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I have been around long enough to know there are many ways to skin a cat and that people can get a bit evangelical over their particular preferences, but I am always interested to learn. I enjoy this guy’s plane-making videos and was interested to watch this one on his sharpening method on an...

[A specialist item only likely to be of interest to owners of a Scheppach TS4010 table saw (just possibly other models, although I don't know).] I have sold my Scheppach TS4010 and now have the slotting /dado kit that the buyer of my saw did not need. This is the kit that was sold by...

I am slowly repairing and repainting some windows - 34 including a few fixed lights. They are modern, stormproof with dg units - the external centre muntin moulding is surface mounted over the dg unit which has a spacer bar. All the external beading is fixed with non-setting sealant of some...

Metalworking is a mucky business. I suppose it would be nice to have a separate workshop/area dedicated to metalworking, but I don’t have this. In any event, I would not stretch to two separate drill presses, so that means the drill press has to do for both woodwork and metalwork. I had to...

I am hoping that someone may be able to help and/or advise on modifying some spindle ends of some planer feed rollers I have to replace my existing ones. I have an Inca planer/thicknesser (Inca 190) that is a nice machine, but the feed function on mine has never been satisfactory since I have...

Hi Our doors all have this seal around the frames and on the meeting edge of double doors. I need to replace them, but have not managed to identify what they are. The two fins at the top fit into a slot and so may not start out as squashed as this. If anyone can recognise them, it would be...

Most of my sanding is done with my (Festool) sanders for which the range of abrasive pads is fine for me. For hand sanding, I just pick up a roll of whatever I need and is available at Screwfix etc. The last lot I got is very poor and doesn’t last at all (not sure it is branded, coloured...

I am refurbishing some stormproof windows - I don’t really like the storm proof design, but it is what we have got and there are 26 opening lights to deal with, so any thoughts of re-engineering the windows as I would prefer are not practicable (also the upper windows are curved which is a whole...

I am slowly renovating some windows and french doors - everything is painted except the cill for the french windows which has been left unfinished. The woodwork is rather overdue for repainting (after about 15 years (!) - the cills are, I am guessing, Iroko (?) and the unfinished cill appears...

I am making a new drill press table and matching worktop for the cabinet beneath. I have some Formica that I plan to use for the tops and I have made up two bases, each a lamination of 25mm mdf and ¼” birch ply (just some old stuff I had hanging around). The edges will be lipped. The mdf and...

Forgive me if this is an ignorant question… I am just recommissioning a bandsaw that I picked up recently - an Ixes Basa 7 which is the big brother to my Scheppach Basato 5-4 (which will shortly be surplus to requirements)). Everything is in very good nick after a total strip down and clean -...

My table saw started making a slight rattly sound which I didn’t like the sound of - I couldn’t find anything that seemed loose and so I have stripped it down to look at the bearings. This is a Scheppach TS4010 table saw - it is an all fabricated steel cabinet (takes a 315mm blade) - I have had...

There have been a couple of threads recently on restoring Ercol furniture: Can I use an orbital sander, what pad (Ercol Restoration) and https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/restoring-ercol-daybed.134062/ I have found the various inputs helpful and so I thought I would add some detail of my...

I do not have any pretensions of draftsmanship skills and having toyed with Sketchup, I know I just don’t have the will to master this, much as I would like to. I do, however, frequently draw out plans of my projects, whether woodworking or room layouts etc. I have been using a (plastic)...

I have finally repatriated my Festool Kapex home after years on a never-ending family project. As a result, my trusty Elektra Beckum KGS301 is now surplus to requirements. I have had this saw from new - the year of manufacture is 1999, and I guess I bought it (from Axminster) in 2000. I am a...

I am just having a mini-tidy up and find that this is not really getting used much - I must be making less mess! Anyway, it does what it says, very effectively; it is light to handle and is very satisfying to use. Details are here Floor Gulper Attachment It is basically as new, and comes with...

I am short of ideas on where to spend my money 🤥, so am looking at trying out a diamond table saw blade - these seem to have good reports (but are an expensive initial outlay). Anyway, the ones I am looking at have a 2.4 or 2.5mm kerf and recommend a 2.0mm riving knife. My existing riving knife...

I recently acquired (from the nicest UKW member) a rather shabby 20” disc sander (actually marketed as a disc grinder for metal, but anway). I had thought it just needed a good clean up, but I am finding it needs quite a bit of fettling - I think these problems go back to its original...

I need to embark on a kitchen project. My preferred style is face-frames, Egger melamine carcasses, shaker-style doors, solid oak drawer sides and Siilestone work surfaces. I am pretty comfortable with all of that. I have used poplar in the past for doors and frames, but really like the...

Hello All We have quite a lot of oak in the way of stairs, internal doors and a large built in cupboard. This is all “new” ie modern oak installed in the past 15 years or so. Some of the oak needs refinishing, but I would like some advice on some staining that has appeared over the years...