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I've got the Makita Dab and can highly recommend it. Easy to setup and use, stores your favourite channels, sounds ok. A fully charged 18v battery will last me 2 working days. Pete

I wouldn't want to try to steal it, it's a hefty chunk of timber :D Tbh it wasn't a very demanding job as I already had the base frame and the top was glued up, if I'd have been making from scratch it would have been a lot more daunting. I'm hoping to get plenty of use out of it to make up for...

I've refitted my Record vice with some new jaws and with the new bench being positioned against a wall it's a bit awkward to use the full width Veritas vice so I've taken it apart and only used one of the screws to make a new tail vice, I even used the dowel dog from the original. I did treat...

Thanks for that Andy lets see if it works...... Ive done away with the tool well from Pete Martins design, after having lived with it when I first built my original bench I found it annoyed me more than helped me. I seemed to be forever sweeping it out so now ive gone with a solid top with two...

My bench is finished but I seem to have lost the ability to post pictures after the site redesign, when I click the picture link button the usual insert image brackets appear but when I right click to insert the image nothing happens............any ideas where I'm going wrong?. Pete

Just been given a new works ford transit and it doesn't have a CD player only Bluetooth connectivity......I've got an iPhone but my life's to short to burn my CD's onto the laptop then onto the phone.......anyone know of a Bluetooth compatible cd player I can just keep in the glovebox? Pete

What an immaculate shop, not a shaving on the floor....... Been working on mine for a couple of hours today, I'll get some pics up later. Pete

All I want is one that doesn't leak.....the stopper is useless. I've replaced the original with a genuine Stanley spare which I got online but that was just as bad. I'm going to shy away from Stanley and try something else. I spotted a Thermos brand metal flask in Tesco yesterday but again the...

I need a new drinks flask for work, the one I currently have is this ...... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000T21JFE? ... 1292710702 Stanley, all metal construction and it keeps your tea hot but............. It drives me round the bloody bend, the screw lid is next to useless. It doesn't stay...

Try this ....... https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-magn ... 50mm/85559 I've got all three sizes in the bottom of the driver box and are very useful, of course best benefit is you can stick with your usual pozi bits Pete

What a brilliant post :D I've still got my copy of good woodworking that had your dad's article in it, I've revisited it since starting the bench rebuild. What a really nice piece to inherit. Best of luck with your project, I'd love to see some pics of your dad's bench as, it is now. Pete

Not that I've noticed , our place does a lot of contracting to local authorities and schools and you'd be surprised what we rip out, a few years ago I did a extension/ conversion on a local school and took the old science lab out.......the worktops were solid mahogany, 600mm wide :D Pete

I've spent the intervening years working off a Wickes workmate, trust me its been painful at times :roll: Pete

Left hand end has had the breadboard end(?) removed. I'm cutting it down in width by 35mm so I can add a decent sized skirt on the front face ( don't like the look of the Emir benches without skirts on , purely a personal thing) then re-instate the end timber. The right hand end has been cut off...

The Emir top has a date of Feb '86 on the underside, looks like I have unearthed an oldie, I wonder what stories it could tell?. So the top is bowed across the top from front to back and needs flattening. I did think about running it through the table saw into 300mm wide sections then through...

So the new shop needs a workable bench, the original underframe is in as new condition and will be re-used, so a new top is needed. Whilst doing some contracting work at a local swimming pool last week I was in the pump room when I spotted a bench buried under a pile of junk. My interest was...

A brief history....... 17 years ago I moved house, my previous place had a double garage with my machinery in it and a converted brick built stable in the back yard as my workshop. I built myself a workbench, it was a direct copy from a set of plans from Good Woodworking magazine dated Dec...

It's not actually called Soar Valley Timber anymore it was amalgamated into the Verdon Timber group a while back...... http://www.verdontimbergroup.co.uk/#4 At least the Queninborough yard was........ Pete

I went to my GP after I'd been ignoring the fact I was having to get out of bed to pee 3 or 4 times a night and during working hrs every 20 - 30 mins. Got referred to the urology department who started all sorts of tests and put me on the Tamulosin / Combidart therapy. I've had more invasive...

Simple enough and works well.......might just go with that idea. What's the beat up barrel?.....home made dust collection? Pete