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I keep seeing wonderful workshops - some seem to lack a vital element - where are the sawdust and woodshavings, they look like hospital surgeries. Some will have noticed I am hard up, I am an old codger, my days of having space in a workshop went once I returned to the UK so my single garage is...

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I saw this advertised today - looks like it needs a spring clean but at that price it might help a starter. I would buy it as I don't have a lathe but just don't have the room. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/235560882200645

This summer I will be taking off the vinyl flooring in my kitchen, then the underneath cork tiles, leaving the tar or whatever that stuck the cork tiles down then I want to lay ceramic tiles. The hallway had cork tiles which I removed - but then spent ages getting a flattish surface on the tar...

I have quite an old table - looks like the metal hinge part was made by a blacksmith (the top revolves and fold out to twice the size). As the top was in a very bad way - "distressing" is nothing to the condition of this I've sanded it to bare wood. After ages getting a good finish yesterday I...

Hello, I've been a fairly practicable person since childhood, taught wood and metalwork in some form for most of my working life, but retired early. I have only a standard garage to house my machines and too many tools and even a motorbike so spend more time making room for my next project than...