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Happy new year all, I switched over from roll-ups to a pipe over the New Year; so apart from becoming 30% more debonair and reallocating a lot of air tight jars from foodstuffs to tobacco, I'm also wanting to make some pipe furniture like a stand or three to store them on and a few coffee table...

I've been so impressed by the warmth, epic levels of helpfulness and obvious talent around here in the brief time I've been lurking these hallowed halls; a forum with a secret santa thread even, unheard of !! I'm not very good with the whole thanks system, I've not used it once, the stats to...

Hi all, not expecting much more than 'thats what you get with pallet wood', but thought I might pick up a tip or two and see what people think of a possible solution. I'm resawing 10mmish pallet planks into 3 x 3...4...2..3..2.. mm thick slices with a bandsaw (300 quidish Record Power model)...

Hi all, I've been learning capentry for maybe six months now, mainly building storage, jigs, tables etc for my workshop from ply, MDF and rough stuff with pallet wood etc. Now I've got a working shop I'm starting on the flat itself, so using nice hardwoods for the first time in anger and now...

Hi, just wondering why .skp files are prohibited in the upload facility (and .txt ones for that matter) ?

Hi all, I'm hoping to get some opinions on some kitchen shelves I'm aiming to build if you'd be so kind (or unkind, for that matter !). The wood I'm using is some really nice maple I got from a recycling place, so I only have so much and can't/don't want to buy in more. It's a bunch of kitchen...

Hi all, I'm looking for solutions to a little conundrum I'm presented with; I have a stud bathroom wall with about 7cm of clear space behind, I'm about to cover that with 9mm OSB and then attach pallet panelling to that. I have the old small, shallow bathroom cabinet that I'd like to re-use but...

Hi all, time to move my old table saw on; I'm not looking for cash, but it needs to be collected from Central Hove, Sussex. It's a Titan TTB674TAS 254mm Table Saw, bought from Screwfix.. maybe Machine Mart only 6 months ago (have receipt if you want it), 150 quid I think and only used for about...

Hi all, I could do with getting some more throwaway reading glasses, which I will use in the workshop too. I need them for clearer sight and also use them as basic safety wear for less scary operations; I have a full face shield for table saw cuts etc. I was wondering if anyone might reccommend...

Hmm, now my airy, spacious summerhouse office has become a densely packed workshop and having little storage in general; I now have a dozen plastic crates full of essential rubbish under a tarp in the garden, and a bike in the lounge, and a set of metal shelves full of timber, err, also in the...

Save time and mess when when your new pocket hole jig set arrives by cleverly turning it the correct side up before opening, you'll find all the screws, plugs and bits stay just where they are.

Looks like I need to buy an 8mm bit for drilling 2mm thick steel, I have nice new wood bits but nothing I'd like to use on metal. I might as well buy a set, this one looks great, nice re-useable metal box. https://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-hss-d ... eces/4191f ..but not available for click...

Hi folks, removing some little shelves from around the loo has left three big crosshead screws that just won't come out, I've ruined a cheap bit trying, and messed up the heads, tried a good bit but just won't grip; I should have scraped the paint out of them first, damn - the screws are...

I'm a total convert, maybe everyone else is using these now but it's all a brave new world for me ! - I was living in Indonesia for 5 years until recently; where timber is wonderful and cheap as chips, but impact drivers and fancy screwheads would probably get you burnt at the stake :) Going...

Just bought 3 new tape measures from thetapestore.co.uk, metric only, a 5m fatmax and a couple of 2m pocket jobs with no bloomin' inches, how wonderful. Next day delivery too, and my paypal transaction messed up, long story short the payment was reversed (watch out, paypal remembers old...

Disaster turned to triumph this morning, poured last of milk into cup for crucial first coffee, was like yoghurt - aaargh - so I dressed in a hurry and slithered to the shop for some, on the way found some guys loading 2 sheets of clean OSB from a resto refurb onto a rubbish lorry (one had a...

Hello, I have trouble searching the forum as it uses the google search engine, and I don't; or, I tell my browser not to anyway. Is there another mechanism to search the collected wisdom hereabouts that doesn't tell google where I am and what I'm interested in and link it to whatever else is...

I was wondering if anyone had any tips for resawing pallet wood, I've a stack of it that I've de-nailed, thicknessed and kinda-jointed them on a saw jig, so next I'll be resawing them on a bandsaw to about 3mm thick (for applying to a wall). I've set up a fence of the right height, nice and...

Hi all, I was wondering how it's likely to turn out if I don't cut out the whole depth of the grout in the bathroom here (it's home diy not paid work btw), the problem is I'm not really sure how well/consistently it's all attached to the wall behind and fear if I really get in there and separate...

Hello all, new chap here, I'm in the process of setting up a little workshop to re-invigorate my daughter's flat, I've mainly been watching youtube videos to learn some techniques etc, but have bene hankering to find a forum I can call home. When searching for info on making a custom riving...