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I fell guilty that I've hardly seen the inside of my workshop this year, and have scarcely had time to read UKW. Whilst I've got a couple of hours of peace and quiet (finally) I thought finally get around to posting something here, but since it's not woodwork related it's here in General Chat...

Hi All, I'm wondering about the relative merits of Bamboo flooring versus Hardwood flooring - Of course the manufactureres of the Bamboo stuff claim it's better than hardwood and lasts longer - does anyone have any experience of the stuff. How hardwearing is it? Can you Varnish/Oil it? Can you...

Overview: A superb bit of kit with one big big problem. Last November I spent quite a lot of time sitting next to my CNC machine whilst it was routing wood for hours at a time and it really isn't much fun. Its noisey and its dusty and its generally rather unpleasant. Spurred on by my desires...

I'm in the market for an angle grinder at the moment.. before I spent my money I thought I'd check the Aldi specials... http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/of ... nday08.htm Angle Grinder, cutting disks, rubble sacks and knee pads are now on my list to buy for Sunday - and better yet.. the...

My back fence is 8ft high concrete posts with 6ft x 6ft panels which slot in the gaps. Once again, it's been windy.. and once again, I've lost a few fence panels. - Fortunately that's all that's gone this year so I don't have to get the wall rebuilt. I've just ordered myself some new panels...

Hi, I've got a spare IM350 fuel cell for a Paslode nailer - It came with a box of nails I bought in an emergency, but I don't actually have a Paslode nailer, so it's no use to me. If anyone local to me (near M25, J6) wants to come and grab it then please send me a PM. Cheers, Fecn

I looked out of a bedroom window this morning and spotted a green bird land in our apple tree and start eating an apple. Cor blimey I thought and went to grab my camera. I tried to turn the camera on, but the battery was dead. I dashed back upstairs with my phone hoping the parrot would still be...

Hi all, Does anyone know if it's possible to get mattresses bigger than Superking 6'x6'6" size, and if so, where from. I'm sure I've stayed in hotels with bigger beds, but can't find anything bigger than superking with google. Cheers, Fecn

My current stool is showing it's age, and can't stand up to my continued use for very much longer. I reckon it's about time I knocked something up and wondering if anyone's got any really quick and easy designs they don't mind sharing. The most important criteria I have is that it must be...

Because I retired a bunch of old servers, I had some spare heavy-duty rackmount kits. They're basically just massive drawer slides designed to take up to a quarter of a tonne each. I also had some more conventional drawer slides too. Last Thursday, I paid a visit to Richard Russel and bought...

I'm after a little Pear Veneered MDF to make a headboard from - My local place Richard Russel doesn't seem to stock it - Googling, I found a place in Enfield which does... Does anyone know of anything in South London/North Surrey. Cheers, Fecn.

I've just worn out my second Dremmel in about as many years - I didn't think I was that hard on it, but it got a fair amoung of use over the weekend as a mini angle grinder. I've got a drill-press stand for the dremmel, so it would be nice if I could carry on using it with whatever I buy next...

I'm currently using a £1.94 pair of Axminster Safety Specs and they're really starting to annoy me because they fall off when I'm looking downwards for any length of time. My ear defenders cost about £5 from B&Q and they press down on my ears and after a while, my poor ears hurt. So.. given the...

Our 4 year old £20 picnic table has started to rot and it's time for a new one. I fancied a quick and easy project. I took my tape measure to the pub on wednesday night and measured up one of thier large ones to get my dimensions worked out. I've got a bunch of 145mm wide Ipé hardwood decking...

A couple of weeks ago, I got a tiny hardwood splinter under my thumbnail - It didn't bother me much at the time, but two weeks later, it's still there, reminding me of it's sharp and pointy existence every time I press the space bar. I figure I can't be the first person this has happened to...

I decided to spend my lunch hour today making a bigger version of one of the elephants I used on my Toybox project - I spent this evening finishing it off. I printed out a 13cm wide version and used pritt stick to stick it in place. I wanted to make sure the tail was well supported, so I...

Last night, i explained to SWMBO how I'd be needing a new router if I'm going to make a patio table and chairs :) - I've already got a 1500W B&Q cheapie which is fine when it's the right way up, but height adjustment is an utter pain in when it's in the router table. I'm rather taken with both...

Although I do bits of woodwork from time to time, woodworking is only one of my talents... The woodworking for my sliding gate project ( https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/view ... iding+gate ) isn't totally finished yet - I've got to make and install some guard rails to close off the area...

Since I finished the gate off, it's now a joy to work down by the shed/garage, and as a result, I've been cracking on with the toybox I promised to make for the nipper. The toybox is made from some spare bits of wood in the garage.. most of which are left over from rebuilding the workshop...

I've always held that dieting and gyms are for people with time to waste, but more recently I have noticed that for every day I spend in the workshop I seem to loose 2lbs of weight. Without any attempt at dieting, I weighed in at 14st 3lb when I started doing my massive sliding gate... and 13st...