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I will soon be fully packing up my workshop ready for the sale of my current property, and the contents of my workshop will be going into a storage unit until i find myself a new property with a workshop. What have people used to coat/cover their cast iron tops and steel hand tools for long...

With a house move looming in a month or two (it fell through last minute few weeks ago, but re-sold within a few days thankfully!) i had already started packing away a bunch of tools and getting things prepped. So i just managed to put my table saw up on a dolly using a rolling car jack and a...

Due to the misses and I splitting up we're unfortunately going to need to sell up! So once we sell the house I will need to put most of my belongings into storage while I look for a new house to start over - this also includes the entire contents of my workshop. So with this in mind, I was...

Apologies in advance for the verbal diarrhoea, but i thought it best to get the describing out the way and then just post all the photos in the rough order it was all done, so feel free to skip the writing and go straight to the photos. My mate has just had his first child, so to mark the...

My siblings and i have bought a really nice Hamilton Jazzmaster Viewmatic watch (not the ones in the photos!) for my dad’s 60th birthday in a week time, so i made this watch stand to go with the watch we got him. So i picked a scrap i have of some fiddleback maple for the base The main...

Could someone please help... I’ve been brought up on metric threads, so dont have much experience with the various alternative imperial thread types. I need to get a nut for a bolt which has a thread pitch of 16tpi with an outer diameter of 12.5mm and a shaft of diameter of 11.0mm. I’ve looked...

So i’ve shamefully had this project on the go since 2017!! So far this is by far the largest and most complicated thing i’ve made (or am still making). It’s all traditional joinery and largely made of solid oak. The doors have solid Oak Burr floating panels which are framed with African...

I was after some sort of small bandsaw or portaband for occasionally cutting metal, and in searching i found a scheppach portabandwhich i assume is the same one that Screwfix sell for around £210, for sale on the Aldi website which is down to £115!! But with delivery it was £121.94...

I’m no Festool fanboy, and I’m not desperate for a Domino so in no major rush, but I can see it being incredibly useful and time saving for certain applications. Just like most people I love a bargain, so to help justify the (not so small) purchase i’d like to quietly keep an eye out for the...

Shamefully I’ve not worked on any more of the TV cabinet/sideboard for a couple of years since the main cabinet was complete and living in the house. I could use the excuse of a lack of time or other priorities, but truthfully it’s more than likely because in the back of my mind I didn’t have...

As the title suggests, I am looking to get myself a nice kitchen knife set, but don’t really know where to start. Ideally I don’t want to spend more than £200 for a set of around 5 kitchen knives, but would stretch that slightly for the right set. I do a lot of cooking with fresh ingredients...

After a manic few months of being the busiest i’ve ever been at work i’ve finally had a little over a week off work. So i decided to make myself a pair of computer monitor stands as both (non adjustable) monitors i use in work are too low and a stack of paper under each wasnt cutting it, so just...

As per the title, I would like to buy a couple of different grit wide belt sander abrasives. These aren’t cheap and seem to only be sold in multiples of 10, but i only want a couple. Does anyone have a source where I could buy individual belts from which are ideally around 600mm wide?

Panicking a little bit now. I grabbed a piece of ash from my wood storage in the workshop which was near enough stored against the wall, to find a few of these little beetle bug looking things crawling over the surface against the wall. I cant see any bug holes, but worried that these are some...

***SOLD*** I recently upgraded the filter on my Axminster T-2000CK-200H Dust Extractor to a HEPA rated filter, so this one that originally came with the extractor is surplus to requirements. This would be ideal for improvising improved filtration for some dust extractors, or an addition to a...

As per the title, i’d like to know if people have a specific website that they like to buy their metal stock from? I’ve bought some chunky brass rods from ebay before, but no idea if ebay prices are the norm, or is it a bit of a rip off? I’m just getting started, so a good cheap source of...

Just a quick tip (no pun intended). Been using these for a while but thought others might want to try making them too. Very simple, just some glue gun glue sticks cut to length, tip cut with a knife, and an appropriate sized hole drilled into scrap, and hey presto some grippy non-marking...

I’ve been woodworking for quite a while now, but i’m very keen to get more into metalworking. I’ve done a few bits and bobs, mostly by hand, and also done a little brass turning by hand on my wood lathe. Apart from the above I did some work on a metal lathe back in schoool as well as a summer...

This Saw was an auction find. Although assumed to be a little old due to the slight surface rust, the teeth are extremely sharp and the Saw looks barely used. It’s a massive Saw compared to the other Gyokucho ones I have. It looks to be very well made, possible hand made based on the thickness...

I have a limited number of VCI Emitters which are surplus to requirements. They are used to protect tools from corroding in tool drawers and tool boxes. These ‘Anchor Shield Foam VCI Emitters’ are a 10”x8” sheet which are perforated for 8No. 5”x2” foam emitters which are each suitable for...