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Isn't steel sheet cut by lasers these days?

Back to the initial topic of safety. I was thinking the other day why haven’t the mechanical parts and blades of bandsaws and table saws...

As a retired HOD of a D&T departments I'm afraid the reason that school workshops have declined so dramatically since most of us were...

A bit more information...

I never thought I’d ever hear of news like this. What next, a wooden space station?

I agree. They grow in my garden and I had one converted into boards . Looks like oak but has a more open grain.

VERY interesting. It's quite strange how (apparently) totally unrelated events conspire to provide pertinent information. There is no...

I hope you find these pictures as interesting as I do...

I think everyone contributing to this thread is lucky that they have so much detailed information about what has been given and by whom...

I just posted this on another thread but think it's still relevant here. The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are...

I posted the build of a trestle dining room table in Projects. For those that missed this, here are a few photos. The design is my own...

A set of four boxes, all made with hand tools only (although some of the timber had previously been resawn on a bandsaw). They were...

What a brilliant thread this is!! It's brought back so many memories of renovating our 1880s house and the McKay illustrations are...

The most enjoyable work. Tapered ecliptical curves trammelled, templated on the band and spoke shaved to suit the rod, when it all lays...

Aren’t we just showing our age? But while we are at it may I add train station instead of railway station and the confusion between can...