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This post is both an enquiry and a warning. On October 13th I placed an order with intelligent workshop for a number of items including glues, bottles tape measures as well as a Festool rts 400 sander and delta pad for the Ro90.. A week later some of the the small stuff arrived, and that's it...

Two of my sanders have recently expired. A 125mm triton ros and a dewalt palm sander, leaving me with my 150 mm metabo ros and an old mutimaster. Probably only 10% of my work involves sanding timber. The rest is painted surfaces and filler including the usual suspects such as, walls,skirtings...

I own the following planes: a faithful no 4 smoother thats surprisingly good in feel and to adjust but of course comes with a poor, thin blade. a faithful block plane thats got worse with age- it now regularly comes apart in my hand, no matter how I adjust the screw, the casting on the cam...

While not exactly woodwork I wonder whether anyone can recommend extraction and downlights for a kitchen? My research so far has turned up megaman 11 watt lights in fire rated holders. However some suggest they are under-powered whereas the 14 watt versions are not dimmable. The criteria...

I've replaced a pair of surface closing doors with a couple of in frame doors made of mr mdf. One fits perfectly, the other sticks out on the closing side, beginning about one third of the way down, to about 4mm at the bottom. Similarly it goes from this same point reducing to nothing on the...

Anyone know whether the set of seven gauges on special offer (£17 down from £40) are in cannel or out cannel? I'm looking to occasionally scribe a moulding and therefore need bevel on the inside to give me a straight cut but for the life of me cant tell from the photo which way round these are...

I'm getting in a bit of a muddle over the relative merits of these. I know tulipwood is american poplar and its suitability for painted furniture/units, but struggling to find much on (just) poplar. Does poplar share the same characteristics? which is 'better'? Any pearls of wisdom or links much...

I've just bought my first quality plane, a bevel up jack from Lie Nielsen and have just noticed that the adjustable front portion of the sole does not lie flush with the rest of the sole esp near the mouth. This protrusion tapers to nothing at the front of the plane where it is perfectly flush...

I need to lower my existing kitchen ceiling by approximately six inches to accomodate ducting and make the fit fitting of spotlights easier and neater. Has anyone done this? If so is it better to use timber (presumably use 2by 2? and spacings as per normal studwork?) or the metal stud systems...

I need to repair a heay mirrored door thats pulling the hinges out and remember seeing some mending plates that fit over the hinge and are drilled into the carcass but cant remember where. Iv'e already tried an internet search and been in touch with Isaac Lord but to no avail. Did I dream this...

I need to replace a sash window but am having some difficulty sourcing the timber (top/bottom rails, glazing bars etc) in East london. Can you recommend a stockist in the area? I'm looking to make the sashes by hand and have looked up the construction of sash windows but am a bit confused as to...

I'm looking to install a fairly traditional painted kitchen this year probably from handmadekitchens-direct.co.uk. Has anyone got experience of this company? I'm impressed with what I've seen so far but would appreciate further info and recommendations of alternatives. I have noticed that not...