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I'm looking to build a new work bench. I don't currently have a work bench, or any work holding hardware, which means that I am starting from a completely clean slate. What do people recommend as work holding on work benches? Do you have T track and associated clamps? Has anyone tried the...

Many years ago, back in the last millennium, when I was first taught the basics of using a plane in school one thing that was drilled into us was never put the plane blade side down, but always lay it on it's side. So you don't dull the blade. Watching various woodworking videos on youtube, as...

I left most of my tools behind when I moved, which included the cheapish B&Q's finest plane. I'm realising it's a tool I miss, but rather than just going to the local B&Q equivalent here, and dropping a small number of euros on the not quite cheapest plane they have. I'm thinking I should buy...

I would like to cut some wood to for mitring together to make a box. I'd like to cut pretty precise angles. All the angles involved are 30° or 60° or 90°. I bought a cheapish mitre saw (something like this one: https://amzn.to/2uEAXIw (tho I think mine was draper brand), and it's basically...

I have a growing collection of drill bits. Some are in sets that were bought as a set with the odd bit missing. Others are misc bits that I've acquired over the years. It's becoming a disorganised mess. I'm guessing this isn't a problem that's unique to me. So thought I'd ask, How does everyone...

I have a manual mitre saw (similar to this one). Unfortunately it doesn't seem to cut straight. I'm trying to cut a piece of 100mm wide 9mm thick ply (along the 100mm length). But it doesn't give me a 90° cut. I've tried tensioning the blade. I've checked everything is assembled properly. What...

Does anyone make a brace a bit like the Ikea OBSERVATÖR, but not a cross, just a single length, about 200-300mm long? It's a thick wire (or is that thin rod), with flattened ends to take a screw. Does such a thing exist? J

This may seem like a stupid question, but does anyone make corner brackets in angles other than 90°? I would really like some 120° and 30° brackets for a project I'm working on, but my google fu is letting me down. Thanks J

Does anyone make the plastic corner blocks in other than 90°? I'm after 75° and 105° ? Thanks J

I am trying to get hold of something for which I only know the German name of - verbindungsmuffen, google search says they look like this: http://www.potsdamer-schraubenhandel.co ... ts_id=3119 But I can't for the life of me work out what the English is for them. What is their name? Thanks J

I have a delightful stanley 13-052 plough plane that I bought off a member of this forum which is perfect for cutting rebates along the grain, but for a project I would like to try, I need to be able to cut across the grain. An examination of the manual that came with it and the tool itself...

I bought a few of these threaded inserts when I found an incredibly well stocked and useful hardware store in Amsterdam. Now I am back in the UK I am failing to find anywhere that sells the same thing. Does anyone know of a place in the UK that sells these? Screwfix has something broadly...

After many years building things using ply and pine, I would like to progress to making things with native hardwoods. I did a search of local timber suppliers, and have found places that will sell to mortals, but all of them only do planks of 1 inch thickness of greater. The things I want to...

I would like to get a rebate plane that is capable of making a 3-6mm groove in a piece of wood, a few mm from the edge. When I learned carpentry at school we had some rebate planes that were perfect for this job, but I can't find anything similar in my searches. All the affordable rebate planes...