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Selling my metal cutting bandsaw as it's just collecting dust in the garage. It's hardly been used at all. Any inspection welcome. Based in Milton Keynes. £135.

I'm admitting defeat. I've had this TS for a while but it's hardly been used as I've taken more to metal engineering work. I desperately need some space back so I'm putting it up for sale. I made a zero clearance insert for it when I first bought it, and more recently I built a substantial...

Hi, I've previously created a walk-in using the kitchens panels from Ikea to good effect, but the material wasn't exactly great to work with, and I couldn't find a good edging match etc. I'm doing another custom wardrobe, but this time wanted to use use pre-veneered panels either with a...

I got a bandsaw given to me today. It's a Dewalt and about 7 years old, but on the plus side it was free. I was about to lay out some cash to get an entry level Record, but at this price I've got to consider the DeWalt. The first issue is the motor needs a helping hand to get started i.e...

Hi, I want to board the ceiling of my garage, insulate, add some more lighting and use the space above for storage. The garage was build about 7 years ago and has a trussed roof. The truss floor timber measures 70mm x 35mm, and is joined over the 5.4m span with metal connector plates. The...

I want some advice where to locate my first vice on my workbench. I plan to drill round dog holes and will mainly be clamping small and medium size mdf/ply boxes as I build and finish speaker cabinets. I also plan to start some small hardwood projects and will shortly be searching for my first...

Excited like a school kid. I ordered the Charnwood W650 tablesaw. Should be a slight improvement over the Axi BTS10 that scares the dung outta me everytime I hit the start button. First project will be a HT subwoofer :)

Yet Another What Wood Is This Question Some friends have recently bought a mansion and were chucking a load of 2 inch thick wood into the skip. It's being torn out from a bathroom and there's a fair bit of it. I don't know what it is but I was going to grab it all. Would appreciate if...

About 18 months ago I had a 2" thick bubinga coffee table top made which eventually cupped. I finished it with finishing oil and put quite a few more coats on the top side then the underside. I guess this was the root cause that led to the cupping. How can I make it straight again without...

I have an el cheapo #4 plane and a few chisels, which I will be expanding on. I also want to sharpen domestic knives. I also have hundreads of hss drill and mill bits, but sharpening these is not the main goal. The cost although important is second to convenience, repeatability and effort I...

My old 1/4" b&q £20 router just isn't cutting it any more, in fact it's cutting more of my hand where half of the plastic grip has fallen off. Having read a lot of threads, I now fancy one of these two routers, but not sure if these large 1/2" jobbies will be usable for hand held use. I don't...

Argh! All these choices driving me nuts. I'm looking for my first vac/extractor for my garage workshop - something that I can use with my power tools (mitre saw/router/table saw/sanders) and also to vacuum up the shop floor from time to time. I'll be working mainly with MDF, plywood and...

Here's a design for a workbench for the garage. This is the first time I'll be attempting something like this so I would appreciate any advice that might prevent me from making major mistakes. I'm about to buy a decent router to do my first M&T joints for this project. The timber sizes...

Hi, Need opinions on which router to buy. I've been using a cheapo £20 router for basic stuff for 5 years now and would like to invest in something decent/accurate. I'll be using it mostly for hand held work but I intend to buy/build a simple table for it sometime in the future. Firstly I'm...

Hi, I've applied three coats of Liberon Finishing Oil to a large coffee table, brushed on and left for 10 minutes, then wiped off with a cloth. I plan on applying another two coats at least, but I would like to end up with a gloss finish if possible. What is the best/easiest way to achiev...

I'm looking to make a fairly large coffee table (about 1.4m square) as I can't quite find what I want from any furniture shops. I have some basic tools including table saw, router, pillar drill, but I've only ever worked with relatively thin ply/mdf in my projects, and never joined timber etc...

Hi, I'm a newbie hear and excited to have found this uk workshop forum. I'm by no means a woodworking purist, but my interest lies in speaker building and I've recently started working on a project using latvian birch ply that I need help finishing. I've tried several things so far (after...