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I have a couple of shooting boards that have served me faithfully for many (fifteen or so) years but on a recent job, I realised that my mitre shooting board was losing accuracy and I got fed up with correcting it by shimming work-pieces with scraps of paper and playing cards. As it is close to...

I have found that Japanese saws vary hugely in quality. This saw is one of my absolute favorites. It cuts beautifully both when ripping and when cross cutting. It leaves surfaces as smooth as a planed finish without obvious saw marks. I would like to get another one or two by the same...

I visited this new yard today - was a nice day for a bike ride! It looks like an excellent resource for woodworkers. Although he only started trading in mid-April, the boss Kevin Bolger, a pleasant and welcoming South African has things organised pretty well (although he was at pains to say that...

Thanks to all who have answered my query on a gogglebox. Now the next question isn't a question really but rather a bit of a rant. I see that BBC have dropped "Survivors" - well OK it had rather unbelievable, unpleasant people doing stuff but at least it wasn't Cooking, a Police chase, a House...

We need to get a new TV. I am thinking in terms of an HDTV with Sky plus box to suit. I haven't kept up with all the various changes that have taken place and should appreciate some advice on what to look out for, for example:- 1. Plasma or LCD? Does it matter, is there a best option? 2...

SWMBO and I are planning a fair bit of travelling this year (mainly to the USA and Canada) and having torn my hair out over the iniquities of a few of the online services in the past, I am interested to learn what other folk rate as good ones. There are so many to choose from and it seems...

I really loved this desk, apparently based on Dicken's desk and offered as a SU model. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtop ... 83&t=27288 Hardly in the modern vernacular(!) but it fits my desire to bring a bit of order to my present office arrangements which look a bit like a dog's...

A recent posting of this little bookstand by Dave R in this post intrigued me enough to have a go at making it. In principle, it's easy but in practice., I found it quite challenging. What was particularly difficult, at least the way I did it was separating the two halves of the board once...

Considering how many cameras we are already seen by, I am not sure whether to feel privileged or discriminated against by the relative coverage for the UK compared with others in Europe. I wonder what the Germands are hiding - new V2 installations perhaps? :D

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Every site I ever visited with a view to a purchase, let alone those that I actually bought something from has been bombarding me with ads for their stuff for the last few days. It's not exactly spam since I left my email address with them but the sheer volume is close to a tidal wave. No doubt...

This plugin for SU adds considerable power for free in a somewhat limited version and a reasonable price for the full version. It gives you parametric control of components' and models' dimensions very like a full blown parametric solids or surface modeller. It makes it a doddle to re-size...

I have been playing with some Sketchup plugins recently. There are lots of really great ones available at Sketchucation that take a lot of the frustration and grunt work out of using SU. One I like a lot is called Extrude Edges by Rails and it will produce a complex surface from a profile and a...

For a variety of purposes, it's useful to have proper dimensioned drawings from SU and that is expensive if you buy the Pro edition for Layout to get them. Some folk also say they are Autocad users and find SU hard to get on with. Both these concerns can be addressed to a fair degree by using...

This is a place to put links to sites that command respect both as a place to seek inspiration for woodwork but also one that doesn't drive you mad because the site is poorly designed and instead helps you to find what you seek. The idea is to provide a source for ideas - recognising and...

Looking for inspiration, I have been trawling a lot of these sites lately. It drives me up the wall to encounter yet another arty-farty flash site that seems designed to put visitors off. Even the best ones don't do anything for me and the vast majority seem to have been done by people more...

Some of you might have seen this. A year or two ago we cut some Rhodies down in our garden and I kept a couple of bits, thinking that it might be possible to turn on the lathe for something. Instead I have just sliced it on the bandsaw to make some miniplanks about 123mm by 60mm which I will...

In trying to sign up for this, I find that the box needs connection to a phone line. I did connect to a phone temporarily when setting up Sky plus but thereafter was able to disconnect it (it needed a long line extension, there being no handy outlet near the TV). Does anyone know if I can use...

I have followed this guy's blog through the building of this bench and it is truly inspirational. Here is a video of it in use showing how versatile it is. I think I am in love.. Chris Schwarz has talked abut it on his blog so you might have seen it already but the video is new...

I want to make a dressing table with a mirror that rises out of the cabinet - similar to say a flat screen TV, so that in the closed position, the top of the dressing table is flush. I'd use a TV lift if I had enough height in the cabinet but unfortunately, I don't (the motor etc adds...