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Hi Guys, I have a Axminster floor standing morticer for sale. I bought it about 6 years ago and its had very light use really. Its all working as it should do. There is some light surface rust on some of the metal bits - Ive tried to photo. A good clean would have it right again. Model Number...

I am re-roofing my house. Well to be technical roofers are doing that bit and I am doing the carpentry. The roof is going to be insulated between the rafters (as there is a loft room and no insulation currently) and so the roof is to be counter battoned to provide an air gap between the felt...

So I had a long winded thread a while back about sash window research from 1720-1750 ish . Anyway I got round to making them finally this weekend. I've had so much help from various people I thought I better document what I have done in case someone else may find use for it . I've used a...

Hello Friends Ok so a long winded thread which will appeal to a select few, but any construction details / pictures / thoughts would be appreciated. I have a potential window replacement project on a farmhouse in East Sussex. The building was built between 1720 and 1750. Although the building...

Hi all, I usually post on woodwork, but I sometimes lurk here too ----there are a lot of traditional woodwork enthusiasts like myself so I have directed this question here. I have an upcoming project that involves a small amount of curved work and having never done this type of thing before, I...

Hi all, I was dead set on buying a spindle moulder , so I've found one at a good price (£400) (its a Startrite T30) but I'm now having second thoughts and was wondering if anyone could clear up a few questions I have... I primarily want the spindle moulder for a house renovation I'm doing ...

I am in the market for a spindle moulder , but have a slight issue with needing to carry it downstairs to my workshop ! (My house is down about 10 steps). Im also not interested in the Axminster / other new ones as they feel like toys compared to the old stuff. The heaviest thing I have taken...

Hi, all, I am planning to build a kitchen and I am currently designing it on CAD. Ive nearly built the kitchen it will go in....so planning next bit ! (There is another thread similar to this but doesn't cover what I'm after). I am basing the units on the following; The new yankee workshop...

Hi all, I usually cut tennons on a router table with a cross cut. However I'm making some big doors at the moment and the router table is not big enough . Does anyone have any plans for a good jig to use a handheld router with ? I was thinking I could make a T shaped peice of wood , same...

Hi All, I'm re-doing a bathroom and the new bathroom walls will have timber panneling ( it used to have timber panneling too but mrs didn't like the style ) Anyway , old panneling was good quality pine with oil based paint . I was toying with the idea to do the panneling out of WBP ply ( not...

I've just purchased a second hand record RPMS - R and to be frank I'm a little disappointed . In particular the fence is a little rubbish and the cross slide clamp down is flimsy , if you screw a peice of wood down hard it lifts the fence up and pushes the wood out of square. What mods have...

Hi all . I'm currently converting a church into a house . I've stud walled an area to make 3 bedrooms . The walls are 90mm stud (it's 2" x 4" but 90mm is finished size) and it has 15mm woodwool boards each side and will have roughly 3mm lime skim - on top of this is paneling to low level both...

Hi , I live in Sidcup in Kent, but my workshop is in Paddock Wood, Kent Can anyone recommend anywhere to get good quality softwoods - rough sawn, such as a Sawmill in the Kent region (Or further - i'm happy to drive abit) I'm fed up of the quality of the PAR timber I usually get from my local...