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I've been designing a series of French cleat workshop storage solutions. All 3mm mdf/ply based, the same width, with their own French cleat. This allows me to stack them on each other when appropriate. It seems to be solving the main grip I have with French cleat storage, in that it's very...

you miss spelled five there

Sorry, can't comment on Bosch, or specifically circular saws, but my experience with the Milwaukee 12v Jigsaw is that it is underpowered for 3/4" baltic birch. It'll do the job, but it's not fun using it. I would expect a circular saw to probably be even worse.

I should have said that I expect to refinish annually. I just want the best combination of low maintenance and best protection (erring on the side of low maintenance). I think I have realistic expectations of how an outdoor oak table will weather, I just want to add a bit of protection as it's...

I'm looking for recommendations for finishing the oak outdoor table that I'm finishing up at the moment. Whilst I've never used Tung oil, I'm most inclined to it, however I don't have anywhere indoors to store the table during the weeks of finishing that I understand would be required. I could...

I'd do a combination tbh. Cutting a 4 sided tapered leg on a table saw is trivial. Although it's easier with a nice adjustable tapering jig, an improvised 1 time use jig with a piece of ply and a couple of stop blocks screwed to it should take only a few minutes to create. Cut your 4 sided...

Maybe I should have just asked what point you were trying to make? I can extrapolate on what your argument with... why bother with a table saw, you can do everything with a circular saw. What's the point in a circular saw, you can do everything with a hand saw. But think you had a different...

I'm curious why you think space is a limiting constraint with an MFT? Are you worried about the practicalities of a hybrid hand tool/mft? If so I'd like to hear your concerns. I think Paul has adequately explained the merits of an MFT. Specifically for me, I want as much of the benefits of a...

I have been watching this with interest as I will soon be embarking on my first workbench build. A single car garage workshop necessitates efficiency and so I would like to combine an MFT workbench with a hand tool workbench to allow me to primarily use tracksaw over tablesaw whilst still...

As the owner of a house with an extension with low pitch and Veluxes, I suspect not well. 3 roofers so far, still leaking 🙄

I'll take it please

oh wow, that's clever.. what a great idea

it's Acrylic, and my dust extraction is so bad that I'm not sure I could tell if it was attracting dust 🤷🏻‍♂️

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It's a single car garage workshop. I'm unlikely to be require 16amp, but good point thanks. I'm not bemoaning the cost of it or minimising the work required, I just have no idea whether it's reflective of the amount of work required. Thanks for the feedback all, sounds like the quote is in...

I've had a quote for a new consumer unit in my detached garage, connection to the main consumer unit in the house (no ground works, an armoured cable wrapped around the house then pushed through existing conduit), 3 led strip lights, 6 double sockets and 2 outside lights (supplied by me). The...

My workshop is very much the opposite of organised. This fancy thing is definitely very out of place. and yeah, the sandpaper is indeed scratching up the perspex

I make purpleheart walking sticks. I'm always a bit gutted after sanding and the colour is just awful drab and pale, no vibrancy at all. I've learned that if you leave it in full sunlight that it will pop something crazy in just a few hours. Certainly 24 hours is enough for it to reach full...

maybe a tenner in the uk. Rare earth magnets are dime a dozen on amazon