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I'm puzzled why we don't use more chestnut in the UK? If anything, it should be our go to timber. It's 80% the strength of oak but 66% the dried weight. It grows much faster than oak so can be harvested much quicker and thus be much cheaper. It has a low sapwood percentage. It dries faster than...

The one thing that consistently annoys me about woodworking in this country is the difficulty sourcing timber unless you want basic ply, MDF, or untreated/treated pine. I'm planning to build a custom deck rail. It will consist of a base rail, a top rail a 10cm space and then an oak handrail to...

I'm planning to build a custom deck rail for myself. It will consist of a base rail, a top rail a 10cm space and then an oak handrail to top it off. Between the top rail and base rail will be a panel of welded wire sandwiched between 2 verticals to form a frame (verticals, top rail, base rail)...

The missus wanted to reorganise our kitchen cupboard space with internal pullouts which is fair enough because cupboards just end up a mess with stuff pushed to the back. Rather than make something it's much cheaper to buy chrome baskets that come with hinges at about £25 each for a 600mm...

Hi Guys, I wanted to ask if anyone had experience of timber that was going to be submerged in water? I want to shore up a riverbank at the bottom of my garden. It's not a huge river, in fact in Summer with farmers raiding it and dry weather it can get get down to less than a foot deep. But in...

I've had a Makita track saw for a while and it's a handy tool but slow and inaccurate without parallel guides. Something they should all come with out of the box IMO. It's something I've always wanted to own but just couldn't justify spending £150+ on for what amount to two bits aluminium...

In the coming months I will take over an outbuilding at my in laws as a workshop. Because I lost my garage to a domestic conversion and the in laws owe me for various jobs I've done for them :) It needs a lot of work to make it functional. Much of it is cleaning but it also requires a new floor...

I'm selling my PL55 plunge saw plus 2 lengths of 700mm track, 2 lengths of 1400mm track, joining bars and accessory kit including clamps. The track is the revised version with the glide strips wider apart so no rocking and I've shortened the spring for easier plunging. All in good condition...

I've had the Scheppach PL55 track saw for about a year now. The saw itself is generally fine, the guide rails in isolation are fine since they fixed the guide strips being close together. The issue I have with it is that its pretty hard to get a straight cut using multiple track sections. I...

I've been on the lookout for a while for a decent sized trailer for picking up timber. Took a while as wanted one wide enough to take sheet goods and picked up a fixer upper from Ebay for £100 delivered coz we all like a project. There is however something on the axle I can't figure out and...

The in laws have an old cart Lodge from the days when their land was an active farm. For at least 30 years its been neglected and it was built to farm standard in the first place. Surprisingly the roof is generally in good condition for something made of the roughest farm grade timber 100...

I have to admit I haven't used concealed cup hinges before and recently bought some very nice Hettich hinges for some 25mm wardrobe doors. When closed the hinge is going past 45 degrees. its naturally closing to about 40 degrees Id say which means I need a stop bead or magnetic catch. The...

It's been a while since I posted, been busy with work and kids etc so not been up to much on the wood butchering side. I have in the last few days built some shaker style wardrobe doors to replace the Cumquats built ins that came with the house. They are to be painted so are 25mm MDF with 9mm...

For all those pining after a Tormek just buy the Work Sharp 3000 for a fraction of the price. Bought one last week on sale for £230 ish and just set it up in about 5 minutes and within 15 minutes had taken the worst rustiest chipped chisel I have back to a very sharp better than new thing of...

Having read much and watched many Youtube videos on the Scheppach PL55 and it's various clones my biggest concern was the glides on the rails being so close together. The various other mods such as the spring and depth stop are straight forward but the glides being so close together was a major...

So, I was putting some towels away today in a chest of drawers and when I opened the bottom drawer up there was a fine yellow powder on the left hand side. So I take it out and the middle drawers fall away on the left side. It turns out the drawers runner / support has turned into a very fine...

I've always used Freud blades so when buying a new blade to replace the one that came with my table saw I got the Freud Pro LPM30. What I didn't twig is they are 2.8mm kerf where the riving knife is 3.0mm (as is the old blade). What's my best option? Grind down the knife, buy a new blade or...

I've read a lot of posts on here about sources and pricing for Birch ply with some big regional differences and with suppliers in the same region. As it's used a lot by many of us I thought it would be useful to pool our knowledge of sources and prices. As 18mm 2.4m x 1.2m BB/BB seems most...

Does anyone know where to get a replacement indicator for a TS fence. The one that was on the fence is just held on with a screw for adjustment (like most) and was a simple rectangular piece of lexan with a slot for the screw and a line for the indicator. Mine has sadly snapped.

Hi guys, I have a TS with a 4" dust port int he cabinet and a 1 1/2" port on the crown guard. Is there a splitter available that will enable me to connect both to one 4" dust extractor?