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Ok, so I've never tried this before. My missus wants a hammock stand for her birthday in a few weeks. I thought I might try and make one - seen a lovely one that looks like 2 pieces of 75mm square birch, bent to a gentle radius, for the arms, then another two at the bottom the same with the arms...

My table saw got a bit... overexcited... yesterday. You know, smoke coming out from underneath and everything. Now when I turn it on it spins up fine, cuts about 3-4" (of probably 1/2" wood) and then pops the fuse back in the house. Which is getting annoying to say the least! I assume I've...

I bought a router table and a Wickes 1500W Router. After an hour putting the table together, I attached the router. It didn't sit in the provided gap, and then I find it's got no power switch lock. So I packed it up, looked at the Bosch POE 1200 AF router. More money but the Axminster website...

My NuTools lathe (late 90s, single round bar bed) has a problem: 1 - the pully outy bit that locks/unlocks the head stock pully wheel won't pull out far enough to turn - so I can't safely unlock the pully wheel. No problem - I'm a practical kind of guy. I'll just take off the pulley wheel and...

So my (already old and second hand when I got it) table saw died today. It jammed and popped the fuse, banged everything I could, replaced the fuse, turned a bit (looking wobbly) and then popped again - I think something has eaten a bearing by the looks of it. Now I can't spring to much -...

I got a *very* second hand lathe for my birthday and just had to share my third turning. First one Ive never finished, second one is a ropey thing with a dish in the top the kids put bits in. This is my third and it may actually turn into a little bow. The wood is a lump of dried oak that I...