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So there seems to be a huge amount of love for Rubio Monocoat - at least from the USA. I've looked at prices in the past, and they seemed silly - I guess the importing was adding a great deal. Now there is a Rubio seller in the UK, I thought i should give it serious consideration. I'm in...

Hardly used for the last 10+ years, so finally replacing the space to hold a routing table. To be picked up from south London (New Wimbledon). It has a metal stand, which places the cutting surface at 820mm high. With manuals. £75

Any other users out there? I've had mine for a couple of months - still bedding down. I'm a hobby woodworker.

Not sure if this is really in scope of 'woodwork', but I'm taking a break from a ridiculously complicated round expanding table, and doing a model ship. Also ridiculously complicated, but in a different way. Is it worth doing it as a WIP here? Anyone interested? The model is an all wood...

About 10 years ago (wild guess) we replaced our old style solid oak (I did salvage all the doors) kitchen, and had a bespoke designed kitchen fitted. Got a lot more space, with taller units, and also kitted out a utility room. Probably double the storage, and no regrets there. The material...

This weekend, an experience that is definitely one for the memory bank. Being an avid woodworker, my kids (two daughters) have been handy with tools for many years years. Apparently being able to hammer a nail in straight is something not all 5 year olds can do, let alone use a screw driver...

I'm trying to increase my exercise level, and generally get fitter before I retire (3 years and counting) and I'm looking at treadmill desks. My work is desk bound (computer system designer), but I do work one and a half days a week from home (plus play games in the evening), so whilst my work...

I've been asked to help a friend creating some matching handrails for a house extension. The large end posts are in place, created by the builders, but I'm not sure how best to attach the handrails. Any suggestions? cheers.

Motivation needed I've not got stuck into a project for a while now, so I'm going to use peer pressure to get me going. I've bought two sets of plans, another clock from the great designer Clayton Boyer in Hawaii (called "Medieval Rack Clock") - easy to find the videos of it working. The...

I am making a few fountain pens (using the somewhat over-priced Axminster Artisan fountain pen kits). My usual finish is to seal the shaped blanks, then apply some wood turners polish, and let the friction do the work. However, I saw some while back recomendations to use a spray lacquer (hum...

Last night, a friend lost their Eucalyptus tree. Is the wood useful? anyone worked with it?

Hors-d'œuvre Well, the last WIP I posted here was a year ago - dang that's embarrassing. It was for a powered kinetic sculpture, which (thank you everyone) seemed to generate quite a few responses. So, I'm motivated to post another, as it evolves. Sponsored (well prompted) by my daughters...

This is a spin off of another thread: wip-cogitation-designed-by-clayton-boyer-t65479-30.html (see page three, near the bottom). How many significantly different ways can you think of to raise a marble to the top of a kinectic sculpture (such as the marble chest here...

And so it starts (November 2012). This is the page on Clayton Boyer's site, of what I'm attempting to make. http://www.lisaboyer.com/Claytonsite/co ... npage1.htm I'll be letting Clayton know about this thread, so he can keep an eye on me :) So, first, a picture, taken from the plans, of the...

I'm starting a new project, one of the fine designs by Clayton Boyer, specifically, Cogitation. I've got the plans, ordered the metal rods so I'm about to start. If anyone out there has attempted this one, I'd be interested in hearing what challenges you faced. This is what the project may...

I do remember with fondness, the Disney channels' show "Home improvements" with his catch phrase (after his catch 'grunt') of "More Power". However, this goes allot further : http://what-if.xkcd.com/13/ (If you want to wile away the odd hour, try his cartoons: http://xkcd.com/ and choose random).

Having toyed with toys (!) and furnished my house with some home made furniture, I've moved on to more fiddly projects, in particular, I've been making items with moving parts, in particular clocks (where pretty much everything is wood, cogs and all). I've been used plans from clock designers...