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Hi All, I got asked to make these two side tables by some friends but they weren't looking for mates rates, they were happy to pay a fair price for them. This is the first woodwork job i've ever charged properly for so i'd like to see how close to the mark you lot think I am with my pricing...

Hey all, my friend is sorting out her departed dad's tools and has got down to the box of "I don't knows", does anyone have any insight into what these are? received_174737954426598 received_854344038752543 These are sharp on the circular tip and also sharp inside apparently, I guess where...

Hi all, I have a question about constructing a park-style bench that i was hoping the hivemind could answer, and I thought that in return I would supply you with a nice picture heavy project thread, so everybody wins! The project is intended to look like so: The question I have is the rear...

Hi all, My friend's dad unfortunately died a couple of months ago, and she asked me to make a memorial park bench for him. Well I was super honoured to be asked, and what I think is brilliant is that i'll be making it from his own giant stash of slabbed elm which seems particularly fitting. I'll...

Happy Christmas all! I was the very happy recipient of two Ax trade long reach clamps from my dad (clamp count has now hit 75+, I may almost have half as many clamps as I need), however when I got them home and had a good look, one appears to be on the wonk and I wanted to see if you guys think...

Hi all, I've recently dived headlong into a project to build a 17 foot cedar strip canoe with my dad, i'll post progress pictures shortly but I wanted to start off with a question. Looking ahead i'll need to source fibreglass matting and resin for coating the inside and outside of the canoe, can...

Hi all, Following on from this: quite-the-barn-find-t121636.html where I inadvertantly stumbled upon a lifetime supply of slabbed wood, things have moved on a little. Unfortunately the owner suffered a stroke at the start of June, and as part of preparing his house for him to return from...

Hi all, I'm having a belated spring clean and have decided that this thing could be serving a more useful purpose than being stored under my workbench, so i'd like to advertise it but don't really know what you would call it! It consists of a pair of long rails mounted to the table saw uprights...

Hey all, Long time no post but something happened yesterday that I thought I would share. I went to visit a friend of mine who said her dad might have some lengths of used timber that I could scavenge to help build a shed i'm planning, nothing exciting, just construction lumber that might be...

Hi all, I did search this topic but the most relevant info was 6 years old so thought it might be worth asking again, does anyone have a personal recommendation for a sawmill in Hampshire? I'm about to become the owner of a big piece of oak (assuming I can get it out of it's garden) that I hope...

Hi all, I'm designing a shed for a friend but I've hit a snag that I need some help with. It's a rectangular shed on a flat concrete base about 3m x 5m with a single pitch roof keeping under 2.4m. He ideally wants a double door on the short end of the building but if I put a 4deg slope on the...

Morning all, The last time I used my SIP 01344 P/T the thicknesser height adjust started skipping so I thought I should take a look at it before I used it again. Upon inspection, it seems all has not been right with the mechanism for some time: Thats a view from underneath of the tensioner...

Hi all, After just 2 or 3 years of practice, Mrs Dandan has decided i'm finally ready to make something for inside the house (i'm not so sure). Our new sofa is a weird scale, it looks like a normal 3 seat sofa but is about 25% bigger in all dimensions, meaning that when you sit on it facing...

Hi all, I've been a bit remiss in posting, well, anything much recently, but I want to try and document my latest build. After I finished my front fence a few weeks ago: It was time to move on to the side gates. I want the front fence, side gates and (eventually) porch to match up, so the...

Hi all, This might seem a stupid question to those of you with some level of experience (i.e. not me) but is it possible to make a laminated curve using hardwood? All I can recall seeing is people using softwood, so I wasn't sure. I'm making a low front wall for my garden with a brick base...

Hi all, Sometime soon i'll get around to building myself a woodworking/handtool bench (it's somewhere in the top 50 on the to do list) and i'm going to try to avoid the traditional first bench mistake of over-complicating things, i'm hoping to keep it heavy, rigid, with a couple of vices. Which...

Hi all, I need to replace my front garden wall, and thought it would be a good excuse to practice some big chunky, screw free joinery. I've got a rough idea of what I want, it's a japanese inspired style with a brick base and wooden 'fence' mounted into it. The picture is of a single section...

Hi all, I've got a reasonably* smooth bare concrete floor in my workshop and i'm toying with options for covering it. Originally my choice was between the cheap option of painting it myself (probably sub £200) which has absolutely no guarantee of lasting or being a particularly good finish, and...

Well in the spirit of this recent encouragement to show more work, here is the first thing I turned. Before Christmas I was avoiding the workshop while trying to let an elbow injury heal, but I got so desperate to get in there and do something that I decided to have a play with the cheap mini...

As the title really, I want to make a complex, curved shape from plexiglass or similar, could I cut this with the finest blade I have on the bandsaw or would I encounter cracking or melting issues? I don't know anyone with a flatbed router which I guess would be the ideal solution...