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My shed is basically a single course of bricks with 2 x 4 frame. A1protect membrane was atached to this this and then the whole thing covered with featherboard cladding. The roof is felt, plywood, then A1protect onto the 2 x 4 frame. In this respect, it's built like Peter Parfitt's shed...

Noob metalworking question from an intermediate woodworker... I want to make some 10mm holes for bolts in some 8mm thick mild steel bar I have, for use as brackets. I've got a good pillar drill. I don't have a drill vice. Maybe I should invest in one of those. Should I just go at it with a...

Feel a bit ashamed asking this after looking at some of the fabulous workshop builds but I could use some good advice. :oops: I have a concrete shed base that is something like 14' by 8'. A friend (experienced landscape gardener) poured/made it as a return favour for some work that I'd done for...

I'm not looking for a long answer on what is obviously a bonkers huge subject, but I'm asking here as it's woodwork focussed and I'm not after this kit for decordating tiles or cutting out card sculptures. I'd like to be able to user and experiment with both laser and CNC up to about 600mm x...

I needed a flush cut top bearing router bit, don't have much time to leave the house for a few weeks for the 90 min round trip to buy such a thing so grabbed a cheapo one off amazon as it will only be very occasional use. But hold on. What's the point of different widths/sizes of flush cut bit...

I've had to plumb in new dishwasher tonight as the previous one went boom. It's an integrated one where you screw a door of the same style as the rest of your units onto the door of the dishwasher. Problem is that there's a damn great euro-hinge hole right where the screw needs to land in the...

Here's a cool idea from youTuber Dan Pattison. Is this legal in the UK? Of course, I get it – it's safer to get it delivered, you shouldn't drive home at 200mph over bridges into a crosswind and this would be stupid on a tiny SmartCar and all those considerations. I've got a sturdy Toyota...

Triton Workcentre 2000 with Triton saw and Router Table Fairly tricked out – includes many of the add-ons. £200 collect from Gloucestershire Includes: Triton Workcentre 2000 (inc. mitre fence, riving knife, dust shroud, big red stop button etc.) Triton Router Table RTA 300 Triton 235mm...

Shortly about to embark on making a door that i mentioned in an earlier thread. I'm used to working on much smaller projects. Key to this is obviously going to be gluing up something this large while ensuring it's perfectly flat. I just don't have space for a permanent large and well leveled...

My mother-in-law has somehow engineered a situation where I, a mid-level at best but enthusiastic and reasonably well-equipped woodworker and DIYer, have to make her a back door for her cottage. It is politically impossible for me to back out (despite never agreeing) for reasons that I CBA...

Need wardrobes. Ideally, I don't want to go out and buy ikea stuff. Anyone know of or recommend any books that cover wardrobes? Not 100% sure of style yet so would consider and be interested in almost any replies!

I'm sure I know all the techniques and whatnot for building a shed, but are there any books you'd recommend showing modern approaches and materials. It's the details like the best and easiest way to make a roof. I can sketch something up that will work, but for the sake of reading a few chapters...

Eclipse 38 Saw File Does anyone have a set of instructions handy (PDF, Photo). There are other threads on the forum but the links are all long dead. My own googling turned up nothing. I realise it's not everyone's bag, and relatively easy to do without such an aid with some practice, but it...

My brother-in-law has asked me to help him make a new outdoor staircase to the room above his carport. It's right next to my workshop, which is in an outbuilding that he lets me use free-of-charge so I want to do the best job I possibly can. The old staircase (no idea of age, it was there when...

I realised today that I meant to finish off the roof flue. When we fitted the woodburner we hastily just piled the tiles around the plate below the flue. Any advice on the best way to finish this? It doesn't leak, but it's hardly the best finished job. It's not seen from the front so...

I have a gauge / scribe stand (is that the name!) which is missing a part. I'd like to find one on ebay so I can get this whole again and use it (I'm a total metalwork noob!). I've no idea what this bit is called, which sort of makes setting up a good automated search difficult! Alternatively...

I was just watching a video on hand scraping and looked up the price of buying a tool and insert/blade. The tool came out at £80+vat which seems steep for something not more advanced than a chisel, and another £44+vat for the blade/insert. £150 inc. total which seems madness. In fact it was the...

I'm trying to replicate a project, a plywood sharpening station for japanese waterstones, that I was told worked well with an epoxy finish. Clearly the point is that it's supposed to be hard wearing and waterproof. I've never used the stuff before. Can someone point me in the direction of a...

Does anyone have experience and suggestions for an inverter and where it's best to buy one, for a Multico M3 3 phase Morticer? Model: Motor info:

I need to knock up some workshop doors super-cheap as the old ones are really suffering now. I did a quick sketchup design thinking I'd just mortice and tenon a frame together, rebate some ply panels into the outside then clad over with some treated T&G that I already have for when we reclad...