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I made a charcuterie board out of an offcut of cherry. We made some outdoor benches for a garden build and when I trimmed the ends we had some decent chunks leftover I resawed one of the chunks and ended up with what I think might be bookmatching? Anyway, I glued them together and made a a...

I've just ordered a new 1/2" blade from tuffsaws. Decided to go for the m42 steel, it's nearly 3 times the price but is much tougher, according to the blurb. It should last longer (it says 10 times) and is also able to withstand the odd screw or nail. Hope it was worth the extra, it's blown my...

My sister bought me an old wooden hand plane, thought it was a pretty cool present It actually worked pretty well straight out of the box, although I must admit I have no idea how to set it up!

Hi All, I am nearly finished with my chopping board project but I have reached the part I was worried about - it's not going to plan. This was it two days ago but its gone backwards since then The curved inlays are problematic, the pic above is a dry fit where I tried to pre-stress the...

I have a number of power tools and all are working 'reasonably' well with my Festool MIDI for dust collection, despite them all having different port sizes: My Port Sizes Festool MIDI 27mm hose, Int.23mm, ext.tapers from 33mm to 36mm Makita battery Planer 45 int, 50 ext Makita battery track...

I am in Billericay in Essex. No bag, I use it without and seems to work ok - it has a cylindrical filter inside the unit Electrics are intermitent - sometimes it works perfectly, other times it doesnt. I found that if I move the cable at the point just as it enters the vac it works, seems like a...

How about we post pictures of our sheds? Whenever somebody shows a picture of theirs I'm always fascinated to see what stuff they have / how they have organised it etc Both inside and out would be interesting I think.

So I'm making a cutting board for a friend (still) and two of the glue joints have failed. Probably safe to assume its a general problem because it was clamped up very firmly and the joints seemed to be pretty flat and well mated in dry fit. (Ignore the oil on the surface - I put a bit of tung...

Does anybody have any recommendations for a type of tile for the roof of a new build double garage? I like the look of the composite ones which look like slate but when I search there seems to be a huge amount of options our there with a huge range in price. I'm not sure I understand the...

Hi All, I need to build a cartlodge, 7m x 5.5m, Oak frame at front, 6 courses of brickwork and CLS framing for walls, dual pitch (45 degree) tiled roof (probably composite tiles), and Cedral cement board cladding. I would like to get some structural engineer guidance to design adequate...

I've mentioned on here before that I am working on a cutting board for a friend and yesterday I went out and bought some timber for it: -Large chunk of Maple -Medium chunk of Beech -Small chunk of Utile My question is, can I mix end grain/face grain/edge grain together in a cutting board? The...

Hi I'm making a chopping board for my friend as a wedding gift. I'm using walnut. I was going to mix some oak in with it but I'm now thinking I might just go pure walnut. Looking for some advice. Here it is so far: I'm cutting up an old desk, so it has a noticeable join where two boards have...

Just applying some 1:6 mix to cedar cladding. Should I rinse it off with water after? Seems like it could reintroduce the water staining.....

Anybody else done this?: I wanted somewhere to put the rail in between cuts. All my tables always seem to be full or out of reach so I'm hoping this will be a handy place to put it down in between cuts. By the way ignore the second rail at the bottom of the picture, I was thinking about...

who does it? I tend to find energy / time at weekend only but often think about doing it in the evening too... Never seem to manage it though 😃 Martin

Does a french cleat system need to be flush to the wall behind it? Can I do this: I am looking to have lighting behind the cleat that spills out onto the wall. I have been looking at building a complicated hexagon shelf system which I mentioned in another thread but I'm also looking at...

I fancy something semi functional and yet interesting to look at in my workshop What I am thinking of doing is some hexagon themed wall units / shelves, with integrated lighting. Here is a quick sketch I made, although I don't think I will put it on that particular wall: for lighting I have...

As a novice who has just dived into the world of MFT, I thought it might be interesting for me to share my experiences with my first go at it. It's my first attempt at building and using an MFT and a rail square. I wish I knew at the start what I now know and perhaps I can save others a bit of...

Do I need MR MDF? I am going to be building cabinets / benches for my workshop, my current CAD below although this is now changing to sheet material carcasses (MDF obvs) instead of 4x2 structure as shown Prices quoted for the materials as follows: 18mm MDF – full sheet £30+vat each 12mm MDF...

I have put together a rough plan for my workshop interior (at long last), 4m x 3.5m mitre station and wood rack on left bandsaw at back mft and workbench on right Cabinet structure here is status quo: I am primarily looking for thoughts on the following at this stage: structure of the...