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Hi All I've got a request for doing some floating shelves from SWMBO This is to replace the aluminium decorators stand that been subbing as a TV unit whilst I've been avoiding doing more work on the house. (needed a 7 month break after fitting reclaimed parquet floor). The TV will be bolted...

Hi all Due to SWMBO "being between jobs" I'm selling my woodrat and I thought I'd see if any of you would like before it goes on ebay The woodrat is the full sized wr5 and is in very good condition I'm including a dewalt DW625E which is fitted with a plunge bar and the also wood rat...

Hi all I've been asked to make a portable light weight folding gaming table This table is for war games such as warhammer etc and needs to be 6 by 4foot folding in half for storage I was thinking of using a thin ply and making 2 torsion boxes 4x3 foot that could be hinged together to make...

Quick question Am I the only nutter on here that is look forward to the Premiership Season or any other football starting again in a weeks time. Hell I'm having a Prem party weekend next week at mine involving watching 5 matches in 2 days :shock: Just got home from watching my team in...

Hi all sorry to drag up the old Sharpening thing again ......... but I'm in the process of getting my first lathe setup along with the workshop (finally) and after much reading on the sharpening issue I thought I'd gauge who uses which method for getting the gouges, skews and parring tools...

I just thought I'd let you know that I'm offical a few step off the top of the slippery slope ...... got about 3 months of DIY before shed time :cry: I bought the record lathe of joekid (must say that he is a great person to chat with and he happy let me play on the lathe before buying and the...

I was just thinking of some of the stuff I want to make once the House DIY (living room redecorate ........ including parquet floor through into hall) and I've got on long list bench system for workshop/shed with mitre station and router table built in Fire surround in maple (living room)...

Hi all How many of the people here that built a router table have used T track for the fence positioning and lock down if not what method have you used ......... Ian

Hi all I'm just in the process of planning out my workshop and even thought it's small I'd like a static plumbed in dust collection system. I'm going for one of the camvac machines coupled with a chip collecting bucket and I was wondering if anybody could recomend a supplier of the extra...

hi all I'm interested in gatting a lathe but due to home improvements I've not got a fortune to spend ...... so I had a look on ebay and spotted this the reason I was interested as it's local to me but as I know very little about this side of woodworking I was wondering if anybody could have a...

Hi all I'm trying to gat an initial id on what type this wood is as I may need to source some to make a fire surround due to the last one not surviving my clumsiness ...... this is the same pic as in the last thread I started but I thought that I may get a bit more input asking direct (hope...

Well I'm just doing a few jobs on the house getting ready for the plaster ...... you know chasing the odd wire in, removing the fire surround etc Then what do I go and do ............. knock over the fire surround which breaks both its legs .......... this was followed be much swearing and...

Hi all at the moment I'm considering getting rid of my planer/thicknesser (EB260). the reasoning behind this is that I've got a small workshop and if I'm working with longish timber (1m or above) I have to move the thing about and its not to easy. Also if I need even more room I have to get...

Hi All Anybody know of a company that sells Triton tools spare parts Basically I want a new 1/4" reducing collet for my Triton router as the last one slipped free whilst I was routing a groove in the router table.......ended up in shop vac. As a result of this it no longer slides into the...

I'm just thinking about on of my jobs for the new year and it's building a bench............ I'm going to be using a recycling a couple of lab benchs I got from work the two tops (1inch thick) will be ripped in to 6.5cm widths and these will be glued up to give a 6ish cm top after clean up...

Hi all This one is aimed at anybody that has any of the eurekazone kit I'm sold on the idea of this and as recommended by ColinC ... so I will be buying one in the near future I've also been looking at the optional extras........ such as the smart clamps, the square and the repeater setup. I...

Hi all Quick note for all you EB HC260M planner thicknesser owners I got one second hand over a year back and now I've come to the time to change the blades as I noticed they where looking a bit on the none sharp side. So I get the spanners out remove the two blades and found that they are...

I've final seam to be getting the hang of this sketchup thing........... A big thank you to Dave hr for all his post on the subject they've been invaluble anyhow on to the picture of the first design out of sketch up This is basically for my dining room which has a few old pieces of...

Hi all just a quick photo of my latest project which I've finally completed and in time too...................... one Cot for a friend who's expected to give birth in the next 2 weeks one thing learnt is I hate working with pine ............ pain to finish and the stuff marks/dents just...

anybody got any tip on doing a fulted sections in sketch up Thanks Ian