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Evening people ! I have just undertook a small project, involving the modernising of this thing: After refurbishing the cabinet, i intend to replace all the old electronics with a modern solid state amp(class AB, 35W), power supply, wifi, MP3 and possibly bluetooth smart phone connection. I...

This project kept me busy a fair bit this spring. i constructed this from salvaged material (bricks from the old fireplace, stones from some local collapsed walls) here are a few pictures of the build...

At least, that's what i think they are refered to as. it's been a while since i posted a project wip, so here is one. started with 9m of 150x50mmm timber. cut it to make 100x50mm, and glued the remaing pieces to complete. planing generated a lot of shavings. cross bar completed: and legs...

I recently bought an LS1214 in need of TLC. I sorted out most of the mechanical problems (guards+a few bits) but i am struggling with the soft start and electric brake. they simply dont work. i bought a spare switch (the big, expensive one) thinking that the problem may be comming from this, but...

I am still at the planning stage, trying to make two bedroom in a large loft space on the second floor of my house. I am having trouble working out how to setup the ceiling in those two rooms. maybe someone here will have a technical solution that suits me ? Here is a sketch of one of the roof...

i need to make a big oak door for this opening: I fancy the medieval look, and the kids would love it too ! bnot sure about their mum though ! but ayway, i was thinking of taking an unconventional approach: the fixed frame is solid ok. the door is made from like a traditional door, i.e two...

here are a few pictures of the house i recently bought. I found the roof frame a little strange, but then again, i am not qualified to say it's right or wrong. can someone enlighten me ? so, the house is L shaped, and most of my queries relate to the square at the intersect of the two L...

I just bought our new family house, and quickly marked the old garage as my (new) workshop. the house is a 1981 build, fairly big with a "built in" garage at the back, as well as another one outside. The garage is on the left, and at the back. it is not insulated from the rest of the house, nor...

With christmas aproaching, i thought i'd try to make a few of those: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f0bx-vs7Jc they are deceptively simple things. so i thought i'd try and make them as pretty as possible. so here comes sketchup: I cut the table out of 5mm ply. and manufactured a guide with...

This is my new on going project: a fancy oak drinnnnnnk cabinet. enough to hold my stash of malts and wines. I'll upload my original plan later, i dont have it at hand ! so here are the WIP pics. the legs/corners my router morticing jig. the top the sides, dry run and glued all straped...

i just aquired my first BS, and i am trying to make sense of it. One of the things i am wondering about is the use for the mitre guide. if i look at my table saw, the mitre guide makes sense. I stick the piece of wood against the guide, and slide it across the table, job done. on the BS...

I just purchase a Lurem solo4, 400mm wheels bandsaw, and started to look into using in. first thing i noticed was that the blade was "pulsating" back and forth in the saw, around half an inch.. so that's no good..what is it symptomatic of ? the blade looks like it's a it old, and probably not...

any good ? http://www.socomeco.com/IMG/pdf/PDF_SAR400.pdf (sorry, french specs) i am supposed to pick one up this afternoon..700euros

I know, quite a few online already.. I have a budget of around 500 euros, and thinking of getting the metabo BAS317, which is the successor of the elektrum beckum 315. http://www.metabo.de/index.php1/Catalog ... 5e1.0.html sorry, its in french at my end, it may turn out in english at yours...

In the market for a decent saw at a good price, i came across this: http://www.leboncoin.fr/vi/76088865.htm?ca=4_s It's about 40miles from my house. I am planning to go and see it at the weekend. Is there any reason why this would not be a good idea ? I assume blades can be found for any...

As the title says, it's stopping about 1/2 inch from the bottom. it means i cannot lock the chuck. (well, i can actually lock it manually, but that's not the point) I checked the following: -depth stop, of course. fully operational. -the chuck lock push button. It previously happend that it was...

Does it make sence to start on a cheap lathe ? I have the Mac Alister 370 in mind. I can get that second hand for 75euros.. or should i just save up a little more, and go for something better ?

Complete mags, available online, free. http://books.google.fr/books?id=jfsDAAA ... es_r&cad=2 is this the end of the newsagent ?

This is my next project. birthday present for a 2 year old boy ! I intend to make it around 40cm long, out of a few pieces of laminated wood. hopefully 2 lighter tone (or darker) to emulate racing stripes on the whole length of the car.. the front air intake will be routed before any...

i have a set of garden furniture (table + 6 chairs) which i am struggling to keep clean. I oil it now and then, but it keeps on getting grey. yesterday, i spent 2hours with the ROS to get the table clean and i manage to clean one chair as well in those 2 hours. i oiled the two. i have 5 chairs...