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Odd one, could do with some pointers from anyone that's had their TS200 or clone in bits and can have a guess at what's going on without me having to completely disassemble everything. So the tablesaw is working absolutely perfectly, sharp balde, no burning, cuts really well, glides through the...

What's the best filer to use for nail-holes. I want something that'll sand smooth and be invisible under paint in pine. I've been using car body filler because I've got some to hand, but I have loads to do and it's a bit of a pain because it hardens too quickly, so I wondered if there was...

I have a loft conversion going in next year, with three wooden windows and all winter to build them. One of them is 1.5m x 2m with a pointy top, so god knows how many thousands to get made, so makes sense to design and build it myself. I've got that book that's recommended on the sticky thread...

I'm making a desk and some torison-box shelves in an alcove, everything is ash-faced, the desk top is getting an ash veneer, but I'm not sure how to finish the MDF top and bottoms for the shelves. Current build cost is £0 as I've ripped up a load of left-overs for everything else, so I can't...

It's been bugging me for a while, so I'm just going to ask: Why does a hand plane have a flat sole, but a power plane or a jointer have the sole in two parts with the depth of cut being controlled by the off-set between the two surfaces? With a hand plane the blade sits lower than all of the...

Can anyone identify this wood for me? It's freshly cut, so still very wet, and has gone a deep orange where exposed to the air: 20171216_144915 by Paul Rockliffe, on Flickr On the left is the oranged face, the right hand board I've planed to a very light creamy wood: 20171216_144908 by...

I've got some logs, 4-6' long and 8-12" diameters. They're freshly cut beech and cherry. Do I seal the end then store them to dry, or is there more to it than that? What do I seal them with? And how long do they take too dry? What are the pitfalls I need to watch out for, I don't want to invest...

I'm not sure this is exactly 'wood'working, but those cheap book cases that Ikea do, with the thick sides that weigh very little, can you buy boards of the stuff? I want to make something similar, more a practical thing than a design piece, and want to be able to quickly and cheaply build...

I'm after a bit of help with some gates I'm designing. I've bashed out a first draft, but wanted to get some advice on construction and also on a drop across the gates: Gates 1 by Paul Rockliffe, on Flickr Each gate is roughly 1.5m wide, the frame is 3" x 3", with 1" thick boards to fill in...

I've got some outdoor planters to paint, they're planed pine. I thought I would investigate linseed paint, but could find a definitive guide on how to prepare the surface for paint, whether I need to prime etc. Can anyone give a quick over-view of how best to apply the paint, priming and...

I've got some 4" x 4" workbench legs, I need to drill 4 16mm holes into the end of each leg to a depth of around 50mm, with the holes as close to parallel with the length of the leg as possible. I have a pillar drill, but while I can get the table out of the way, I can't see how to ensure the...

I'm sure someone will be able to help with this, I have a motor that runs slow, it's from a 240v single phase garden shredder. I've tried Google and done some tests; the motor runs slowly as it is, removing a lead from the capacitor lets the motor run flat out again. But Google isn't clear...

I'm after some input into a workbench design, quite a different set of priorities to most of the builds on here so not sure exactly how to make the right compromises to get the best bench for my requirements, or where I should try to bend my priorities to reduce design limitations. All thoughts...

I've got some second hand bedroom furniture for a baby's room, the boss has decided that it's too dark. It's not too dark, but it is too orange, but either way I've been instructed to sand it and 'do something about it'. I've tested the sander on it to see how big a job it'll be, it's some...

I ordered a Starrett C9-12-4R combination set on Amazon in November because the price looked very good. I've had a few emails since telling me that they didn't have stock and did I want to keep the order? It's arrived today, wow is it a nice bit of kit! So I've just looked, I ordered it and...

I'm after a little project to keep me busy and the next thing on my list is a small table for my son to sit at, he's 18 months old and loves sitting at his own table when he visits friends. I have 4 solid beech table legs from an old desk that I'm going to cut down to length and I have 6 3' x...

I've just bought a Kity 419 with extension table and sliding carriage. Built it into a bench over the weekend and used it for the first time last night and it's an absolute revelation for cutting parts to size accurately. I'm obviously getting rid of the piece of junk tablesaw that I bought a...

I'm making a few seats over the winter. A bay window seat, a seat that sits in an alcove and wraps around the corner and a corner seat in my conservatory. Does anyone have some rough dimensions for me to start from? I'm after something comfortable, but not as deep as a normal sofa, similar...

I've got some planters I've knocked together. They need to be painted some sort of colour as yet undecided by The Boss, they will obviously sit outside, so I'd like the paint to last. I've not done this before, so would appreciate some advice on what to use to do a decent job that'll last as...

I picked up a second hand lathe yesterday and I'm just trying to get to grips with it all, what's this called and how does it work? 2016-03-13_10-13-33 by Paul Rockliffe, on Flickr 2016-03-13_10-13-12 by Paul Rockliffe, on Flickr I assumed it could be used to grip a tenon in the centre, but...