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I have just cut down an old pear tree which despite being spoken to severly, failed to produce nice fruit... If anyone would like this for turning I have several logs which could be used I guess - somewhere in the back of my mind (!) I have the impression that pear wood might be sought after...

I am frustrated by a not very durable finish to my lovely solid hardwood 'wind-out' antique dining table (Mahogany or Walnut?) which desperately needs some tlc... There are photos below of the whole table (less two extra leaves) and the worst of the scratched area.. The extra leaves are rarely...

Happy New Year, by the way... I have a Silverline Random Orbital Sander which all but stops under the weight of the machine alone - it is the worst power tool in my workshop! So I would like to replace it with something better. Since I have 125mm discs etc, I'd like to stick to 5in. I am hoping...

Many years ago I unherited my father's pretty solid workshop bench. My workshop is a general purpose space - I make and mend. But the bench top is in a rather sorry state as the photo shows. Would you recover it - and if so with what. Ply, MDF, or something else?

I inherited these two sets of old chisels when my father died ten years ago. They have been in the workshop ever since, but when I need to use a chisel I use my trusty, sharp Marples chisels with plastic handles. Are these ones any good? The largest of the first set has G P Preston stamped into...

I have been reading other people's messages on this site for quite a while and have been watching quite a few videos. I didn't quite appreciate the inaccuracies of my Makita MLT100 table saw until very recently, so I have been doing some simple upgades... The first was to make the fence 'true'...

I have just bought a 14in Bahco combination square ( online from Prime Tools). It arrived this morning and I tested it for accuracy. It is spot on! Am I just lucky? I chose this partly because it has both inches and metric scales on the ruler.