Recent content by Uncle Chas

not used this..but is it any use? (home-made drill point gauge). http://www.homemadetools.net/drill-point-gauge

Hi Alastair, i'm interested in helping. cheers!

maybe osmocoat? wax based, designed for floorboards, so hardwearing. Tried it on an oak toybox/desk & looks great. easy to repair any chips, apparently.

Hi James, i've sent you a personal message as well. Cheers!

Hi James, I'm in London & would like to help. I might need some teaching on how to teach & some clever carpentery stuff, but can sand like a good 'un! :-). how do I contact you? cheers!

for example: http://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dcd785 ... ill/22854# is the XR series 'worth it' ? Do they really last that much longer than other LiIon drills? cheers!

great story & fantastic present. writing the history on the back is a genius idea.

Very nice! I had to have a similar tidy-up after untangling cables & cursing. Due to lack of space (and skill, it must be said :-) ), I made a kind of 'vertical pigeonhole' unit that stands on the floor. 10" deep x 34" tall x 15" wide, sides 1" decking planks. top & bottom, MDF back, laminate...

Nice! Jealous of the bits - for a brace drill, presumably? (they'd be £8+ down here :-( ). Love the sputnik thing!

I made a bench hook wrong....by screwing down the 'depth' of the vertical bits!.... (in my defence, all I had was scrap wood, long screws and the holes were partly there anyway, because they had dowels in them before). It still works, though :-) Unfortunately, i hadn't learnt my lesson...

Glad I found this thread...hopefully going to order a few hundred pounds-worth of tools soon & this could have saved me a lot of hassle Cheers!