really regards the cost of timber against the cost of pre built furniture.. Excluding the cost of tools and time it takes to make something, does the cost of timber (generally speaking) to say build a book shelf...

looks brilliant! how long has it taken so far.....(super newby question) what technique did you use to cut the wood, ie...what saw or what machinery?

Looks amazing! Out of curiosity...and pm if you like, how much does something like that cost?

Not a fan then ? Im guessing most would rather use traditional ones. Are there any recomended makes, or are they all much of a muchness?

Cheers guys, great help...Iv been reading up on planers today - Yep...i'm pretty clueless :) One more question - this time regarding hand planing a door/wood and the quality of plainers.. About two years ago I attempted to fit a door (it was solid wood) anyway, to a point things where...

Hi All, i'm back and looking for answers! :) Two things i'm hoping someone can explain.. On this very forum I got some fab advice about making a guide for a circular saw, I wonderderd if such a thing (off the shelf or hand made) was available to help guide a hand saw in a straight line and...

wow guys! go away for a day, was expecting 2 replys or somethin - get 16! :) Briliant advice, thank...will purchase a few off ebay/amazon today.

Can anyone recommend anything? Not really done any woodwork since school - other than fitting skirting to the ground floor of my house and a bit of DIY iv not done anything of any note. While Im ok sawing, nailing stuff etc, I tend to do things without much knowledge if im doing it correctly...