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Nick W: If you do come up with a briquette solution then I would be your first customer. I was hunting around the web for a while and couldn't find anything other than an industrial size thing. There must be a market for a hobby workshop sized briquetter, even if its just hand operated. Gary

Just to reply to my own question, can I compress them into wood blocks without mixing any chemicals in there, and burn them in the wood burner in the house? G.

I have the Scheapach dust extractor for my big tools, how do you guys get rid of the sawdust and shavings? I guess some of you burn the shavings in the workshop heater, some of you sell the shavings to pet stores/horse owners, and some of you just bag them and stuff them in landfill. (Only...

Lot of great suggestions. What I actually want is a combination of a few of them. My house is around 200yrs old, with crenulations (think 4 bedroom castle). So an old look to the kitchen is probably most appropriate. I really like the lightness of the all white kitchen as ours is partly...

Post your favourite kitchen pictures here! I am in the designing process for my new kitchen and although some things are set in stone (or rather granite) I am still looking for ideas. So post your favourite kitchens and say what it is you like about them. Gary

Thanks for your help all, plenty of stuff for me to think about. I did think about suspending it from the ceiling as I am taking the ceiling down for doing the lights and to get rid of some flood damage. (Another story) G

Firstly, a confession, I have a fetish for solid wood kitchens. It's not something I am proud of, but I, and my girlfriend, have accepted it. Due to a serious mould and damp problem in our current kitchen we are scrapping and building from scratch. I will be doing it myself and in a less than...

That sounds perfect for what I want to do then, bacofoil and plasterboard it is I think. Gary

Ok, it appears there's 2 crowds the pro sinkers and the anti sinkers. Being a big tea drinker and needing to keep my hand tools constantly sharp (despite all the equipment I expect to spend more time on hand tools) I think water is a must. Wish I hadn't decided on a big sink though. With...

About to start putting things in place that will dictate the final shape of my workshop. I thought I had everything planned but I am starting to second guess myself so would like some thoughts from those with a bit more experience than me. (Hell, that would include a random person on the bus)...

Tim, I noticed from a post of yours in January that you had some aluminium foil wrapped over what I think was particleboard behind it to reflect the heat back in and to keep it off the wall. How close do you keep this? (Assuming you still use it) How warm does the back of the particleboard...

Thanks guys, perfect for me as its 5mins away. So glad I don't have to go to Oxford to get myself some decent wood. I am running out of excuses for not getting started on my woodworking projects... Gary

I just bought a HotSpot woodburning stove, in fact it arrived in the post today. I hear a number of the others on here have them. Not looking forward to cutting a hole in my sheds ceiling but hopefully it wont be a problem. Will let you know how well it heats up the shed. Gary

I believe these are the same company, but I have just found out that Barnes Branch & Co Ltd have a shop in High Wycombe and I am probably going to use them to supply me with most of my hardwood needs. Before I do I just wondered if anyone has had any experience with them or their sister...

To answer my own question, I am looking at the wrong end, the strange germanic end is the scheppach side. I guess I just wire it up to a 16 amp male myself? G