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Has anyone got any ownership and use experience of the belt and disk sander currently on offer from Rutlands ?. Any good quality wise for the money say compared to the record version or are they all from the same far away factory but with different badges ?. Any comments gratefully received. I...

Can anyone recommend a workshop heater powered by diesel or kerosene. These would be the ideal fuels for me as I’ve got red diesel and heating oil available at bulk prices around here. Doesn’t need a massive output as the more I work my way through converting the outbuilding and insulating it...

I’ve been given some Jarrah railway sleepers-proper sleepers but clean and unused. I was thinking of building my first workbench in a couple of months using them-either a Roubo style or English, I’ve not decided yet. I know it’s a known as a ‘proper’ hard wood but is it going to be super...

I want to buy a good quality compressor for good general use, but heavy duty enough to run nailers and any air tools in general that will no doubt lure me in. I’d like to be able to buy decent quality/ good compatible attachments for it too. I don’t know a great deal about brands and types, but...

I know there's lots of different stuff on here spread over a wide time span on the subject, but can anyone help in some 'up to date' pointing me in the right direction to getting plans/ideas for a first workbench build?. I like the look/ ease of build of the English type and the Roubo, but...

What's everybody reading out there. I subscribe to Fine Woodworking but which other publications are available. I've seen various titles disappear without trace over the last 5 years or so, but there must be others apart from FW?.

After postponing for a long time I'm just getting stuck in to my first new workshop build in an outbuilding. Walls are being covered in a heavy DP membrane followed by 3 x 2 stud/ batten frame, which is then being covered (not in between the battens) in 50mm Recticel, finished by cladding the...

I've been self employed for the past 10 years or so in a totally different (dwindling) field of work from woodwork. I'm not a total woodwork newbie but have never had my own dedicated workshop which I'm currently putting together along with a few items of equipment I've bought during the last...

I'm looking to buy a bandsaw for a hobby/part time trade workshop. I want to be able to re- saw good sized lumber, cut accurately and consistently (don't we all?) including veneers etc. I was thinking of going the whole hog and getting a Hammer N4400. Nice, new and shiny and all that, with a...

I'm currently converting and building a new workshop in an old outbuilding. I'm buying machines as and when the right ones present themselves. I've already got a Sedgwick morticer, a DeWalt RAS both single phase plus a Wadkin Planer/ thicknesser which is 3 phase. I'll probably buy a new bandsaw...

I've pretty much decided which way to go with the insulation order of things on my new workshop build.. I intend to put a heavy duty DPM sheet against the (stone) wall. Then build the 3 x 2 stud wall/battening on top of/ against that, and where any fixings penetrate the DPM I'll make good with...

Hello everyone I'm just at the beginning stages of building a workshop in a stone outbuilding- my first proper workshop in fact. These old stone buildings have plenty of character but are incredibly cold to try and work in during winter. Anyway, my first major task is to internally insulate the...

Just wondering what anyone reckons the going rate for a reasonable condition rust free Wadkins BAO/S 12 x 7 planer thicknesser should be. I might know of one coming up so just want to have a good ball park idea. This machine would be for a hobby/part time trade initially, so am wondering if it...

Hello everybody- I'm a total newbie here and very much look forward to learning how everybody else gets on in their woody dealings. My question is concerning setting up and equipping my own workshop. I have some sound but fairly basic wood working experience gained over the years but I still...