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Hi all, I have made a couple of flight cases from Birch Ply and have painted the inside with matt black blackboard paint, but I would like a black glossy hardwearing finish and do like the look of Hammerite hammered gloss (and I have a litre of it on-hand). Will it work okay on Birch ply...

Anyone going to the Festool Demo Day at Axminster Skill Centre, Devon. There are some new tools being released in the next couple of months which will be demo'd and I am keen to see, in particular the H.K85 which is a portable circular saw which accepts a grooving cutter block which allows the...

I am going to build my wife a summerhouse which will be 11ft x 8ft x 6.5ft at the eaves. The building will be made from LogLap. I fancy using western red cedar shingles for the roof, but these require a minimum pitch of 14 degrees. The roof will be pitched from both long dimensions. How do I...

Just to let everyone know that the Ultex Double Sided Diamond Plates are on offer at the moment for £19.95 plus VAT at ITS. They are pretty much the same as the Trend ones and for a plate costing £24 are very good value for money. I just bought another pair of Coarse/Medium (300/600) and...

Hi all, Just come out of hospital after having another full knee (and kneecap too this time) replacement and am unable to drive for an absolute minimum of 6 weeks. I have booked to go to the Axminster Festool Demo day on the 16th September, but unless I can find a someone who is going/or...

As header. Am I likely to see anyone from here there?

I am thinking of buying a Collins Coping Foot to put on my Metabo corded jigsaw as I am putting my house back to original spec which means fitting a lot of picture rails, chair rails and large skirting. Has anyone actually used a Collins Coping Foot on a jigsaw for making scribe joints? If so...

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I am making a garden gate for my neighbour from my remaining Iroko planks. Last week I prepared eight boards which are 66" x 3½" x ⅞", this will give me a door of 66" x 28" x ⅞". When I went to prepare the boards this morning for edge jointing, I discovered one of them now has a slight cup along...

Bought one of these and it arrived today, cost £18.50 including shipping. £2.50ish a bit and the case isn't too shabby either =D> They are not a bad starter set and even if you don't use all the bits it isn't too expensive, great if you've just picked up a small trim router...

My New toys arrived this morning. :lol: Now, I just need to learn how to use them.

Just in case anyone is interested in some additional Kreg Screws No 8 x 1" Coarse 5000 pk for £15.99 here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kreg-SML-C1-5 ... 3aa4d80f54 I've ordered mine so feel free to buy what you need. Typically 1000 pk sells for more than this.

As the £ vs Euro is favourable at the moment, I was looking through the fine-tools.com (German) website and I discovered some Juuma quick T-Track clamps, they have both screw versions and their own version of a Festool Lever Clamp. As I wanted to increase my order for some Incra T track+ rails...

In a mad state of mind, I decided to try a Japanese Chisel to see what all the fuss is about, now my intention was to buy a single mid range chisel circa 10mm just to try out, god knows why as I only have 3 sets of western chisels that rarely (like never) get used, I tend to use my old plastic...

Arrived home yesterday after having a total knee replacement on Thursday Morning. Have to work up to full movement again so no woodworking for a while. Might try to arrange some hand-tool dovetail time in the dining room during this period.

As I have been unhappy with the chuck on my smaller Ryobi Cordless Drill, I looked to purchase a replacement that had a better holding capability as the one supplied was always coming undone. After looking around ebay and Amazon I worked out that it was going to be better to take the chuck off...

I am thinking of having a bit of a move around of some of my motors. I am thinking of increasing the power of my AW106PT Planer/Thicknesser from 1.5hp to 3hp, using the 1.5hp motor from the Planer/Thicknesser to upgrade my 1hp Bandsaw and maybe using the 1hp motor in my 0.75 motored Dust...

I thought I had about a dozen rough sawn Iroko planks left in the garden, and decided to put them all 'in stick' and cover the top of them. It turned out I actually have 24x 70"x8"x1.5" and 2x 70"x10"x1.5". They have all been in the garden just stacked against the back of the garage for about...

I currently have a DF500 with all cutters 4mm, 5mm, 6mm, 8mm & 10mm, I have just ordered a DF700 with the 12mm and 14mm cutters/biscuits. Will the 8mm & 10mm cutters from the DF500 fit the DF700 without an adapter or will I have to buy the additional XL 8mm and 10mm Systainer set if I want to...

Why is the Vise positioned on the LHS of a workbench (either bench or tail) for a right-handed person? I am a righty, but feel that the vise might be better placed for sawing if it was to be placed on the RHS, this way the saw cut would be outside of the bench and therefore unlikely to...