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Hi all. I have foxes under my shed which for a while wasn't so bad but now there is a real stink of damp dog in there. Part of my work shop was left over from a photo shoot believe it or not ( summer house) and the floor boards are nice 8 x 1 redwood. All good until the foxy smell creeps up...

Hi all I haven't been here for a while so sorry if this is a well flogged subject. I have a BAS 315 bandsaw. I think it's pretty rough to be honest but it works. I would like to rip some timber and oak is included if possible width up to 125mm but around 100mm would be the norm. . The...

For the last week I was running a 3kw fan heater. It was in the way and was not making a great difference. So by way of a permanent fixture I decided to buy a 1500 watt oil filled heater from Screwfix thinking it would not do the whole workshop. I mounted it on a dividing wall in the middle of...

I've been looking a t a cnc routing machine, a small one. But how hard is the programming. Looking at the video at shows a face being carved out of solid wood. How hard is it to programme such a thing. Cheers Alan

Hi all I quite often make bits and pieces out of pine and use a random orbit sander plus a palm sander to smooth the items of prior to antique or oak waxing. Sometimes I will use a medium oak stain then wax. But I often get a repeating problem when the wax goes on I'm left with tiny 5mm...

Hi all I am going to make some end grain chopping boards with some beech table legs that I have. They came from old school tables and are already quite square so ideal for the job. I have aquired some food grade oil = tung oil and Raw linseed oil. I am not sure which glue to use that is food...

Hi Guys. I need some Iroko for a table that I am building for a friend. I've had a price for some iroko which is a bit high. 4 number 2.1 meter lengths of 4 x 1 prepared = total 8.4 m 9 number 2.1 meter lengths of 3 x 1 prepared = total 18.9 m 2 number 2.1 meter lengths of 3 xi 3 prepared =...

Hi all. A while back I was reading a thread about rotary flapwheel sanders. In that thread a link had been added for a company that sell these sanders at a very good price. Can anyone point me in the right direction as I can't find the thread and I thought I'd saved the link for future use...

Hi all. I need to buy a spindle moulder block for my new combi machine. I seen Wealden tools have a good price on there blocks. Should i go for steel or aluminium. Steel sounds stronger and better to me but what do you think :?: Also is biggest always best? how much size do the...

Hi just wanted to say hello. I have been viewing the forum as a guest for quite a while now. so finally got around to registering to post comments. I will take some photo's of the workshop at some point soon and you can have a virtual tour. Cheers for now. Alan

Hi all. i'm new here. Been watching and reading for a while now, finally decided to say hello. Been working with wood for about fifteen years now as a hobby and sometimes with work. Anyway recently I have been looking to buy a combination machine. I was looking at a robland machine but...