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I've just bought some old dining chairs on ebay. They need restoring, but they only cost twenty quid including a table, so there's not a huge amount riding on the project. I've no idea what the wood is, but they are reasonably dark and finished with a fairly shiny varnish. They don't have to be...

I'm trying to find somewhere to buy some lengths of round timber to use as table legs (75mm or so diameter), but without success. All my googling leads me to either fence posts or curtain poles (which would be ok but seem to be extraordinarily expensive). Any ideas?

I admire them enormously. I was at a craft and food show at Blenheim recently and the quality of everything on display was really really good. There was all sorts of stuff - woodwork, artwork, clothes, blacksmithing, loads of foodstuffs - and plenty of people admiring it, but hardly anything...

I was getting new tyres put on Mrs WM's car the other day and while I was waiting I wandered across the road to browse round our local toolstore which is expensive but usually pretty good quality. Just inside the door they had a couple of sawhorses with a strip of mdf laid between them (about 4...

I bought a Kreg pocket hole jig from Axminster earlier this week. On the website it said it came with 125 screws, but on arrival it only had 50. Not a big deal but worth a small grumble so I rang Axminster to let them know. Less than 24 hours later I received a screw kit with nearly 700 screws...

I'm embarrassed that I'm peppering the forum with questions at the moment without really giving anything back, but if I ever can contribute I will! In the meantime, many thanks. Is it good practice to "pre-finish" sheet materials before cutting them up? I'm not thinking of final coats, but if I...

I've got a few projects coming up which are going to involve cutting a reasonable amount of sheet material (18mm MDF and 12mm ply for bedside cabinets and some shelving) and after some mucking about it's clear that my twenty quid circular saw isn't up to the job. Further to (good) advice...

I visited Salisbury Cathedral last week for the first time for years and saw their new font, which is just stunning. Being made of bronze and stone it's nothing to do with woodwork but I'm sure that anyone who appreciates good design would be impressed. If you live anywhere near Salisbury go and...

Just came across this rather striking website. David C Roy may be known to the forum already, but it's the first time I've come across anything quite like this. The image that greets you when you go to the website is actually a bit boring compared with the others. www.woodthatworks.com

I've got a standard sheet of 12mm birch ply (well actually it's two half sheets because I had to get it into the car :) ) which I want to cut up to make some shelving. Is there a technique (or correct tool) for doing this in a way which means that I don't then have to tidy up the edges with a...

Hi, I'm just getting rid of a workmate type device I have which turns a normal circular saw into a kind of radial arm saw. It did what was required but takes up too much space in the garage so it's on ebay. Now I want to replace it with something that sits on the workbench, so it's either...