Recent content by seanash

Yeah, my mother is on the mainland and that is a good option to consider. I have contacted my local shipping agent to enquire about general shipping costs of timber and equipment, but as a rough guide it has cost me £50 to have a bicycle transported 100 miles and that was on route, no deviation.

Many more thanks for the excellent advice lads. Well, up in orkney I'm restricted in what timber I can buy. I have been in contact with my local craftsman who informed me where to source from, this will involve a shipping cost which obviously increases my costs significantly. Is there a...

I think it's been an education in the last 24 hours. I really appreciate all the advice I have received and more so your patience in dealing with someone with as little knowledge and experience as I have. There is certainly a lot to ponder and deliberate on but it's fun trying to figure this...

I think I might have underestimated the amount of dust etc and the need for extract and collection, that seems to be the common theme here. Any links or ideas on the size of kit I would need in a shop 20m3 with the above equipment installed? I've been having a look at gumtree and the like at...

I'm certainly finding it useful so far. It's invaluable. I really appreciate it.

Bp122 you have certainly not caused offence, all advice is greatly received. I'm cautious of spending money on the wrong pieces of equipment and with delivery times together with my location and my time spent away from home it can be difficult to feel like im not wasting time waiting on a...

That's some great advice lads and exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you very much for your time taken in doing that. I'm on nights just now so if we are quiet I will be trawling the ads. I can't wait to get home and get started with this.

Hi lads. I have an erbeur table saw that I bought to build a polycrub, a windproof poly tunnel basically. I wasn't sure whether to upgrade the table saw and look at get a dado cutter or get a routing table for that purpose. I also have a bandsaw, but it's of very poor quality, a Parkside. It...

😂 😂, your parents must have had impeccable taste too!

What is the more important item to focus my budget on?

I meant to add that I'm looking at smaller scale projects to start out with but looking to build some furniture for the house. Items like bookcases, side tables etc.

Absolutely, I'm looking forward to making a mess. We have hens so sawdust is always handy for the hen house. They keep me fed with eggs so it's the least I can do! The first project I'm looking at is to make my own bench that houses the table saw and the router.

Hi everyone. I have a budget of £1200 to get myself a planer/thicknesser / jointer and a router table and router. I'm new to the hobby but I don't want to have to upgrade within a year, I'm looking for equipment that will get me going and not hamper my progress with poor quality results. I...

Hi everyone. I'm Sean from the North of Scotland. I'm just getting stated in the hobby and have joined to get some much needed advice, talk with some like minded people and hopefully post some pictures of the projects I undertake. I work offshore so my time is spent surrounded by water or...