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I guess this is the right place as its not explicitly woodwork :) In a few weeks we are going to scrape the existing bathroom bare (plasterboard out etc) and redo the room nicely and properly. Most of the reason is that the existing tiiles have blown off the wall due to water ingress or...

When we moved into our house 10 years ago, I picked up a £50 Dewalt mains hammer drill. Its lastest well and while not being the greatest tool in the world, its done all I've asked of it. Anyhow, I used it to mix concrete the other week with a paddle.... that finally killed off the bearings :(...

I'm planning to lay plywood as the flooring for our downstairs entrance/hallway/kitchen and then eventually continue this into the Lounge. Presently its some boggo B&Q laminate from the Lounge to Hallway, and then different laminate in the kitchen. The "plan" so to speak, is to make an accurate...

Hi While in a somewhat MCW flower/"vintage" shop locally I stumbled across a pair of wooden planes. One is what appears to be a Jointer (or atleast of that lenght) and the other a simple coffin smoother. Pics: Longer one looks to be an A Mathieson & sons effort smaller one,has T W Soames...

Now it could be me buying "cheap" squares, but after one or two jobs/taslks my squares seem to go way out. I started out with a pair of solid metal tri squares from Toolstation, yes cheap silverlines, but they were true based on a straight edge and flipping it over to check the lines. They went...

I've been sing my TS55 for sheet goods for nearly 2 years now, all has been fine. At the weekend I had a go at cutting strips of american walnut and canadian maple, the saw really struggled. In the end I made 5mm passes to get to depth (no more than 30mm) Yes the blade it came with could do...

A friends youth is making some sort of table lamp for a school project (not sure if GCSE or A-Level) and I think its nearer the art end of the spectrum than the DT side. Anyway he needs a lump of pine, to carve with chisels*, 9.5" x 10" x 5.5" in size. *but not on a lathe IIRC Its a hefty lump...

I've seen this package http://www.its.co.uk/pd/T4EKPK12-Trend- ... EKPK12.htm T4 12 pack of Trend cutters and a depth gauge for £84 inc VAT. I'd like a smaller router for doing lighter tasks that my 1/2" is a bit cumbersome for. Would the above Trend T4 for £84 be a sensible buy, or are there...

I need a new, or rather a Square, square. I picked up two "engineers" squares from Toolstation and while it probably isnt a shock to you, they are rubbish and car from square :( I'd take them back but I've made do without them for so long that its not possible (plus they were only a couple of...

Anyone got a super spangly supplier of architrave and skirting above and beyond the standard google results? We are redecorating and the terrible paint on the woodwork makes for a long and slow removal process, so it looks easier/faster/tidier to simply replace all the woodwork in the area...

I'm looking to get a "new" multitool as the one I borrowed from my Dad has gone back to him/other parts of the family. It was a Workz thing from the likes of B&Q or somewhere, it wasnt too bad although fairly noisy and the bits were poo.... Is it worth spending say £100-120 on an entry level...

I've got an 8yr old Hilti 18V NiMh cordless drill/driver. Its utterly fantastic, but sadly both of the 3Ah Battery packs are getting very tired (maybe a dozen screws or few holes drilled in MDF and shes slowing down). Now, do I refurb the packs with NiMh sub C cells from China (some claim to be...

short story: I've got a narrow (150-180mm wide) but tall (1800mm) door to fit that will be fitted to 18/19m MDF One side of the hinge can/will go on the face of the door but the other will fit to the end/butt of the assembly. How do the piano hinge measurements work? I was under the impression...

I'm going to be making about 6 drawers (to start with, and then more once I get the hang of it all) from ply and was wondering if this https://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/prod ... /060422170 (or cheaper elsewhere) could be used to make a box joint by using a straight cutter. I don't have a table...

I properly popped the TS55's cherry over the past few days with a slightly dirty venture into 4 cuts of OSB (did it very slowly at 3/4 speed on the saw as per the book) which it made beautiful joints with :lol:, and then broke down an 18mm and 12mm sheet of MDF, then a couple of sheets of 12mm...

I posted a while back about a table I made with an MDF top and then veneered with some "pre finished" Apli engineered veneer (with a walnut type finish, on chineeeeeeeeese wood base). The top does need some sort of proper finish ontop and I've seen/read about the Osmo PolyX stuff. The veneer is...

Kind of as per the title.... I'm planning on building a set of "built in Drawers" in my daughters wardrobe, a dressing table/desk for her and also a bed for myself and the mrs, other than that, no other joinery planned (yet). What would be the "better" buy, a Trend Biscuit router set or a sub...

Hi, first post, be gentle if I get wood working terms wrong :) Moderate ramble at first: Before christmas I built a dining table using a spot of over engineering (4x4 legs, 3x3 rails and two layers of 18mm MDF as the top), and then obtained some Alpi Alpiform D engineered medium/dark walnut...