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Digging up some tiles in a victorian terrance at the back of the house. The floor is solid and when i took up the existing tiles, the floor looks like it's been levelled with sharp sand etc. The tiles were laid about 10 years ago. They are not victorian. Is this normal? Shall I just remove the...

Hi all, I've been looking at designs for built in wardrobes and came across this on instagram. I liked it so much that I actually asked the maker for a quote, but alas it is well above my budget! I'm happy making the doors and have done basic face frame cabinets (..along with lots of peter...

I know the subject of linseed oil paint has got us a little hot under the collar over the years. I am about to try some on a set of doors to be fitted to a workshop in a garden - and spoke to my grandfather who was a joiner back when things were done propah. He was interested to hear about a...

Hi all, I know we have different blades for different tasks, especially when cutting sheet materials, flat top, ripping etc. What blade sits on your table saw blade on an every day basis though, for general cuts. Thanks Joe

Seen a local ad for waney edged green oak cladding. I'm aware it will shrink etc, but i've also not seen oak cladding for this kind of price before. I assume it will be quite low grade? Building a storage shed at the moment, that will need some kind of cladding on it. I'll probably lay this...

Throwing together some more workshop drawers etc today and have run out of 18mm birch ply. Just looked at the price of it online an BB 18mm birch ply is now £70 a sheet or more in most places. Do you guys have any suggestions for a cheaper grade of ply than the birch that isn't trash meant for...

Trend CDJ600 dovetail jig - comes with the correct guide bushing (not in the picture, but included).Used by me but no longer needed. The notes on the top are in sharpie and will come off clean. Some damage where i routed the metal a little in the past...jig still works as it should and is in...

Currently helping convert a horse box into a studio flat on wheels. There are about 600 screws that we are pulling out of the sapele planks which make up the box, which screw into the ash frame. They're imperial screws of 5.5x55mm ish so i assume a 6mmx60mm replacement would be fine. The heads...

In my desperation to become a curmudgeonly old man and in my attempt to remove more and more power tools from the mix, I've found myself needing to trim a rebate on a couple of occasions (...where i couldn't trim the width of the component slipping into it). Whilst veritas and lie nielsen make...

Hi all, Was offered something called "Himalayan cedar" the other day instead of Cedar of Lebanon. Can't find much about it online and never heard of it before. I assume it's deodar - during my time in Afghanistan the locals houses and timber workshops in Paktia used to have that incredible...

Hi all, On a course a little while ago i used a Knew concept coping saw. Now i know it's ridiculous, but it was a wonderful piece of kit and i quite fancy one. I'm in China fairly often and just spotted these copies being sold - they are sold by the same sellers who typically sell the...

Over the last few years, I've tended to snoop round eBay and tended to pick up decent deals for projects from people clearing out workshops, or larger off-cuts from projects etc. Could normally find a decent amount of whatever you wanted for hobbyist level fooling around. But in the last 12...

Been trying to cut more and more accurate tenons, rebates etc, on the table saw of late and one thing i've noticed is that the top of my DW745 isn't flat! There is about half a mm of dip between the mouth/plat and the rest of the worktop. Has anyone else found this? Can it be adjusted or am i...

Hi, I have a pile of cedar of lebanon which is 15mm thick. I want to use it for some drawer bottoms. I don't have a band saw, and am wondering what is the traditional method of cutting draw panels or box panels? I assume from looking at old furniture that around 6mm or around 1/4 of an inch is...

Have a load of offcuts from an old project, all quite substantial bits of English Oak. I've always put sapwood on the log burner, but looking at it today i thought it might make a nice workshop stool or something similar? Is there any reason not to do this? It's been sitting in the workshop for...

Hi all, Been making some cabinetry from birch ply for my workshop and so far have been making joints with a rabbet recessed into one of the surfaces and then just clamping and gluing up the four sides into a box. I want to build a bigger unit tomorrow and don't think that this just glue...