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Elektra Beckum BAS315 Bandsaw for sale. I brought this myself as a project a couple of years ago but never got round to sorting it out and now I need the room so it has to go. The saw runs and cuts, motor seems good and smooth. It has no fence and the blade guides will need work or replacing...

Greetings all 8) Is anybody using PU adhesives with dominos? I'm wondering if I can speed up the process by using a 5 minute pu glue rather than my usual pva for some frame assembly's. Aside from the possible mess (I'm good at mess so don't worry :D ) will it compromise joint strength to...

Greetings all. I've just cement rendered over some dense blocks (about 1/4" worth of render), how long before I can paint over it? - when it 'looks' dry or a day or two after that? Stupid question I know, but it's not something I've done before :D

Afternoon all, I need to run some extractor pipes for some recently purchased dust extractors. I have a hvlp bag type and a hplv cannister to plumb in - I was going to use 110mm soil pipe for the hvlp. Do I have to use 110 again for the cannister or can I drop down to 60/50mm pipe and keep...

I've been building a small toy chest from some reclaimed sapele and I'm having to start thinking about the finish :shock: I don't want anything really shiny so I'm thinking of using a few coats of Danish oil, what grit should I sand to before applying the first coat? Also should I raise the...

Yeah I know, more sharpening.. Literally playing around with said plane and various bits of wood today and noticed how quickly the edge was being lost - some fracture - some rounding. Now I don't think I've noticed this before as I'm usually abusing pine or similar, today was hardwood end...

I have a large record quick release vice (maybe a 52e, can't remember off hand), and want to see if I can mount it to a bench that is a steel and timber mix that has a top that's around 110mm thick. Question is how tall can I make the wooden vice jaws before the vice grip begins to suffer...

Hello I have a couple of chair questions I hope you can help with. I have a quantity of par beech that's been getting in the way for a long while, I think it's enough to make us a set of 4 dining chairs so I fancy having a go :) The beech is a bit small in section for the back legs but...

Random thought for the day.. Is there a point where a leather strop becomes unusable/unsuitable to use through contamination of metal particles? IE you charge it with your nondescript green bar and expect it to contain a certain particle size for polishing/refining your tool edge - and through...

Hello all. I've just laid a small patio with travertine slabs, should I seal the slabs with some sort of stone sealant for stain protection? Any recommendations for a product? Would something like Thompsons water seal be of any use?? Thanks!

Single sided diamond stones £12 each. Ordered myself a set of 3 last night. ITS. co.uk

When doing through and wedged mortise and tenons are the mortises always tapered? or sometimes is just relying on compression of fibres enough to do the job? I'm not making anything in particular - just a question that popped into my head this morning.. Cheers

Hi all. What's everybody's favourite finish for oak flooring? Diamond hard varnish or some sort of oil? Any thoughts on the pros and cons of each? Cheers all :)

Hello folks. I have a t&g oak floor to lay but need to put a subfloor down on top of the joists first, is osb 3 suitable or should I use an exterior plywood instead? I'll prolly be using tounge-Tite (sp?) for the fixing of the oak to the subfloor. Regards. :)

Greetings. I want to stabilise a small piece of wood that has some fine cracks/shakes in it, I think a runny superglue maybe a better choice than epoxy as the cracks are very fine and I want the glue to wick down into them ( without having to pipper about with a vacum). Any suggestions for...

I've finally ordered a new 6" sander (Bosch dual mode). One upcoming task is the refinishing of our dining table. It's "Indian rosewood", the tops about an inch thick so I have some material to play with :D It's currently wearing some sort of gloss varnish which looked nice but is now...

Hi folks, after a couple of years of putting it off I need to replace my knackered diy sanders. I think I even posted a thread or two about it years ago - nothing like putting something off :) I see very few using 1/3 or 1/2 sheet sanders being used these days, lots and lots of round ro...

Hi, I've got some treated t&g cladding (15mm thick, 115mm tall) to dress up the garage, I've got vertical battens at 600mm centres attached to the garage wall. What options have I got for fixing the cladding to the battens? I'm assuming the normal way would be face fix the first piece of...

Evening/morning, depending :D I've got a pir wall light to install by the front door, are there any regs I need to comply with for placement of the isolating switch inside the house? The feed is a spur from an rcd protected circuit which is located in a cupboard about 3 meters away. I'd like...

Hello there. Are there any forstner bits that are good for use in a cordless drill other than the zorbo (sp?) Festool bits, just had a browse on Axminster and see some by fich (again sp?) that look promising. I want something fairly fast cutting but but neater than spade bits, I have some...