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About a year ago I had a large Walnut tree (approx. 2ft diameter) cut down in my garden and recently a man with a JCB ripped the stump out of the ground. I do a mixture of turning and box making and I want to cut this up in the best way get the best grain. I've seen videos showing a lot of...

My wife has requested that I make a set of coffee, tea, sugar containers to replace the perfectly good shop bought ceramic ones that are currently in use. While giving this a good thinking about it occured to me that keeping humidity out and occasionally cleaning them might prove troublesome...

Something curious occured and I wondered if anyone on here could offer some logical explanation. A radial circuit has been tripping in my house and it seems unusual to me. The circuit is for the kitchen sockets which has the fridge freezer as well as a second small freezer, dish washer...

I'd like to make a large(ish) sanding disc to run on my lathe. The only part I can't seem to find is the velcro backing sheet to attach the sand paper to. Can someone point me in the right direction please.

Quite complicated and took ages but I'm pleased with the results.

I'm just starting out with veneering so I have a couple of questions for those that know stuff. I'm making some table mats that are around 300mm x 200mm. When it comes to a balancing veneer what is best to use in terms of something that is cheap and cheerful as it won't be seen. If I use...

I'm making some table mats with a geometric pattern. First I need to mill the wood down to 15mm thickness then cut the sides at 60degs giving me a trapezoid. According to sketchup I should have a base that is 36mm and the other three sides will be 18mm (I know it says m on the sketchup model)...

I'm about to try my hand at marquetry and I have a few photos to get me started. I want to convert my pictures into line drawings with the various areas sectioned out but I don't know what software would allow me to do that. I've tried with the basic Paint programmes that come pre-installed on...

My big summer project this year was to build a Pergola next to my house. I had the area concreted over last October to make an area where we can sit out and enjoy the view and get a bit of shade in summer (be aware, this post will contain gratuitous pictures of the lovely view from my house). I...

Leftover from my house renovation I have a wood framed double glazed window and the wood/glass front door. The frames for them were destroyed when they were removed but I an thinking of re-using them at some point and I would like some advice on how easy or difficult it is to make a new frame...

I read a thread on here about an old Marples plane and realised that it had the same markings on one of my woodcarving chisels dating it to between 1862-1875. That inspired me to have a look at my other tools and see if I could find more information about them. I have a mixed set bought as one...

I don't know if there are any woodcarvers on here but I would like some advice from someone with more experience than me. I bought a used set of woodcarving tools which included a V tool. It has an unusual sharpened profile and I've not been able to find another similar profile anywhere on the...

I have a little Katsu router (bought after the recommendations on here) which normally gets very limited use. My current project required me to give it more of a workout than usual and during this it started to make a 'poorly' noise and then stopped. It wasn't particularly hot so I didn't think...

A friend has asked me to put up some (4) shelves in a corner in her bathroom to store her towels. She's happy for them to be made from Oak effect laminated chipboard available from the local DIY store and the dimesions will be 400mm deep by about 500mm wide. The problem is that the bathroom...

I've just been down to my local wood yard to buy the Pine for a Pergola I'm about to build (I'm not in the UK so bear that in mind). I was in there last week just to get a feel for the price and I was told that all of their wood was classed as dry even though it was only cut down 2 weeks before...

OK, so my next project is to build a Pergola. The concrete pad is already done (7.6m x 4.8m) and I've just started on the design which has a couple of site related issues that need designing out. The wood will either be treated Pine or green Oak depending on what's available and the price. I'm...

I could have chosen any cut line through this piece within a 5mm range but no, right down the middle where the nail is. Brilliant!

I want to attach my air filter unit to the ceiling of my workshop but I'm having some fixing issues. The ceiling is concrete with a coat of render (I'm in the basement) and the unit weighs 29kg and has 4 screw in hooks near the corners. I bought a set of 4 hooks with a 40mm threaded section that...

I suspect this might be a bearings problem but if I can get input from the community before I get started that would be great. I have an extremely loud screeching noise that seems to be coming from the area of the lower wheel axle. It only occurs on slow down after I've switched it off, not when...

A friend has asked me to smarten up an L shaped bench seat that fits around a brick wood burner. It is made of pine and has been coated with something non penetrating. It is in a bit of a state as the fixings had to be drilled out and the various parts are not flat. Initially, I was just...