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Bit of Box wood (Buxus) if someone wants it. Pickup only from near Wendover, Bucks. Cut down about 2 months ago and on my firewood pile. Cup of tea for scale (not included :) )

This is probably one for those interested in smart home switching. I have altered my house recently which meant taking some walls down and re-configuring rooms. I have an existing 2 way lighting circuit that works fine, but I want to add another switch to make it a 3 way circuit as there is an...

I'd like to know whether people generally sharpen their tracksaw blades (or any other circular blades really) or treat them more as disposable? I have a few blades (festool and key blades) from my tracksaw that are pretty blunt. Normally the blade lasts pretty well cutting MDF and ply but...

Hi, I have a Charnwood part cast iron router table (different paint but basically the same as the Record Power one) and whilst I like the table and the fact that I can get at the router easily with a gas strut assisted top, the fence is not great in my opinion. It looks OK but for what ever...

My Katsu 1/4" router has finally gone bang - actually a lot of sparks and crackles out of the top and it looks terminal looking at the commutator. Before this I was very happy with it and used it a lot to put roundovers and small routing jobs. I need to replace it as although I have several...

My teenage daughter wants a new bed and likes the idea of a floating bed like the one below. There are loads of builds of these on the net that all use a similar construction method but I'd like to know if anyone has built similar and what they built it from, as most of the builds I have seen...

I was doing a major refurb of the ground floor of my house when the lockdown struck. Luckily my builder worked through most of it OK and got the structural stuff finished. I am left with fitting the kitchen which I am part way through. From a few months back my wife has been buying the new...

I am after some advice regarding costs of building versus buying a green oak pergola. My wife is getting to the end of an epic hard landscaping project in part of the garden and wants a pergola. I agree with her and like the look of green oak with pegged mortice and tenons . I've researched a...

Hi, I'm currently getting through a major refurb of my ground floor having gone open plan and now thinking about the flooring. I am laying 20mm engineered oak planks that glue together along the long edge but are floating on my concrete floor on a membrane. My house has several levels so there...

Hi, I'm after some advice on fitting the staff beads to a new sash window. I am renovating my 120 year old house and removed a modern door to a juliet balcony and partially bricked it up and fitted a new sash window to match the original existing ones. The window is fitted and painted but I was...

Hi, I'm making some house signs out of oak reclaimed from an old staircase my neighbour ripped out. I have routed out the letters but want to know what the best paint would be to colour the letters? I plan to finish the sign in Osmo UV oil as I have a tin. I made a sign for myself earlier this...

Hi, I have recently acquired a Charnwood W015 cast iron router table. My plan was to put my old aging Erbauer 1/2" router in this as I have also recently bought an Hitachi M12VE as my new hand router. Unfortunately at this point the Erbauer router developed serious runout issues and is...

Hi, I have just purchased an RS Pro CNC MFT Top Jig and thought a review might be useful to someone. I posted it in Tool Reviews as this isn't a shop made jig. I hope this is OK. I have been wanting to make an MFT top for ages primarily so that I can cross cut accurately sheet material for...

Hi, I am currently building a largish built-in for my daughters bedroom incorporating a wardrobe, shelving, a small drawer unit and bookshelves as she has a lot of books. The doors for the wardrobes and top boxes (I have 9' ceilings) are shaker in design and I like what I have seen on Peter...

Hi, I've got some laminate worktop (Maia) to cut and rather than use the standard Festool blade, I thought I would get a 48T blade for the laminate. Much as I love the Festool blades there seem to be other quality blades available a lot cheaper. I can pick up the Trend blade for £12.50 delivered...

Hi, I know very little about wood turning (metal is more my thing) but wanted some advice. These holly trees are coming out later this Summer. Are they something turners would be interested in or are they for my log burner? There are 3 in total with about 8ft of trunk and around 10 inch...

Hi, Seeing the other threads about workshop builds, I wonder if anyone has experience of a subterranean workshop? I've been in my current house about 18 months now having moved from a place where I built a 9x4.5m block and render workshop so I have experience of that with the planning, build...

Hi, I wondered if anyone here has any experience with metal partitioning like where to get it, what to buy and how easy it is to use? The reason I am interested is that I am looking at fitting a log burner and the wife wants it in a chimney breast. I have seen online solutions using metal...

Hi, Has anyone had any experience of cutting Minerva worktop? This stuff is solid acrylic a bit like Corian. I have bought some bits off the bay to finish a bathroom as it is very expensive to buy a full sheet. I have a TS55 but am wondering if I should use a different blade to the stock one...

Have just given in and bought a TS55 but want to connect the extraction up to my Wickes vac. I'm sure the Festool vac is very good but I don't want to splash out for that just yet. Apologies if this has been answered before but I can't find anything that tells me what adaptor I need and where I...