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Hi all I've got a load of 50mmx50mm treated timber and I'd like to turn it into a little raised 'house' with some steps for my 4 and 7 year old. Something the rectangular part of the image below, but smaller with dimensions about h=1600mm w=800mm d=800mm. Minus the cross beam and swings /...

Hi All Jut bought myself a Bosch GCM SJL mitre saw. Just wondering if it's worth putting a better blade on it than the one it came with, and if so, can anyone recommend a good 216mm blade? Thanks :)

After changing my blades, I had some snipe issues, since when I have spent hours and hours fiddling with my Metabo HC260 trying to get the blades aligned. I've watched every video available - including Peter Parfitt's. But they have different models. Has anyone else got the same model, who...

I changed the blades for the first time on my Metabo 260C thicknesser this week. Since then, I've started getting a couple of inches of snipe on the leading and trailing edges which I never had before. Would this be caused by incorrect setting of the blade height? I carefully set the height...

If I want to rout a housing for something which is 10mm thick, then how wide should I make the housing? 10mm? Or should I give it clearance, and if so, how much would be advisable? Reason for asking, I'm making a simple hinged blackboard, which is basically a wooden frame around a piece of 10mm...

Is there any actual difference between blackboard paint and just normal matt black paint? I've already got plenty of matt black paint , so I don't want to fork out on a tin of blackboard paint and find I just have another tin of black paint....

I'm in the market for an impact driver. Budget up to £200 including driver + battery + charger. I like the sound of brushless, and I am now narrowed down to a DeWalt, or Makita...

I'm a very amateur woodworker, and I normally buy my wood from Travis Perkins. This week, I thought I'd try my nearest independent timber merchants, thinking I might get better quality timber. I wanted some 2x2 stud to build a rack in my workshop. When it arrived I got a couple of surprises...

Sorry if this is a daft question. If I want to rout a housing joint to take a piece of 9mm MDF, how wide should I cut the housing? 9mm, or a little bigger? The reason I ask is that I have been looking for a 9mm router bit, but they are not actually that standard. Axminster do a 9.57mm cutter...

Has anyone made a dolls house with dormer windows or could advise how to work out the dimensions? I've made the basic construction of a dollshouse, with dormer window gables on the front elevation. My problem is the best way to calculate the required dimensions for the roof parts of the dormer...

Just bought a circular saw and I've been trying to cut some 9mm mdf to size. Saw is DeWalt, with an 18tooth DeWalt blade. I'm clamping a straight edge to the mdf, and then running the saw against the guide. But even so, my cut is not perfect. The general effect is straight, but up close it...

The last couple of times I used by bandsaw, it felt a bit like it was struggling to cut. I thought it might just need some new tyres, but having looked at it, there's no obvious give there, so I'm not so sure it is that. Anyway, went to use it today and it stalled as soon as I fed a smallish...

I want to make a dolls house for my daughter for Christmas. Nothing major, just a simlple design etc. I want it to be strong, easy on my wallet, but most importantly safe. Everything I have read on the subject talks about using birch plywood, but it's expensive and hard to source around here...

Slightly embarrassed about asking this question but here goes.. Until recently I have only really bought timber from Travis Perkins, who sell all sorts of sizes. I now have a P/T and want to get better quality timber from decent wood yards and dress it myself. Problem is - the wood yards I...

Does anyone know where you can get hold of spare tyres for the Record Power BS250? I've been googling for ages and the only spare tyre I can find is for the 10" model on Yandles. Can't even find anything on Record Power site! It says in the manual that they are replaceable - anyone know who...

Looking to spend max £200 on a dust extractor. Requirements are 1. Needs to be be 100mm so I can use it with my new planer / thicknesser 2. Needs to be quiet - induction motor. 3. Needs to be worth switching it on - I've heard that a lot of these things just return the fine particles to the...

I am normally a bit shy about showing my work on this forum, considering the standard. But it being a year since I started turning, I thought some of the people who have given me so much advice and help might like to see a few things I have been making. These are 3 inch diameter push fit boxes...

Can anyone tell me what wood this is? It's a beauty to turn - would love to get my hands on more. Cheers

Hi all I upgraded my lathe a while back, and I am looking to upgrade my T01 80mm Axminster chuck to a M33 100mm one. My problem is choosing the jaws to get with it. Not being confident they will have them in stock if I do the hour's drive to Nuneaton, I will be getting them online. I have the...

Not sure if that is the correct term. I've made a shelf with two wooden brackets. I want to make a hole in the back of each bracket so I can 'hang' it on a screw in the wall - like this... I don't really want to use a plastic insert like this - just wanted to do it directly in the wood. Is...