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Hi all Im putting together various kits for various jobs for example a plumbing kit would include spanners, pipe wrenches, water pump wrenches, blow torch solder pipe cutter, pipe cleaner and a couple of adjustable's etc I'm just after some advice on the wood work kits im starting to make lists...

Hi all, re-arranging the man cave a bit to make things a bit more bearable - the bike lift is nearing completion and has been bolted to the floor so that means I now need a little juggle around to keep things reachable. The main problem I have is anything valuable needs to be locked down. For...

Me and the missus are toying with the idea of building a small indoor jungle gym for the kids ( give them some thing to climb on other than radiators and furniture ) . For the timber I was thinking about using round fence posts but after looking at some better pics most of it it seems to be...

Started making myself a little table saw - forgot to take any pics so far - but I havnt done much so it should be too much of a problem. I built it (so far) from scrap. Now bearing in mind Im not a woodwork fanatic - nor a tradesman so what I call scrap, and half of you lot call scrap ( oak...

as title, are they any good or are they for decorative things mainly? I know glue would improve strength but how do they stack up to tenon joints and the likes?

any recommendations? I dont like TV as its called - its pants, never anything good on. I mainly watch programmes online, watch a lot of mark evans stuff 4x4 is born, a bike is born etc bit of wheeler dealers, the salvager stuff like that. Dont mind challenge tommy walsh or the ultimate workshop...

Was I imagining things or did I see a thread the other week, saying people where struggling to get kreg screws?

I have gathered a fair few manuals for various tools, there a few triton and GMC products in there too, if any on needs a copy of one PM me and ill send a copy - cant post links as it would probably be classed as spam

Giving the lathe some abuse just to see how sturdy it was parting 1 1/4" ally quick finish and parting of 25-ish mm steel showing differance between a rough turning tool and a finishing tool, then seein how fast i can part the steel pointed, or angled parting blade on steel massive...

well today i finished my drill chuck and threading adaptor. I threaded a small piece of steel to take a drill chuck, and welded it 90degrees to another peice of steel so go in the tool post A bit of fidgeting and i had the drill chuck with the threaded steel centred in the lathe chuck and...

Probably the world worst guide but here's how to use a dial indicator on the lathe with a 4 jaw chuck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIem78upi_A&feature=related and yes when ever i went in the old workshop the radio was up full :D

quick vid i did years ago to try and explain that having a slight radius on the edge of your tool cuts steel better than a straight corner. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWcv8meazv0

quick vid i made years ago on how to grind your own lathe tools with out jigs or guides etc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipqa33F4rcE

my 2" diameter metal arrived today so i finally got round to making a new tool post! The old one was only 40mm thick so allowed the tool holder to "rock" slightly when machining, also i couldn't get my knurling tool in the lathe because it is quite long and i couldn't wind the holder far enough...

If you are one of the few who has built there own lathe, or is thinking of building a lathe then spindle speed is probably something you have considered. My motor and pulleys came from a wood lathe and provided speeds of 850,1200, 1600 and 2000RPM. All of which are too fast for machining steel...

Ok, this thread will explain how i built my lathe, i know you all like piccies but once i get busy i forget to keep picking up the camera :( To start with you need a solid base with two uprights on it, and further upright on the back of the rear upright. I used 6" steel girder, with a 10mm base...

Built this a few years ago, it would have bee more than strong enough for wood, no good at metal - theres a separate thread for the metal lathe First i started with a wood lathe then spent ages and ages threading a very long bar I took my 3/4" threaded bar, added two 25mm solid steel...

I have two dismantled wardrobes they are melamine coated chipboard, beech effect. There is four sheets of it about 7ft long and 2ft wide, Ideas what to turn it into? I first thought of making a small - ish chest of drawers but ive done this before and the drawers where very heavy and hard to...