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Hi all, After a very long hiatus from woodworking and this forum (I've been devoid of tools and living in Germany for the last few years), I'm finally getting back into it and have got the go-ahead from the other half to put a small workshop up in our new back garden. The only constraint (other...

Hey guys, A question for the plumbers out there - especially the corgi registered ones! I've just moved into a new place, and the kitchen has a free standing cooker unit, but the gas connection from the wall to the hob is a solid copper pipe! Now, clearly this is not a sensible idea (move the...

After much planning and debating (thanks to everyone who gave advice on the merits of black walnut), I concluded that it would be a little too strenuous on the finances right now. So I gathered together all the wood I could find (white oak and ash left over from old projects) and designed...

Grammatical errors aside, that is my question. :roll: I'm planning to make a chest-come-coffee-table. I'd ideally like it to be pretty dark, but still have some nice figuring. Now, for whatever reason, I have a thing about using stain. I'm not sure where my prejudice came from but I don't...

Hi all, After a hiatus in the workshop of nearly 2 years, I am finally able to make something again! :D Anyway, I have a small design issue and I was wondering if anyone has any ideas. I want to make a coffee table, but one that is more like a merchants chest: drawers on one side and a trunk...

Just finished a couple of projects, both presents for people. The first is a chess board (SWMBO brothers wedding present). It's solid wood all the way through, didn't fancy marquetry after my last attempt which was dissapointing to say the least :oops: . The bottom is finished with a peice of...

I've just bought an Axminster dovetail jig (the white branded one as opposed to the perform one), and have just managed to utterly destroy the aluminium comb! :shock: Following the instructions to the letter, you are told to have the (supplied) dovetail bit protruding 15-16mm below the base...

Just a heads up, but the DeWalt 26410 random orbit sander, which is basically a Metabo SXE450 in drag, is only £79.99 at screwfix at the moment! :shock: Thats almost half of what I payed for my SXE450...gutted!

Hi all, was sent this by a friend, I'm still laughing and I first saw it yesterday... :lol: Look here.

Yesterday I managed to drop my makita drill on its chuck and have bent the drive shaft...was not best pleased I can tell you! :evil: Anyway, I'm goting to get a new drill, but since I've alrealy got makita batteries, chargers etc from the drill I just broke, It makes sence to just get a body...

Hi all, I've reacenty got a Axminster CT1502 planer. Overall, I'm thrilled with it save for one small gripe. Is it just me or is the belt tensioning method a little...well, rubbish! (For the uninitiated, you have to physically haul the motor about) The manual reccomends you should be able to...

Hey guys, thinking of gettign a new planer to go with my new thicknesser, was thinking of the Axminster CT1502, but then I spotted the Fox F22567 over at Rutlands for 300 squids. They have very similar specs, but has anyone used the Fox (I know lots of people have the Axminster on here), and is...

I was in a tool shop in Edinburgh today, and after some haggling managed to get a Metabo (Elektra Beckum in old money) DH330 thicknesser for £290 including VAT and the folding stand for it, which goes for £100 on it's own! I'm reasonable sure I wasn't supposed to get the stand, the sales guy...

After seeing it in the April/May edition of 'The Router', I decided to buy an 'Accurate Guide' for my FT220 router (got it here, the only place in the UK I could find it). At £56 it's perhaps a little pricey, but after getting it and trying it out, it's £56 well spent! First impressions are...

Mother of Norm! Real time have moved Norm form his weekday lunchtime slot to half 5 in the morning!!! :x My lunches will never be the same again! Let the ritual slagging commence... :lol:

Under what can only be described as the most bizzare circumstances, i found my slef being 100 miles form my workshop and requiring a cordless drill/driver rather urgently. So off I went down to the local B&Q with the intention of gettin one of their 14.99 cheapo cordless'. :? Then i came to...

Having compleated my mortice jig (see the projects thread), and sticking 2 fingers up at Trend (£170 my backside), I've been inspired to go further. I've always wanted a Leigh dovetail jig, the adjustability is a big plus (I currently have a cheapo SIP fixed one), and it would be nice to be able...

There was a big debate in the forums not that long ago about whether or not the Trend mortice and tenon jig was worth £170 (I don't think it is...). This led to a somewhat heated debate about whether or not you could build you own, with some people saying they couldn't work out how to, and some...

Just stumbled accross this website, not too sure what to make of it: http://www.maxtool.co.uk Porter Cable routers etc for just over £100? Granted postage is a bit steep, but it's still miles chaper than anywhere else. Yes it's all 110V stuff, but it's rates at 25-60Hz, so if you've got a...

Hi all, been reading these boards for ages, they're just great, but decided it was time to start contributing. Having said that, my first post is less of a contribution and more of a question... I've decided it's time to replace my table saw, mainly becuase it's awful (It's a Ferm Job, don't...