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After spending all of last year working on the tool chest (and using pretty much every tool in my armoury), I thought I'd choose something a lot quicker for my next project. However, I'm keen to stretch myself a bit and, while thinking about options I came up with what struck me as an...

For background, the primary reason I did this project was to practice hand tool woodwork without having to worry too much about aesthetics (which are not my forte). Less significantly, I also wanted the ability to take a tool kit on holiday and be able to make small boxes and such-like. Since...

Matt Kenney - The Art of Kumiko "Learn to Make Beautiful Panels By Hand [sic]". Excellent condition. £10 (or near offer) plus postage. Before buying this off me, please note that Matt Kenney's definition of "By Hand" is completely different to mine. I bought this hoping to learn how to make...

I've got a few Japanese saws now and this one doesn't get used very often so I thought I'd clear a bit of space by selling it. It's in as-new condition. Details of the saw are here: Z-Saw Japanese Hardwood Kataba Saw - 250mm Retail price is £24. Anyone interested in it for £15 (collection or...

Yep, I'm a happy bunny indeed I got it unloaded (in bits) when I got home but it was too hot to do much with it then. I put it together on Sunday morning and even managed to weld🥵 up a simple replacement base for it before the heat got too oppressive: the standard "wheel kit" is very good, but...

As per title, a Bosch GTS10XC Table Saw with all the bits and bobs it came with (including the manual) and a few extras for good measure. These are £660 new (not including all the extra saw blades); I'm looking for £450 ovno (collected from Gloucestershire). As you can see in the...

I'm looking for a fairly large, fairly powerful and well made second-hand bandsaw. The main reason I want it is for resawing relatively wide boards, so I'd like a cut depth of at least 200 mm, preferably more and I'd like one designed for a 2hp+ motor. Most of the ones I've seen on ebay seem...

This project has been on my list for a while now, but I started the main body of work this weekend. The aim is to make a portable (ish) workbench that can be placed on top of my existing bench (or the dining table if necessary!) to give a raised work surface and a couple of different vices that...

Free to a good home, Either collection or you can arrange a courier to collect from me if you prefer. For the purposes of courier type things, it's 600 mm by 80 mm by about 25 mm (although it'll obviously get bigger once I wrap it in bubble wrap or whatever) and without packaging weighs 250 g...

I have Makita DBO180Z random orbital sander. I had a lot of sanding to do last night so was using it for a while and getting very frustrated by how much the dust hose gets in the way and makes it hard to keep the sander resting flat on the workpiece without much force and not tilted down...

A few months ago I acquired some blocks of unknown wood, found when clearing out my late father-in-law's shed. They didn't look very inspiring and had obviously been coated in something dark and oily. I nearly chucked them out, but they felt too heavy to be pine so I brought them back and...

I've been experimenting a bit with the colour that can be achieved with different wood fillers. I think I might have done something wrong as I didn't get the results I expected. I started with a bit of oak, nailed to a scrap of pine in 12 places. Four of the holes (over the nail heads) were...

I'm just going through the last stages (three coats done, two more to go) of applying @MikeG.'s oil/varnish/white spirit mix on my side table. So far I've been really impressed with that finish, partly for the look of the wood, but mostly for how easy it is to apply (daub it on without worrying...

Subject: Thoughts for my first wood project: side table design As I mentioned in my introduction post, I've done odd bits of woodwork in the past, but most of it has involved plywood or MDF and the only "real wood" thing I've made was a pine planter about 13 years ago. I've now managed to...

I picked up some wood from the 99p bin in Yandles yesterday and couldn't get an answer on what wood it is. Can anyone on here help? I've surrounded it with some known wood to help make the colour a bit clearer. The plank on the left is maple, the offcut on the right is oak, the bit at the...

I've been lurking on this forum for a while now and as I'm starting to try to get into woodworking, I thought I ought to bite the bullet and introduce myself to the forum. My name is Al and I'm a wannabe woodworker. My working life involves designing electronics so is mostly spent staring at...