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Hi All I'm wondering if anyone has any experience of using this or perhaps just observations from the technical info? http://www.wocadenmark.com/shop/product/worktop-oil I need to replace a section of solid beech worktop and the local supplier here stocks and recommends this WOCA oil as a...

Hi All Having pulled up the carpet ready for the new one to go down a split tread has been revealed. It's also sagging in the stringer as at some point the glue block has come adrift. I have full but cramped access to the rear of the stair case. Am I best to replace the tread? If so id be...

Hi All I need to reproduce some bead and butt style tongue and groove cladding, it’s for my property. However, I’m in need of some help and advice to make sure I’m heading the right direction. I want to use tulip and the plan originally was to get my local timber yard to supply 160 metres...

Hi All I am need in some advice to replace spindles on my stairs. The existing spindles are ok but as part of wider renovations I’d like to replace the straight spindles with some turned spindles. The house is Victorian period (1872) and it seems fitting to include this as part of the wider...

Hi All I know there have been a few how tos and information on the forum so please point me the right way if I have not be efficient in my searching! I have a Stanley No.5 plane that I was hoping to upgrade the blade and iron with a Quangsheng model. I have posted a picture of the model number...

Hi All I'm in need of some door hanging advice, I hope I am not making a meal of this, I'll do my best to describe. At present the existing door is a rank aluminium, single glazed condensation attracting wonder. It hangs in an aluminium frame that has been recessesed inside the house, inside...

Hi All There are always a few posts about table saw rip fences not always being up to much. So I thought it be useful to make a quick post to show what a difference a Workshop Essentials DVD, some box section steel and a toggle clamp can do! The only modification I made was to use low...

Hi All I see there have been a few posts about plug cutters and the vote for the tapered Veritas ones seems like the better option. I have a set of Disston screwdiggers (8, 10, 12) and corresponding plug cutters and find the plugs I'm cutting don't fit as tight as I would like. Will the Veritas...

Hi All I've just bought a selection of grits for my Dewalt ROS. It's got the 150mm pad with 6 holes in it. My question is do I need to use the pad saver between my sander and the sanding disc? I emailed Mirka and the reply was I shouldn't but there seem to be comments that they are a useful...

Hi All I am glazing an internal timber door and will bed the glass onto a thin bead if silicone. However, when I pin the beads with panel pin and nail punch would I be best to apply a thin smear of wood glue? I'm hesitant to do this as I imagine it makes re glazing it in the future, should the...

Hi All My first post here and after doing what I can to solve this I am in need of some advice! I recently moved house into a Victorian property. The previous occupant left me some skirting to finish off but no skirting to finish it with. I'd say that the skirtings' not original period...