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Hoping this is useful to somebody. Bought a set of flat bits from Lidl last year, got round to to using one today. Gave it quite a hammering counter-boring bolt holes in soggy sleepers, 16x 25mm holes 33mm(ish) deep. So, the tips of the spurs are gone, the edges weren't great and are now...

I've asked a couple of questions about bending ply, would like to share the finished result! There used to be a fireplace with a curved hearth where the AV stuff now is, left a big gap in the carpet. So I made this plinth/box thing to fill the space and cover the cables and put stuff on! So what...

Wickes plywood. Finish seems nice - see link: https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Non-Structural-Hardwood-Plywood---3-6-x-607-x-1829mm/p/110513 Seems like a lot, but it's nearest to my house!

I want to make a plinth/box thing to replace the hearth, to hide the wires from the TV etc which has replaced the fireplace, where there is now a large curved cutout in the carpet. I was thinking to bend a piece of plywood to fit the curve. I'm guessing the radius is somewhere over a metre. So I...

Lived in the house for over a year now. It's taken me this long to realise there is a huge wasted space in the middle of the house, which used to be a boiler cupboard. Previous owners closed the whole thing in with splodge and stick plasterboard. No clue as to how thorough the closure is beyond...

I'm lining up my first ever couple of projects (well, parts of the same project) to cut on a very cheap "Woodpecker" engraver. One of the files is converted from .DXF created in a cad program (front panel designer) to g-code by importing into bcnc. All of the z movements are going from z3 to z0...

What do you call this type of cutter? It's the largest one (3mm) out of a set I got off eBay some years ago. Really annoyed because I just broke my 0.8mm one. Then I broke the 1mm one. Apparently they jam quite easily! Is there a more suitable micro cutter to cut a slot in a board, connecting...

I'm making some shelf support brackets because I need 8 and the wood was free. Simple 3 pieces, upright goes against the wall, top piece has a little rebate cut so it looks better (due to curved edges), fits on top of the upright. Then there's the 45 degree piece that connects them. I decided to...

I dug out a small fig tree from our garden last year. Not very old. I kept the stump with some bits of root attached and about 18" of trunk. Widest part is maybe 8" at most. I liked that tree, though it was too big for our postage-stamp sized garden (ok it would be large letter postage stamp if...

It occurred to me yesterday, after I made 2 bits of wood into 4 bits of wood of close to equal size, that if I had actually measured the job, they would likely be worse than my "2 rough marks and guess". I've always been like this. It's not like I can't measure. I know exactly what to do and do...

I have a Metabo W9 115 Quick angle grinder (last year's birthday present), which is a delight to use, however wanting to take advantage of the grinder disks they have in Lidl, I'm not so delighted because they are next size up! I got some dished ones anyway since they would sit in the wider part...

Bought last year, my 1970's built house has an attached garage. Now discovering the garage is a source of coldness. Dividing walls are single brick, bare on the garage side, plasterboard on the house side. I'd like to make the walls be more insulated, by attaching something to the garage side...

I need to make a wall mounted tool cupboard. It can be 2 or maybe 3-at-a-push feet wide and something over 3 feet tall. It's to go on a garage wall. Depth is limited by the potential to bang my head on it (I'm clumsy). I quite like the idea of doors that have a deep frame so they can accommodate...

Last night I cut the end off the little finger of my dominant (left) hand. I did this using the only tool which I can use well with my right hand - scissors. I was anonymising a small bit of paper with my name and address on it. The scissors are very sharp. My finger was hidden by the paper. I...

I used to know this. I am so annoyed. How does one attach drawer fronts? For background, I'm making a set of drawers for my electronics lab, carcass is about 22" x 16" x 8" (h x w x d) made of crappy 1/4" ply with pine runners, and there will be 8x half-width drawers and 2x full width drawers...

I had this marvelous idea that I can make a sander which has a table with a fence on it which can slide in and out on drawer runners, so long pieces can then be passed across the sander at an adjustable fixed distance from it. (My best shot at getting anything flat at the moment) The drawer...

I decided to use pallet wood edge-upwards to make a nice heavy bench, since wood is expensive. Finally dismantled enough pallets to make a good start at least. Someone gave me an old beam that must have come from their house - about the only large thing I have that isn't twisted! So I've used...

I've been using some PVA-based UHU wood glue I got from Lidl years ago, which has served me pretty well, but then I don't do anything very serious, so that's fine. Now I'm looking forward to my makes getting a bit more serious. Still on a budget, but I'd like to get some better glue...

Pretty much the middle of the Midlands here... Just moved house. Collecting wood to make a bench in the garage, cabinets for tools and stuff. Looking forward to having the space and tooling to make accurate joints! Also, being able to keep wood, metal, and electronics away from each other...