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When on earth did I get so much random stuff! Spent the last 2 days just trying to make sense of stuff before I can functionally organise it - Put up some french cleats, then bought some storage boxes. 1 box - power tools Imma make a cleat for, another for 'project parts' stuff that I bought...

I saw on a youtube video a chap that was installing french cleats. One of the additions he made, was putting biscuits on the back of the cleat, and when screwing them to the wall (Or in my case, board attached to the wall) go through the cleat and the biscuit. The idea was to pull them away...

Was in the workshop today and my table saw started making a funny smell - Was an electricy type smell - You know the type. I feel like it's going to give up the ghost soon, so wanted to get ahead of it and start browsing. Budget is about £200-£300 (Maybe a bit more), And I use it mainly on...

I bought a mini-lathe from amazon - although more accurately it should be a micro lathe - Only really for sanding/polishing wooden rings. Means I can do it in the house as opposed to heading down to the garage where I'll get distracted with all the other projects. Anyhow, it's been working...

So far, I've been butt-jointing any box-like things I make - but I wanna try some more fancy joints. I've seen many guides on making a router table or tablesaw jig but I have questions... What I've struggled to find, is how to decide how fat to make the fingers. Sizing them as 1/2 the...

Tonight I was prepping some pen blanks, and realised that I forgot to write down what some of the woods were when I bought them (Yandles Pick n Mix). I know the obvious ones: 2 - Zebrano 3- Purpleheart I think 5 is Paduk, and I think 6 is Wenge, but I put some Wenge behind it, and I dunno...

I hate it when this happens. First time turning Zebrano, and I know why it's called that. Smells like horse poop when drilling it out :D No idea what the black wood was, I got it in a box of random pen-turning stuff I bought from Gumtree.

My lathe was making a clicking sound once per revolution, so I popped the brushes out and re-seated them, which solved the issue. Turned a couple of pens, and all was good in the land. I decided to try my hand at turning a bowl. I only have 1 bowl gouge I got from a car boot sale, and not...

There are a couple of post by this guy: https://www.gumtree.com/p/chisels-planes-surform/assorted-chisels-/1460611183 and https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-hand-tools/shed-clearance/1460302419 I popped over there this morning, and I was the first of the day... Apparently a friend of a friend of...

I was in Taunton today for work, so I thought I'd nip across to Yandles, as it's only 25mins away. I picked up a few tools and such, popped them in the van, and headed back in to the timber sheds. It was amazing. So many types of wood, it was almost overwhelming. Was also the first time I saw...

https://www.gumtree.com/p/lathes/record-power-dml305-wood-turning-lathe-/1460199106 This isn't me, Just spotted it on Gumtree while having a browse. I don't have enough street-cred to post in the 'Bargains elsewhere' forum (If a mod could move this, or a cooler cat could repost it there...

After a false start with my Lathe, and the legendary Dave from Charnwood sorting it out, I turned a thing! No idea what I was trying to make, I was just trying out the different chisels. Still not quite got a feel for it, but I reckon the chisels need sharpening - So I'm on the hunt for a...

I found this forum while searching for solutions to an issue with a new lathe.. and couldn't stop reading! I bought a van a couple of years back - Ostensibly for work, but also for being able to load in my kayak and/or paddleboard for random beach trips. When the world closed down, I did the...

I bought a Charnwood W815 a few weeks back, and only got around to setting it up last weekend. All was working fine while I was carving up a new piece of wood, learning how to do it all... And it stopped. Turns out the F5A fuse on the control panel had blown, so I popped a new one in. The...