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I’ve just splashed out on a new cordless mower. The user manual runs to 474 pages, larger than a paperback book, of which 8 are diagrams and 19 of text in English. The manual for the battery charger runs to 304 pages of which 10 are in English and half of these are warnings. Bearing in mind...

I need to replace an existing lightweight fence with something more robust. I’m OK with the woodwork side of this but I’ll need fence posts every 2 metres which involves groundworks. Many sources, including fencing suppliers, suggest digging a hole 30 inches deep, putting gravel in the bottom...

Last November I bought a Record Power BS300 to replace my old Axminster BS 250. https://www.recordpower.co.uk/product/p ... rLNW55Kj3g and. so far, have been very happy with it. However, unlike the BS250 which stood on a cabinet, the Record Power 300 uses a metal stand which takes up a lot of...

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I’m about to sort out our oak front door. It was fitted about 20 or more years ago and, since then, I’m not sure whether it has had any attention. The current finish is some sort of Cuprinol type oak stain which has held up well but is starting to peel off, not surprising when the door faces...

Not particularly woodworking but, some 35 years ago, we had PVC double glazing installed to replace the 1930s era Crittall single glazed windows. These are now showing their age and are not as efficient as they once were especially at the back of the house which faces north-west and gets the...

The discussion about traditional doors, topic121185.html, and the use of wood panels, made me think again about the relationship between art and woodworking skills prior to the adoption of canvas as a medium for painting. Early Flemish paintings were all painted on wood such as oak, beech...

Axminster AWHBS250N Bandsaw About 10 years old and in reasonable condition* plus 4 Tuffsaw blades, 63 mm extraction hose and 63/100 mm hose adapter. £60 * but see post1203836.html#p1203836 Sold Trend Pushblock/4 Router Sled About 10 years old but hardly used since finishing some...

FTAGH Jigsaw attachment for Trident Workcentre 2000 Buyer collects from North Bristol (20 minutes from M4/M5 junction).

Has anyone any experience of De Walt's extended 3 year warranty? I bought a DW 755 thicknesser in mid-October and then went on holiday for over 2 weeks and have just got around to looking at the leaflet about the 3 year guarantee. This says that the product must be registered within 4 weeks...

For the last 10 years or so, I’ve been getting by with an Axminster benchtop planer/thicknesser, basically their badged version of the Woodster/Clarke/Titan etc. types. I’ve hardly used the planer mode and find the short table on the thicknesser a bit limiting so was looking for a thicknesser...

I’m still in the process of renovating my daughter’s place in France. The last room to be worked on is nearly finished, thanks to my son-in-law who does all the heavy work, pointing stonework, plastering and the like. My job is to look after repairs to the woodwork. Due to problems with damp...

Mike G has successfully converted me to using Bedec MSP for various purposes e.g. painting MDF, a galvanised garage door, touching up some concrete render (instead of buying litres of Sandtex) etc. My next project will be to paint some radiators and I wondered whether the MSP was suitable as I...

The question has probably been asked before so apologies if I'm covering old ground. When cutting treated fence posts, featheredge boards, decking and the like, in the past I've dipped the cut edge in a tin of clear wood preserver for a few minutes before leaving it a few days to dry out and...

Bear with me, I’ll get to the metal working aspect after setting the background. I am on the Committee of a society based in South Gloucestershire that organises talks on the arts in its widest sense. As part of our society’s activities, we run a Heritage Volunteers group.as do other similar...

In the latest copy of Woodworking Crafts, amongst those relating to woodworking, is an article about a stained glass studio. The studio specialises in renovating the stained glass in historic buildings. The article concludes by saying “we take pride in each and very project in what is...

This isn’t so much about a workshop build as a question about modifying my existing space. My house is built on a slope so we have two storeys at the front but three at the back. Some 30 years’ ago, the area under our dining room was excavated and the floor lowered. Prior to that, the room in...

I have a recollection that, amongst our number, we have a few engaged in boat building or restoration. As such, I’m after their advice. My son is doing a refit of the 20 year old yacht that he bought earlier this summer. As part of this he is trying to source American Cherry veneered Marine...

A couple of questions for all those knowledgeable folk out there. Firstly, over our side door, there is a small porch. Between the lintel and the tile hanging, there is some lead flashing which was held in place by some mastic compound presumably to allow for expansion and contraction of the...

Help please! A couple of years’ ago, I rescued a dilapidated sewing machine table from the attic of our daughter’s home in France. I then spent some time removing all the rust from the frame and treadle before spraying them with black Hammerite. As the top was not worth rescuing, I removed...