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Can someone help please. I have being volunteered to be the maintenance man at my kids playgroup, because i am supposedly know what am doing. They have just had a new floor fitted, but the door scrapes on the floor, after some google searching (i have never altered a uPVC door before) i...

made this for my misses for mothers day, the back is made from an old bench slats balloons is 4mm oak

Hi, has anyone got/used one of these http://www.ockenden-timber.co.uk/index. ... ts_id=2152 http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-va ... ion-017100 if so what do you think of it? am after a kit but dont really want to spend anymore that around £100 thanks for any advise Mark

Hi, This isn’t technically a woodworking question but I need some advice, I want to board out my loft just for storage nothing fancy, the old couple we brought it off had it insulated, they put 300mm over the original joists, and where they boarded it out just didn’t put any insulation in...

Hi all, This is what I have been up to for the last couple of days. Made from 5mm hardwood ply. I was thinking it would be cool to have a Santa’s head and an elf’s head either side of it, does anyone have any pattern which I could borrow please? Thanks Mark

This is what i have been up to now i have got my saw working again

Hi, Ive just started to use my scroll saw again after not using it for most of the summer, and I think I realise why I stopped. The blades keeping coming out of the clamps, I was cutting some 25mm oak using a #5 blade I must of used 8 blades making about 5 little cuts. I have got a jet jss 16...

Aldi have these on sale next thursday https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/t ... r-table-2/ And https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/t ... -router-1/ Do good\rubbish will they be, I just make the ocassional thing here and there for around the home nothing serious at all,the router table...

I thought I’d share a picture of the modification I have made to the dust blower, originally the dust blower only really worked well at higher speed, at lower speeds it was next to useless, so i got a spare air pump from my fish tank, some hose and cable tied it to the top arm. it works a...

Hi, The allen key to secure the blade has rounded off, instead of just buying a like for like replacement can you upgrade it, so making blade changes is a bit easier as well Thanks Mark

Well in 2014, I dint get to use it much I would have liked, due to one thing and another, and after reading the form alot I thought id post some things ive made, I think ive got better as the year has gone on

Hi, Ive got this router, http://m.screwfix.com/pr-gallery.htm?id=81664#imggal1 I was wondering if anyone knows a router table that will fit it, or if anyone has any plans so I can make one, am just a keen hobbyist without much money I might be able to get the misses to buy me one for xmas so...

Hi, Ive got some logs off my Dad, apparently they are Oak and have been down for a roughly a year. Id like to cut them into 10/20mm thick boards but ill have to find a friendly joiner to do it for me because I don’t have the tools to do it. My question is am I wasting my time keeping them as...

Ive finally got roound to making something, well two things, ive learnt a lot already, the fish tank is for my desk at work and the other is a present for my mate(he is an IT nerd if you were wondering). I found the tight turns dificult, is it best toincrease the speed of the blade? Ive had it...

Hi All, This is my first time posting on this bit, so please be gentle. I am a keen hobbyist, and am interested in getting a scroll saw, but I can only afford around the £100 mark, which I know isn’t going to get me the best machine but will be good enough for what I want to do with it. I’ll...

Hi, Am a newbie to this website and woodworking, so please be gentle with me. I have got a quick questions, ive made some picture frames and candle holders from Yew and I was wondering what would be the best wax/oil or something else to finish it with. Thanks for any help Mark