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this is the finished table: The tabletop is simply attached by 4 dowels, I know this isn't the best way as I've no allowance for any shrinkage/expansion in the wood, but it was my only real choice with the time allowed. I only applied the tiniest amount of glue to the dowels as I was thinking...

I had a go this week at making a small table, this was my first attempt with hardwood using some sawn planks of oaks I bought a few weeks back. I ran the planks through my planer thicknesser and then joined 3 together with dowels to form the table top. It didn't look to good as a plain...

It's a used Ryobi model but after some tinkering replacing the screws in the blade clamps it seems ok. At first it vibrated a lot particuarly at certain speeds but now it's firmly fixed to my bench this seems to have been cured. Is there any maintenance - oiling etc - that the saw would...

many thanks for all the suggestions. I went along to ternex this afternoon and picked out some oak boards - very interesting to have a look round a proper sawmill - would recommend a visit.

I am after a few oak boards - say 1"x6" x 6ft or so - are there any suppliers in the hertfordshire/bedfordshire area that people recommend - I looked at the online/mail order places but delivery makes up a big proportion of the cost if you are only ordering about £70 worth of timber. Thank you.

I am hoping to buy a planer/thicknesser shortly - are there likely to be any special bargains at the kempton show if you take it away on the day or are such machines simply ordered for later delivery ? I am wondering if it is worth taking my father's trailer. Thanks for any advice.

only bought on thursday and first proper go of trying it was today - was using it with a largish chisel about 1/2" but just on softwood when bang ! close inspection revealed the cast iron gear on the rack/pinion had sheared off completely as shown below: hopefully was a one-off flaw -...

I bought the morticer (and the box of chisels in the end !) Seems very sturdily made and have just assembled it - will try it out at the weekend. They didn't have many router tables left so I wouldn't hang about if you are after one of these. The router is different to previous years and...

thanks for the advice Roy. I tend to have all my machines bolted down so will do so if I get this one. Do you have suggestions as to what chisels to get without spending the earth - I would guess the aldi ones would be the equivalent to the £20/£25 sets the likes of screwfix have.

I bought the router and table combination from aldi a couple of years back - still working perfectly - the only thing to note is that this year's router looks a tad different and I can't see if it has a height adjuster than can be easily used with the router in the table which the previous model...

I purchased one of these from ebay this week (about £9 delivered) - although not yet used it seems well enough made. One thing to note though if you are planning to use with a smallish bench pillar drill is the length of the bar may hit against the pillar on the drill - my cutter needs about 6"...

I have recently aquired a large centrifugal blower. I got this with a view to making a workshop air filter but on seeing the size of it think it might be more suitable for a home made dust extraction system. Motor is 1HP, impeller about 12" diameter, inlets 6" - CFM figures unkown...

I have just completed my first project - just a small box to be used a sewing box - I know it's simple compared to most on here but we have to start somewhere. it is made from pine from b&q, with a odd piece of plywood for the base. I cut the sidepieces at 45 degrees to allow them to be mitred...