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    A new workshop.

    Built myself a workshop over the summer months from a Lillevilla kit. Six metres by three: nice and roomy. I've already started filling it with sawdust.
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    Where do I stick 'em?

    I'm about to put up a shelf on to metal brackets - yes I know they should be wooden but it's quick and dirty for my study. Do I place the brackets at 1/3 and 2/3 across so the shelf length between the brackets is equal to the length outside them. Or should I put them at the 1/4 and 3/4 points so...
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    Get this clamp working!

    I've been given this Jorgensen E-Z Hold clamp cos I'm good at mending things so 'they' say. It's apparently brand new and was replaced by the supplier who didn't want this one returned. The mechanism works OK but gives very little clamping pressure. Any ideas to improve things? The clamp is...
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    Elektra Beckum flip saw

    Cor! Someone else with an Elektra Beckum flip saw. 😯 @John Brown John do you make use of the dovetail mitre slots? I'm wracking my brain (when I can get them going) to work out how to 'attach' a cross cut sledge that will remain nicely registered for more than the 5 minutes before the tops of...
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    Advice please: pine ceiling finish.

    So I've just about finished assembling my workshop kit. The ceiling is Wickes wonky pine t&g. I'd like to keep the pine finish, ie. not paint it but want to apply a finish to keep it from getting grubby over time. I'm not that good with the different types of available finishes so thought I'd...
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    Vapour control layer

    I want to put a 25mm layer of Celotex insulation into the floor of my workshop. Currently the floor comprises a concrete base, an engineered laminate flooring plank (resin impregnated?) ('cos I have loads) topped with a damp prrof membrane. On top of that are the wooden floor bearers with the...
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    FTAGH Woodworker magazines

    When I moved house I inherited 133 copies of the Woodworker magazine ranging from 1946 to March 1959. Five years are complete while another five have ten or eleven. Free to anyone who wants them. Collection preferred from near Haywards Heath, East Sussex. Martin
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    Preservative recommendations

    I'm about to have my new workshop delivery. It's a Lillevilla kit where the individual 44mm wall beams interlock with the one above and the one below. I would like to apply a suitable wood preservative to these interlocking faces before the build. What you recommend? Screwfix have the Silka...
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    Paint spraying equipment?

    Would kind members recommend paint spraying equipment suitable for applying finishes to MRMDF please. I'm a bit strapped for cash so an economic solution will be good. I have five or six cupboards/wardrobes to build and finish. TIA Martin
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    Cutting corian

    I'm going to build a bathroom sink unit in the near future and am thinking of using Corian for the countertop. Does anyone have experience of cutting it or any tips about how to do so? Does one need special tools or particular blades? Tia. Martin
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    Dam% Damp

    Moved into a new home (for us) three weeks ago. What a lark! Vendor hadn't removed all his mother's goods (even longer story and had gone on holiday) before completion. Went over night before simultaneous exchange/completion to see how much was left, to be met by panic stricken estate agent...
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    Unusual Vice

    Well I've never seen anything quite like though that doesn't mean too much. (hope this is the right thread for this sort of thing. Mod please change if necessary). Just moved into a fresh house (and that's a story of catastrophe if ever there was one but that's for another day) and in the...
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    Upholstery

    SWMBO's birthday returns again soon. She has expressed an interest in upholstery as we have a couple of dining chairs that need attention. Can any of you knowledgeable souls recommend a book and suggest what basic tools are required for a beginner please? Thank you in anticipation. Martin.
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    Going around ever decreasing spirals until disappearing up.........

    I've been asked to help at our local children's respite centre by making some sensory boards. One particular version has my mind going around in circles - well ever decreasing spirals really. How do I cut the spiral like that in the picture below? Draw the spiral onto a board and try and trace...
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    Compound mitre angles

    I am making a new hopper for a vertical mill we are renovating at Nutley windmill in East Sussex. The hopper is an inverted truncated square cone. Does anyone recommend or have a calculator to give the two angles that I have to cut the boards in order to mitre the sides together. The sides of...
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    Wanted On the scrounge

    I'm trying to scrounge a small piece of mahogany (see image) to repair a long case clock carcase. I need a piece 180mm x 10mm x 3mm thick. The grain needs to go across the 10mm width. I'm happy to pay for it and any postage. Thanks Martin
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    Furniture restoration

    I've inherited an old long case clock in need of some TLC. The mechanism has gone to a horologist (not a urologist as the predictive text suggests 😂) and while it's away I want to see to the case. Can anyone recommend good books or You Tubers to follow or even a course? On the same subject the...
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    Sold Remains of a SIP Dust Collector

    Free to anyone who wants it. I have all the bits of a 1HP SIP Dust Collector except the motor. There is the shell (pictured), impeller, that thing called a filter bag, cart and all screws bolts and sundries except the motor and the collection bag. It was working until the motor went west...
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    Refurbishing lettering on brass sundial

    I have a 3mm thick brass sundial plate where I'd like to refurbish the engraved lettering. My current idea is to clean out the lettering as best I can possibly using a brass wire brush and then polish the whole surface. Then paint the lettering black without having to be too careful and then...
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    Brass or Brassed?

    A simple question but one to which I don't have an answer. When screwing into oak a steel screw is really a no-no unless you're not worried about the staining. Brass screws, having no steel don't stain the oak but what about steel screws that have been brassed? Or should I be using stainless...
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