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I’m in, so long as I can make stuff out of sawn up sleepers, I’ll get you and email Phil.

On the site it outlines why the tool is so awesome, giving you 7 examples of how to use it, which is the 7 ways I use my 60yr old Stanley 71. I think many folks have never heard of a router plane only a power router, so perhaps an unexploited market segment.

The T&G boards will have the grain perpendicular to the braces, if you glue them the differential expansion of the boards vs the braces will likely just fail the glue joint but you may end up with split boards. However with no fixing at all I'd be worried the boards will walk in the grooves over...

I remember clearly routing out the windows as it was great fun, if a little scary to hold a 2.5kW router freehand like that. Thankfully a carbide router is much harder than a stainless steel screw.

What this man said is the correct way if you are using vertical cladding. I was a cheap skate and did not do this, I simply angled the top of each batten on the planer so that any water did not pool against the membrane. This however meant I planed away the tanalising (sp?) chemical so all my...

Battens for deffo, once a corner lifts in the wind it'll be in tatters before you even notice.

To refrigerate or not, another minefield akin to sharpening. We never kept eggs in the fridge 'when I were a lad' perhaps that why the methods that used to work no longer do. My eggs are always a disaster but Mrs Fitzroy nails them every time, so I leave them to her, I make a better fried egg...

Welcome and also welcome to the highly prestigious sub section for the NE of Scotland

I tried to dry some timber from a cherry tree and it warped and twisted hideously. I think much of this was stress in the tree from growing in an urban environment. Many trees are twisted in the trunk from having had no protection from the prevailing winds. Drying the timber oversized will take...

One consideration is new or second hand. Many of us on here have gone the second hand route to get more bandsaw for your money. However this obviously involves some risk regards the condition of the machine and your ability to fix any gremlins you have. I went the second hand route and have a...

What’s your budget?

What a fascinating material, great find that I'll add to my 'to use' list, would love to see some photos as the project takes shape. On a the table I'd likely be happy not to balance the underside as the frame would keep it flat, i would however test a 200mm overhang in 19mm ply to make sure I...

Nice to have you along for the ride. My first benches were from CLS timber and OSB tops. Still in use today although I am part way through building a 'proper bench'. On many posts over the years I've declared to have managed without any vices etc with no problems. Having recently fitted a leg...

Hello, intrigued by the workshop. Is that a router flattening setup?

I thought I was good at saving stuff for the future!

Nope

A piece of timber removed from the out outhouse roof, I kept to use for scrap projects. Having cut a piece to hang my clamps on I discovered this, 103yrs of growth in 4".

We should start a moulding plane library. I've some windows to remake and the sashes have a profile on them that I cannot match with modern cutters.

For oak Scawton Sawmill is about the best value vs quality in my opinion. They are about 1.5hrs from you, i often load up on my way back from my mum in Nottinghamshire to Aberdeen.

I was trying to say that my earlier post, that a wood burner was the only answer, was wrong. I’d never seen the diesel heater before, and having watched the two videos I realised it was a cool bit of kit.