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I use a wooden Pizza peel - birch ply - Does the job well, but handle too short & narrow for comfort (for my size hands) I had some offcuts of 12 x 60 Ash , so cut a length glued on some short shoulders to give me a 'T' shape and routed out the shape of the existing handle and inset that...

Time to treat myself to a Low Angle block plan. I have seen plenty of ‘Faithfull 6012’ models around £23 price point, are they any good ? or perhaps a RIDER NO. 60 1/2. But more than twice the price. either of these better ? See plenty of Stanley’s 110’s 2nd hand, but unsure if better.

I have some very old nail punches. Instead of a flat face, they have a half round ‘dimple, to allow them to fit on the head of a nail better. Are these still available, and if so do they have a particular name ?

Going to be assembling a new gravity smoker. (Think auto feed charcoal BBQ) Been suggested to use anti-seize compound on the various screws & bolts. They are typically M4 Steel black painted machine screws. Any suggestions for an anti-seize paste /thread dip.

I'm cladding a ceiling with T&G .... approx 3m square, with gallow brackets coming down in corners (pic of roof attached) for an aesthetic look, each corner with have a triangle of boards running at 45 degrees to the long runs. One of the corners needs to be removable (or hinged) for access...

I am cladding horizontal ceiling with t&g softwood. it has v-profile on both sides, so can be fitted either way up. The board will want to cup in the direction of downwards facing growth rings, so is it best to fit with growth rings upwards so edges pull tighter against the next board, or...

Looking for advice on the suitability of a BSP fitting. My need is to fit a 1" BSP male thread into a clearance hole is a thin(ish) plate and fix it there with a nut either side of the plate One of these : https://www.oilybits.com/316-stainless- ... b-bsp.html My question is the Male threads...

Need help with a dust extract adapter. I have a workshop dust extractor - via a cyclonic separator ... which has a 50mm flexible pipe .. and fitted onto the end a rubber adapter than allows it to fit neatly onto a 40 mm male spigot. That means I can happily use it with several of my power tools...

I have 2 different TREND routers and an assorted set of 8mm & 1/2" shank bits. I have used TREND Rust Buster and always sprayed bits with this after use - and occasionally on the telescopic support rods of the routers. Finally, the free sprays I had have run out ... is it worth buying the...

Decided to build a sturdy workbench, specifically to take my chop saw and saw table. The saw table often fails to get used as it is so difficult with large materials ….trestle supports often topple. By having a decent width of table and a long outfeed support of the bench top … should make...

Looking for a bit of advice. I need to cut out a 170mm disc from 20mm mdf. I have used the standard trammel arm which came with my router to do larger diameters .. don’t think it suitable for small diameters. I have a Trend T11 which I can also fit into my router table, and a Trend T5. Anybody...

New project time … fed up of saw table and chopsaw having to be dragged out, and lack of infeed / outfeed area. Going to build 72” x 36” work bench with chop saw & table saw mounted ‘in’ the bench. Something like: http://makezine.com/2014/06/14/building-your-workbench/ or...

I have a pretty powerful extract system available in my garage (BEAM whole house vac), but this puts huge volumes of shaving & dust down the pipes …. So thought about installing a Cyclone-separator … some call them dual bucket separators – in my case the BEAM would be the 2nd bucket. I had been...

Looking for some advice on plug & screw fixing. I have a large quantity of raised garden beds ... so effectively a 100 wide brick wall, onto which I am fitting wooden cappings. I will be fixing 5mm plastic spaces to maintain an airgap (keep wood off brick) ...... end result will be...

I have a large outside framing project .. Pergola and then tied into roof over a large deck area. I posted a Q on scarf jointing .... https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/scarf-jointng-t61618.html To go with this ... what is currently the best external waterproof glue. Timbers will be...

As part of an external woodwork project, I need to lengthen a number of 150 x 50 beams ... ( final length >11m) I don't want to use gang plates as they look .. well awful. The practical way would seem to be a fairly simple half-Lap scarf joint ... couple of Q's on this .... is there an optimum...

Going to be building a Pergola .. welcome a sanity check on my ideas. Pergola will lead up onto a deck area, length of Pergola run will be around 7.2m ... (ideally 3m wide) Which will be created by a run consisting of 4 ‘bays’ between each 100 x100 upright. Bolted to cast-in concrete...

My First post here - Hi. Done most of the work for a home made Router table ... large solid 1" thick MDF table, laminated it, sunk in Trend Router Table Plate Insert .... full width fully adjustable split fence. Couple of questions or pointers would help on remaining work... # NVR switch ...