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I have a very poorly thought out "indoors" toolkit that stops me having to make numerous trips to the workshop (all of 15m) for trivial tasks like hanging pictures, minor fixes etc. I'm looking to formalise this a bit more and thought that other people probably have similar setups and might...

I'm not sure if this is the right place, but none of the other forums seemed appropriate, but ofc feel free to move it as appropriate. I turned on my compressor and it seemed to "limp to life" rather than straight away banging away like the noisy little *** it is. After 1-2 seconds of very...

I'm looking for recommendations for finishing the oak outdoor table that I'm finishing up at the moment. Whilst I've never used Tung oil, I'm most inclined to it, however I don't have anywhere indoors to store the table during the weeks of finishing that I understand would be required. I could...

I've had a quote for a new consumer unit in my detached garage, connection to the main consumer unit in the house (no ground works, an armoured cable wrapped around the house then pushed through existing conduit), 3 led strip lights, 6 double sockets and 2 outside lights (supplied by me). The...

I have an AC370WL which despite its drawbacks, I love. It's incredible value for money imo. However, it does have said drawbacks... lever based speed change - particularly that it can only be used when the machine is spinning power - it's relatively easy to stall, particularly on a wide piece...

Our house has a large (41m2) deck that we inherited with the house and now has rotten away and needs replacing. I'm loath to replace the frame with something that can rot away and will need replacing in another 10 years. I've looked at composite, and whilst I think I'm sold on the boards, the...

I'm making spinning tops and want to colour them, but I'm finding the crayola pens that I'm using don't work well on beech. Are there recognised pens for use with wood turning? Searching for such a thing is horribly polluted with pen turning, so I'm struggling to find out for myself, and so I...

Morning all, I exhibited at Makers Central last year and had trouble shifting product due to my high price point. I'd like to attend again this year, but I need to have a realistic expectation of making it pay for itself (at least). My plan is to introduce some lower priced products that...

I want to be able to make custom ferrules for my walking sticks. Logically I should just buy an engineering lathe, but I have a serious space problem and frankly, can't make room for more machines. My ferrules will all be non ferrous metals (brass, aluminium, copper). I have an AC370WL and I...

It's my 8th wedding anniversary coming up and I have the idea to try to wood turn rock salt into a bowl. Has anybody got any experience with such a thing? It looks soft enough to turn, I'm just hoping it's hard enough not to disintegrate.

I recently picked up an AC370 lathe which I've been having good fun with. I've really struggled with sharpening the various turning tools that my FIL passed down to me so I gave up (for the time being) and turned my attention to carbide tips. I experimented with just buying the replacement...

I’m after some advise on cutting brass (also copper, bronze and aluminium) discs from 25mm diameter rods (round stock?). Obviously the right tool for this would be a metal cutting bandsaw, but alas all I have is a woodworking workshop. I have successfully cut brass on my cheapo bandsaw with a...

I'm working on a black dyed high gloss ash cane. Osmo hard wax oil has given me the finish I want for other canes so I'm inclined to go the same route. I have noticed though that the India ink comes off on my hands a little. Does it need sealing before the osmo? I was wondering about shellac...

After stumbling across Shawn Gillis on instagram and spending hours browsing through his amazing walking sticks, and having hit the ripe old age of 40 recently, I felt inspired to try my hand at making one. As this is my first attempt I wanted to avoid making any design decisions and focus on...

The coffee table that I refurbished for my mother finally got delivered after 18 months of covid delays, so we are without a place to put our cold beer/prosecco whilst enjoying the garden. I had seen a simple slatted bench design by The Wood Whisperer which I was confident fell comfortably...

I have some Ash that I was to use to make a workshop stool, but as I have no experience with chair/stool making I decided to make an (overly elaborate) prototype from baltic birch. I immediately fell into a trap of creativity with complexity that couldn't possibly be part of the future final...

I've been stuck on the painting phase of my pantry build for a few weeks now and think it's time to ask some experts. For context, I'm currently spraying flat (no detail/moulding) MRMDF drawer fronts/doors. Problems that I'm encountering After spraying I have occasionally found long streaks...

I have a Sjobergs Smart Workstation Pro, which I bought to use for dovetailing and other hand tool work as I don't yet have room for a "proper" woodworkers workbench. The Axminster page doesn't list a dog hole size, just the size of the holes in the feet, and I have subsequently discovered that...

As part of my pantry build we added a nice big radiator to our kitchen. This minor change to the kitchen meant moving a folding table out of the way, removing the convenient surface. I had a small slab of live edge oak that I had intended to make a console table from and we agreed that this...

My drill press is baaaaddddddd and desperately needs to go live on a farm (and by live, I mean die, in a landfill). So I've been keeping an eye out for a bargain replacement. I will want to buy a floor standing drill press at some point, but I've seen mini mills for sale and it occurs to me...