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Workshop floor? Keep it concrete?
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I am in the same situation. I am thinking of using stable mats. The choice is 1 X 1 metre interlocking mats or 6' X 4' butt jointed...
Wednesday at 13:44
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Turning old farm building into workshop
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I have done similar work. The two most useful tools were a speed square and a rear handle cordless circular saw. Mine is a Makita DRS...
Monday at 18:07
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Oil finish for outdoor oak table
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I have an English oak table top, 4 planks, size about 2.10 x 0.8 m with a small gap between each plank. It lives outside in southern...
23 Nov 2023
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Which Coffee Machine?
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Another aero press user, simple to use and produces reliable coffee with a minimum of fuss.
21 Nov 2023
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Bandsaw Transport
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Thank you all for your advice, all very helpful, even if I did leave the table on, I got my bandsaw home yesterday, it is a SCM Minimax...
19 Nov 2023
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Waterproofing plywood - trailer floor/deck use
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My understanding is that when IW sell trailers with an aluminium check plate deck, this is laid on top of treated wood deck boards...
13 Nov 2023
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Left Field
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Flood control is quite simple, hold back water up stream, speed up its passage down stream. The question is at what point on the water...
3 Nov 2023
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French Wrench
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I bought this Wrench in a French vide grenier, for 8 euros. I have never seen one like it before. Does anyone know what it is called...
26 Oct 2023
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Advice to a 15 yo wanting a woodwork career
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My advice to a 14/15 year old is to keep their future options wide open, rather than narrow them down. Does she have the facilities to...
26 Oct 2023
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Brand new wood turner
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I am also a novice woodturner with a ML8. I have done the two day course at Yandles, Martock. I thoroughly recommended it.
25 Oct 2023
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3/4" Impact Sockets - Recommendation Request
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For the last 20 + years, I have been involved with old tractors, I have used 3/4" with a scaffold extension, when required, in...
21 Oct 2023
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Bandsaw Transport
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Thank you for your helpful replies. The use of a dolly for moving it is particularly helpful. I am about to make a mobile outfeed...
16 Oct 2023
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Bandsaw Transport
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Advice please. What is the best way of transporting a bandsaw in a trailer, vertical or horizontal? It is an Electra Beckum 500, approx...
16 Oct 2023
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Moving heavy machinery
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I have moved heavy objects using two chain blocks, carefully positioned so that as they lift, the object swings in the desired...
8 Oct 2023
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Lifting heavy Planer/Thicknesser up 3 flights of stairs
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230kg? That's pretty much a quarter of a tonne. Drop that on someone part way up a flight of stairs, and at best they're in hospital. At...
24 Sep 2023
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