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I ordered the Rutlands saw yesterday. Due for delivery in a couple of weeks. Was attracted to the relatively compact size of a sliding saw and the £150 piece tag for a hobbyist user. Will post after its been delivered with some views.

Thx James. I’m assuming that’s a typo and its 50mm rock wall with a 5mm gap between the wall and the insulation. Is a vapour barrier over the top of that not needed then?

Looks exactly like the shed im getting, perhaps a bit wider. Thanks for the insights, very helpful. As mentioned it will be my only workshop now so will need insulating. Hope you make some good stiff in your shed!

Thanks both, handy tips. Ive gone for 55mm deep framing so there is a decent amount. On the base it does come on wooden runners so hopefully that will be ok.

Afternoon all, so having set up my new workbench and starting off woodworking in my garage, Mrs W is booting me out as it’s too dusty and gets sawdust all over her nice gym stuff. So I’ve taken down our old decrepit shed in the garden and bought a new 10 x 6 replacement Tiger Sheds Workshop...

Thx, im a big fan of safety first then safety first again tbh.

So one thing im sure someone will rapidly put me right on….on the Festool HK55 it has a plunge function….so in theory if i want to cross cut say a 70mm piece of walnut hardwood i can use the Festool like a mitre saw…i.e. put it on the walnut then just plunge it straight down and it will cut it...

I have a Dewalt, had it about as year to replace an older Dewalt that died. One question would be van you use 2 amp batteries (of which I have two) on a Dewalt cordless circular saw? Other point i have is that i will pretty much always use it on a dust extractor so the cordless not ideal.

Hey, I haven’t been to Basingstoke for about 20 years, not particularly handy from North Yorkshire but thx for the offer!

Thanks for the replies. I saw a video which seemed to indicate the HK had a plunge type capability but it was still a circular saw. If I’m honest I don’t really know what a plunge saw benefits are - I get they are used on rails etc but was it about the actual ‘plunge’ which makes it advantageous...

So my woodworking journey continues and im thinking to expand into a first proper power tool, a circular saw. Will mainly be used to rip down plywood, hardwood or mdf to usable sizes before hand tools take over. I have a Festool dust collector, which is awesome and have been looking at the...

Thats a reasonable question tbh! I think the makita has a straight line pipe extractor whereas my dewalt is more off set and is not vey good. I think its the design and not user failure in this case.

The extraction is virtually non-existent, just sprays dust everywhere. Could be user failure of course but also could be related to the thin next. I will measure the hole in the neck and post later. Thx Doug.

So as an update i went for a makita ROS, the red one, mated to some 3m sanding disks which are excellent. Got the Festool CT15 extractor, which i know is more than others but the quality should last, the filtering is good and the auto on off is a mega bonus. Virtually no dust from sanding so...

Thx for the advice Tom. On the sander i was assuming that would be me just doing some light touch up stuff on anything I’ve made to finish it off….i want planning on any mega sanding in lieu of any other planing etc. will take a look at Dave Charlesworth.

Ive been watching Mr Cosman and doing some planing on old wood. Made a makeshift shooting board from some old kitchen drawers and a workmate surface….can see it will be a journey to learn to hand plane but it’s interesting. And the sales underpinning these videos kind of go over my head tbh.

When you say workshop…..it’s part of a double garage, shared with a gym and some road bike storage. So something small is on the cards.

I’m thinking of initially a matebo ROS and matching it to a matebo dust extractor that seem to be around the £240 mark. Anyone any experience of using matebo and are they any good…the ROS gets great reviews but I haven’t seen anything on the extractor. Was thinking it seems to be a level that...

It’s been refreshing to get on a site and get some good and thought through answers to what was a very newbie question which this site must get a lot. i was expecting ’learn how to use the search function, dummy’ type answers! So many thanks to all and bodes well tbh. Having read all the...

I’m making a workbench with Nick at Wharfedale…so hopefully that will be the solid foundation to build some rudimentary skills with hand tools on…..good advice. Thx.