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Just come back from the USA where my niece's kitchen worktop had a rounded edge and also an integral upstand. The corners were plain mitres, but I was trying to work out if there was another way, akin to the so-called mason's mitre, to join this type of worktop. Just curious, I would never fit...

I just got hold of an Inca 342.186(Euro 260) bandsaw from eBay, for the princely sum of £50.00. It's generally in pretty good condition, the tyres seem fine, but I need to get some new blades, as the one it came with is rusty and bent, but, having never owned a bandsaw before, I could use some...

Anyone know anything about this make/model bandsaw? I think it's too big for me, although I'm on the lookout. The annoying thing is that it's really local(probably about half a mile away)! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270560436206&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Hi, I have a Delta 2 speed scroll saw that I am thinking of selling on ebay(I haven't used it once in 3 years), but I thought I'd offer it here first. If anyone's interested I'll take some photos... I'm in Thames Ditton, Surrey. John

I am considering making a zero clearance insert for my old EB flipover saw. The insert is 4mm thick, which does't sound like much, but the unsupported area is tiny. Anyway, which do you think would be more suitable, polycarbonate(Lexan) or acetal...

I'd like to try and repair a bench at my tennis club, the top rail of the backrest has broken where the sides of the backrest are screwed into it. It's probably not a very well constructed piece of furniture, but it's a memorial bench for a member who died of a heart attack, on court, and the...

Hi, My local hardware store has this on sale for £19.99, what do you think? Is it worth buying or will it be a piece of cr@p? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Faithfull-No-4-Plane-No-60-1/dp/B0001IWSL0/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=diy&qid=1257440451&sr=1-6

I have some free-standing Ikea cabinets, same range as this:http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/34631507 The hinges are similar to standard kitchen cabinet hinges, but cranked, to accomodate the fact that the doors are fitted inside the frame, as opposed to being laid on. They're not like...

What would anyone recommend as the best way to keep router cutters(and other tools for that matter) rust-free while stored in my shed? WD-40? Silica gel? Airtight boxes? Any advice welcome! John

I have a casement window that is rotting at the corner where the bottom rail meets the opening stile. Can anyone give me any pointers as to the best way to do this? I have a fair selection of weapons (routers, table saw, chisels etc.) and a moderate level of skill in wielding them. As an aside...

I'd like to find a lock that I can fit to a standard kitchen unit door. It's for lockiing some stuff away in the kitchen at my tennis club, and it doesn't have to be ultra-secure. I was thinking of the sort of mechanism that has rods on the inside of the door that engage with holes at the top...

Probably clutching at straws here, bat anyway... I have a dresser, which has been stripped and waxed, probably BriWax, and I'd like to paint it, as the wood isn't really that attractive. I fear that it will be well nigh impossible, though. Does anyone have any useful tips or advice as to whether...