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You never know now do you :P I just knew there had to be one who'd see it that way and take advantage of my tired old bones 8) I've just got to net the front today and fit a catch for the door then the hutch is done. Pics to follow when it's been painted up and not before! It's way too...

Today I've spent almost 15 hours in my home workshop making a roll holder for the paper towel rolls I have and a rabbit hutch out of all my scrap 2 x 2, plywood, CLS and OSB for the injured baby wild rabbit brought to my wife by one of the neighboughs after their cat caught it. Needless to say...

The thumb these days is fine :) Personally I think it's mended remarkably well considering what it went through. I'm just pleased I had the blade only a couple of mill above the stock I was running through or it could have been much worse! Back to saw blades, I've found that every blade...

Thanks for the advice guys, I'll give it a go and see what happens :)

My sharpner is one of these: It works off any drill and has a wheel that you offer the end up to while the front bit has magnets in it and holds the chisel in place. It works reasonably well on thinner chisels but wider ones need to be stroked left to right to sharpen them.

That was it after about 10 days Mark, it's all healed now with a lovely scar though some of the feeling isn't quite as it was and it can get a bit tender at times. It was my own stupid fault really, I'd already routed a couple of pieces on the wrong edge and was running through the final pieces...

The thing with table saws is while the blade is new it can offer a finish ready to glue up but after maybe 30 or 40 cuts the blade does dull meaning you still have to run the ripped piece through a jointer or plane it to a decent finish. When gluing up to make boards in my experience a...

Well, if you're looking at engraving names you could have several different type sets of varying sizes and fonts that all fit onto a slide board. Using different router bits would offer another variation on the actual end product with the advantage being you wouldn't be restricted to a 4 x 4...

And so the saga continues! I hate roofs! I really need to sort out mine before summer starts and it starts raining on a daily basis. I have no idea at all why but no matter how many layers I put across my gully it leaks to the point were it may as well not be there. I just don't get it...

I find both of those expensive! I bought my end vice for I think it was £20 from screwfix, (Yep! They still do them! http://www.screwfix.com/p/forge-steel-w ... ce-6/45234 ), and I have to admit it's always served me well. I have even used it on metalwork projects. Expensive isn't always better.

I'm a huge fan of making all my own jigs. For doweling holes I used to just use a piece of hard board and a decent piece of hard wood with bolts through it and a slots cut into the hard board for it to slide up and down on for positioning. These days I use metal strips with appropriate holes...

I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me out with something. I have a trusty set of chisels but on the largest one I've taken a couple of chips out of the end after hitting a brad or something similar. Now I do have a sharpener, it's a drill operated one with a magnet on the guide to...

My understanding of CNC machines are they're huge and expensive. I also understand they're not actually bought but leased so I, (with respect), question if this is actually a CNC machine you're buying? If it is and it's only a £250/£600 or £2,500 go for it! It'll pay for itself very quickly...

I may just drop you a PM at some point in time for this diagram, sounds like a good idea given I've got a coil pack for each cylinder anyway. On a side note to the thread, as the a typical garage owner I'm at this point in time running a bag of droppings which is my own fault really, I haven't...

How do you do that?

Thanks for the Ebay links guys, I know they can still be got but that really wasn't the point of my post. The point was I can no longer go into a SHOP and buy these things and I did say I was too lazy to pop over to the garage where we have trays full of these things which we order in by the...

<Engage rant mode> OK, so the other day my bike was playing up and losing power so today I took a day out to sort it out once and for all. As a mechanic I know this is a huge sin but I've never changed or cleaned the air filter in the 7 years I've own the old girl and I had a feeling I knew...

Today I have mostly had my head stuck in my bike while the rain poured down and flooded my workshop partition section. I also had a rather nice cup of coffee at the garden center along with a slice of black cherry cheese cake.

I thought it might be nice to start the longest thread ever 8) It's called "Today I have mostly ........" where you post what you've been mostly doing today. I'll start :lol: :lol: Today I have mostly ....... Been spending time with violent bikers! Namely watching Son's Of Anarchy Season...

My wife recently had me tile out our bathroom and I agree the spear head glass cutting bits are essential for drilling the holes through the tiles. I bought a 3 pack for about £5 I think it was and they just cut through the tiles no problems. Then I finished the holes with a masonry bit for wall...