Recent content by ObiWayneKenobi

Don't doubt your planing skills. As long as you're not working with end grain, a regular smoothing planer will be more effective than you might think. Just take a little off at a time and keep checking high and low spots with a straight edge.

Unsurprisingly Wickes didn't have any stock of the lengths I needed so I went to a more reliable timber merchants. I'm not sure what species it is but it looks better than the spruce from Wickes. I'll give more consideration to painting the frames, thanks. I'll look into the UV protector and...

Hi all. The last job on my workshop build is the window frames. I'm about to pick up the timber from Wickes (their standard Whitewood PSE). What is the best finish to protect this, given that one face will be open to the elements? The rest of the workshop has a clear finish so I'd like to keep...

Thanks Phil, that's good to know. I'd looked at the Yale HSA Essentials Alarm on Amazon (slightly cheaper than Screwfix). £100 is a reasonable amount of money for the security of ones tools and possessions, especially given their vulnerability away from the security of the house. I think this is...

Hi all. New member here. I have recently completed my workshop build and am looking at security solutions, specifically battery operated alarms. I have been looking at alarms with a PIR (motion) sensor that are remote controlled with an IR fob. These seem okay as they are relatively cheap, can...