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Changed thread title to make a bit more sense :) changed it again now to include making a stand for it. ................ I've taken the saw apart and cleaned out the accumulated sawdust. Then I removed the internal blade guard blade has seen better days The black strip that moves...

(Thread title changed) ............... At least I might have done if the seller ever replies to my emails. this is it took a bit of a punt on it as it looks like a TS-200 and even if it needs a new motor it might still work out as a reasonable price for a year old machine. if I'm wrong then at...

Yesterday my wife put a hot frying pan onto the kitchen worktop which resulted in a loudish popping sound and a 2p sized area of the surface exploding away from the substrate. The piece that came off is intact and about the thickness of a heavy paper. It is slightly flexible so I guess it would...

Must admit I was fascinated by the chainsaw carving Some could hardly Bear it The Barns Inside the hand tool barn Hollowing tool demo in the other barn. Huge handle! More timber prep the hard way demo Found a lathe for the turners Back to the carver for his second session...

I bought my one and only set of Bessey clamps when Axminster had their offer a long while back - 2 1m K body clamps with 2 300mm DuoClamps. I've been having the odd problem with one clamp slipping and now the other one is playing up too. The first one the main problem is the little rotating...

The height adjustment knob on my Jet JWBS14 (?) seems to be getting stiffer and stiffer. Now I guess it should be reasonably tight to maintain a grip on the moving parts but it is getting to the point where turning by hand is getting very difficult. The locking screw is definitely not done up...

Been struggling with this for far too long today! Sorted now. New boiler being fitted next week (like for like conventional but hopefully cheaper on the gas!) so no hot water for a couple of days... unless I fit an immersion heater to the indirect cylinder. Easy job... just unscrew the plug...

Thought it was about time I started a WIP thread. Might help get me moving a bit faster. At current speed I might just make it by the end of the allowed time.. might :) I've spent a fair bit of time on the completely unproven design in this thread - https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/view ...

I've got some beech and am looking at getting started on the making of my table project. It will look something like this - With breadboard ends on the main top and the pull out extensions. I know the problems with breadboard ends so I want to fake it rather than use solid wood. I was...

There seem to be lots of other things that have to be done before I can get to make anything for my comp entry so no WIP thread from me for a while. I need to get the basic idea for the mechanism sorted before I can progress with the rest of the design. thought a design in progress thread would...

Well they were Oak kitchen cupboard doors but now they are two Adirondack garden chairs :) The panels inside the door were not big enough for most parts so I cut the rails into square ended and sided pieces and glued them into panels. The PU glue I used claimed it is suitable for immersion in...

I've been drawing up a garden chair project in sketchup. Some of the pieces I need to make have shapes that would take a bit of marking out so I thought I'd cheat and print them out full size so I can stick the paper onto a panel then cut round the profile on the bandsaw. That was when the...

29.11 Changed the thread title as there is some general info on MDF painting on page 2 now. - Bit of an essay... sorry. I'm trying to spray a lot of MDF that I've turned into parts for refreshing our kitchen with new doors and trims as you may have seen here in my WIP thread. I thought I'd...

Just wondering if there is some easy way of doing this that I don't know about :) I've just installed a new fridge freezer and have been looking at hanging the cupboard doors to go on the front (which i have yet to make). Initially I fitted some mounting plates for Blum hinges. On trying to...

I wasn't going to start posting until after my upcoming holiday but as I've started cutting up the MR MDF and took a couple of pictures i thought i may as well start the thread off. I'm hoping logging my progress on here might spur me to get on with it as I seem to have developed a knack of...

I'm building up to refreshing our kitchen with new doors and drawers. So far I've got competent enough with spraying my workshop cupboard doors and tested the painting I will need to do on the exposed faces of the current kitchen cabinet carcases and am now looking to try making a first MR MDF...

Finally getting round to starting on 2 items to compliment the sideboard I made last year. Nothing difficult or unusual about them but I thought I might as well take some pictures as I go along :) Both items are in Beech and will have the same gloss finish that we have grown to like on the...

After getting some help with the design I thought I'd better post some work in progress pictures. The design is - Now made out of 3/4 inch white oak veneered MDF and White oak trims and doors. All pieces cut with a jigsaw slightly oversize and then machined to size on 3 sides. Last side may...

I'm planning on starting on a corner TV stand unit soon. It will need to be dragged out now and then whilst setting up or plugging in things etc so I'd like it to be pretty rigid and stay that way. It will have glider type feet and be on carpet so It shouldn't need excessive force to move it...

I'm close to ordering a new TV and at the same time planning to put together a media centre type computer to replace the DVD player and the now never used VCR. I drew up the things the cabinet/stand needs to hold and the walls it will be near and worked backwards to the overall sizes. I have...