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I have just dug out my waterstone, it's a 1000/8000 graded stone. I haven't used it for a while and embrassingly I have forgotten which side is which as both look and feel as smooth as the other. How can I find out which is the 1000 graded side and which is the other? :oops:

I've spent ages trying to find a wood merchants that sells off cuts of wood and gave up. After scrounging I found a big lump of trunk cut from what looks like a Lime tree. Is wood from this tree workable? I only need to put a couple of mortises in it. It is very fresh so at the moment a little soft.

I'm constructing something that will be kept outside and is put together with mainly lap joints which are screwed together. I was wondering should I varnish the wood that overlaps or can I use woodglue and would that provide enough protection against rain and the outdoor elements?

Im putting a liitle project together with bits of salvalge wood and have found on one piece that as I'm drilling a pilot hole for a screw the wood is starting to crack and split. Is there anything I can buy that will hold it together and prevent the split getting worse?

Does anyone know of any good projects that aren't too complex?

I'm looking for a good source and woodwork projects. They have to be fairly simple porjects as my equipment is quite basic, hand tools with no access to power tools apart from a drill(!) etc, and skills could be classed as intermediate. :)

Some of my dovetails butt out too far and I need to shorten them. Whats the best way to do it? I know if I try and plane them it will probably split the wood.

I've just got hold of one of these but dont know who to adjust it? The large screw holds the blade it which obviously loosens to allow the raising and lower of it but theres also a smaller screw, plus the an adjustment lever. I find that my adjustments just seem to make the blade come loose and...

As Im just starting out I've been kind of taught to use pine due to its cheapness and softness. Trouble is I've found it far too soft for things like dovetailing etc and I just wondered if someone could tell me of a wood that is as cheap as pine but a little tougher. I guess Im talking about...

My sawing/marking was a bit poor and some of the tails are a little wide, stopping the joint from fitting snuggly. Whats the best technique for reducing the size of the tails slightly?

I was given a Stanley Honing guide but no instructions. On the back it shows the length of blade that should be extruding from it but I cant figure out whether the length is measured from the top piece of the guide or the section on the underneath.(??)

I've been 'trying' to produce a dovetail joint using bits of pine but Im noticing the wood is cracking and spliting along the surface almost as if it was verneered(?) Looking across the end of section I've cut the wood seems as if its very dry and and again as if its made of many 'veneers', for...

I want to attempt this for the first time but really would like some advice or even better some form of walkthrough.

I want to hide the screws im going to use to attach the seat of chair to the base using wooden plugs. I've never used these before and so wondered if someone could outline what I will need and how the to go about the whole process.

Just working on my first ever chair and I have to say I've forgotten a fair few points from my wood working lesson a few years back. Im working on the uprights of the back rest back and just cut my first tenon but Im just wondering if the tenons are too long? I remember my teacher telling me...

Hi all. I've been woodworking on and off for a couple of years now but there's one thing I still haven't mastered and that's sawing straight(!!!) Its really frustrating and I just cant seem to get it. Its especially shows when trying to cut tenons. Can anyone offer any magic tips that don't...