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Just ordered a Ryobi R18GN18-0 nail gun (18 gauge). It's my first nail gun. Never used one before... so I'd be grateful for any advice on which nails to buy and which to avoid eg suitable types of nail, good/bad nail brands/manufacturers. Any guidance would be most welcome. I'm thinking...

Probably going to buy a new Metabo HC260C planer thicknesser - but need to check if it it will run on a standard 13Amp socket. I've seen some comments on here from a few years ago that say fuses can sometimes blow on these machines. My limited understanding of maths suggests... if it's got a...

I'm in the market for something small and fairly inexpensive. It's got to be semi-portable (not for on-site work... but for wheeling around in a very small workshop, where every machine has to be moved into the one decent working area and then moved away for the next machine operation - oh and...

For general DIY / old house renovation - and even more so for furniture making (mainly Peter Millard type projects using sheet materials - but later working on solid wood items as well) which are your favourite measuring tools (especially for checking squareness etc - as I think I've outgrown my...

I've just acquired a Festool Rotex RO 150 and a Festool ETS EC 150/5 - and I now need to invest in some discs. From what I've read here and there, it appears the latest version of Granat can generally be regarded as fairly multipurpose for solid wood, sheet materials and painted surfaces etc...

Looking to buy my first sliding mitre saw and I'm tempted to get a large-ish one - so it can cope with small stock for cabinets etc and large stock for fencing and driveway gates/posts. In addition, a lot of the posts I've read here seem to suggest that it's best to get a saw that's capable of...

With an old house that needs a lot of TLC – and, finally, some time on my hands – I’m getting back into DIY / 'untrained woodworking'. But so much has changed over the decades in which I've been idle… and there’s now a bewildering choice of tools and new techniques. So I need some advice from...

What is the thinnest size MDF / plywood / solid wood that people are joining together (as 90 degree joints for cabinets etc)... using the smaller Festool Domino machine (DF 500)? Many thanks.

My lungs aren't getting any younger and I've got a lot of projects to do. So I was wondering about getting a small-ish dust extractor for use with power tools (and maybe later getting a low pressure - high volume extractor (chip extractor?) for use with small static table machines eg for use...

Only recently found this forum... and it looks like an extremely rich source of information and inspiration. I'm just a keen DIYer who - many years ago - did a reasonable-ish amount of house renovation and a bit or rudimentary cabinet work (no training - just a little bit of a background in...