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I posted back in 2014 on a small workshop I was getting by with at the current house at that time, Having since moved twice and gone through two other shops, each larger and better organised. I've finally got something I can work in happily and comfortably, and most of all I have the space to...

No doubt I am not alone in having to make do with a small space to work in, as such it has forced me to try and think creatively about storage and how best to use space. Just wondering what other folks do to resolve this problems and if they wish to offer up their own methods for small shops...

If this is in the wrong section could a mod please move it as I wasn't entirely sure where to put this post. I was given this attachment today and i' not quite sure what it is for. From the looks of things I am guessing it goes into a drill chuck to cut along edges, but I cannot see any way to...

Picked up this saw today after seeing it on a second hand site. I am well aware that generally anything with "NuTool" today is slang for plastic rubbish that will fall apart. So was a little apprehensive on the quality when I went to view it. However it seems to be a much older model as there is...

I recall seeing some nice designs for handmade clamps in one of Robert Wearing books. The basics being a pair of faces with threaded bar between you simply screw to tighten. Being on a very tight budget these appeal to me compared to the price of even small grip clamps, and I don't forsee any...

Can't recall where I saw these things but the idea has stuck in my head. I am considering making up some wooden light switches, with the possibility of extending the idea to other socket types also. The base design is simple enough of a square with a bevel edge, and depending on the wiring...

I'm making a new tool cabinet and the plans call for using plywood as it reduces the chances of stuck drawers through wood warping with humidity. I have two sheets of 18mm mdf that were over ordered from my last project. I know that if the stuff gets physically wet it becomes a nightmare, but...

I'm in the process of making up some proper workshop furniture so that I can really start learning things without the silly problems of wobbly benches, dust filled cupboards etc etc. My current piece is a wall hanging tool cabinet using a plan I found on line. It calls for using French cleats to...

I'm at the closing stages with my first project at my woodwork class, a nice simple table design. I have some danish oil waiting for the finish but first need to fix the top to the legs. I'm not too sure which is my best option here, screw up from under the leg braces and carefully ensure I only...

I'm getting towards the finishing stages of a small handmade table project for my woodwork evening course. The wood used is just cheap softwood from the local timber yard, having seen the store room in the back of the collage I can see they are simply buying 6x3 timbers and ripping them to suit...

Ok so I will start out by illustrating that this is simply an idea in my head for perhaps 6-12 months time rather than right now. So i've begun to get the various tools I need for the work (hobby) I want to be doing, and also peered over the edge of that slippy slope that is "quality tools"...

Got hold of an old stanley smoothing plane for next to nothing at a car boot sale today. After stripping to clean it just needs a new adjusting nut so im happy enough, however the base has alot of work needed, ive tried some wet and dry on it to no avail. Can anyone offer some advice to get this...

Started a once a week woodworking course recently to learn the basics of how to do things by hand. Since it's the local collage who runs the course the shop and tools are all the same as used by full time day students, this means obviously some of the tools are damaged, and the collage can't...