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Well.. after snapping yet another old screw head off while trying to remove it from a door frame - anyone with a good engineering lathe fancy taking a bit of high carbon steel rod about 10mm OD (biggest easily available dowel size) and drilling a hole in it about 8mm ID? Around 100mm would be...

Hi - I can't add much here, as I've only done a few straight mitres and they are indeed a PITA to get a tight fit. However I can offer something you might find helpful or interesting.... and it's a trick I picked up from a program series about building tree houses "Treehouse Masters" - they...

Thanks for the replies, the distance is 400mm from the central router bit point to edge. I had thought about the router weight, but it's not affecting it as far as I can see. The problem is it's being used as a flip up / down style router top so for the majority of the time the top will be...

That's a nice rack *snigger*.

I've been meaning to repurpose an old wooden case I found in a skip so its similar to one of those drillbit cases that has multiples of the different sizes, then do as Sideways does and group by size regardless of type. Small enough to be mobile but large enough to carry most of my collections...

Hi Dokkodo I really think you might want to still consider the metal frame option for the walls - I hear what you are saying about the aesthetics internally, but you can do that with strips of wood, placed anywhere you like, and have the choice of fancy wood types to boot! I've not built one...

I bought a secondhand UKJ router table top recently - it's birch ply and about 25mm thick laminated both sides with melamine - and although it's otherwise perfect I noticed yesterday when fitting it to my new workbench that it's crowned; turning it over and measuring from the underside against...

Thanks for that. You know... it never ocurred to me that a power planer might need tuning, despite having fettled my er.....17 (??) handplanes. I've not touched mine for years now and didn't like it then either, but I do have some boards covered in old tar and allsorts, so maybe I'll unearth...

I am under the impression that wood can lose moisture over decades to a point it becomes less pliable then when "new". In most cases this isn't an issue, but in the case of a ladder and specifially the treads, I'd say yes, it's propbably more prone to breaking now than it was. This is however...

Amen to that, and Steve you've been just as selflessly helpful to many on this forum, advice and other things, myself included - like making my planer knives jig, and bringing down an item I bought that was near you when you visited Bristol, both done gratis with no thought of payment, despite...

This might be so on other machines, but as yet I've almost never used my hood connected to any dust extraction - for starter's it's not even designed to have a extraction system fitted, the flip hood has no extraction port, unlike the later model Kity that copied it, (which is a TOTAL pita to...

Very nice - especially the carving, not too perfect which imho is a good thing. The whole thing with it's "not perfect" joint's and a little bit of tearout here and there, to my view puts this box (small chest?) very much in the camp of one of a kind collectibles and crafted items, a style...

Another +1 for Wera tools, my multi diamond bit screwdriver set (bought about 3 years ago and the model has since changed) has had serious use these last 3 years and even though I've got multiples of 2 & 3's I've not even had to replace the first #2 I took out from that set yet, no rounding of...

Hmmm - I have one of these and tbh, no, not the machine itself anyway. I have to ask why the question though? Lifting the tables is simplicity itself, unless you are experiencing them going out of alignment each time? You can remove the swing over guard - I've done that myself to make...

What am I missing? I thought bench dogs were friction fit with a spring or other device?

I'm not sure this is good advice as the OP is clearly a DIY-er - both of those methods are incredibly harsh for the substrate (brick) - They also each require care and skill to use effectively without doing more damage than good, something a novice DIY-er just doesn't have. The wall might be...

I'm not sure this is good advice as the OP is clearly a DIY-er - both of those methods are incredibly harsh for the substrate (brick) - They also each require care and skill to use effectively without doing more damage than good, something a novice DIY-er just doesn't have. The wall might be...

Looks similar to my budget gun, reviews are good. It says maintneance tools supplied, but if you get one, buy yourself a few more filters (and make sure you fit it the right way round - the picture on that page shows it being inserted upside down... pointy bit goes in first :) ) they will help...

Not long back I had one custom made for me according to my design, that took a lot of cues from various designs - lots of pockets -7 in all not including the chest, but set out in a way that doesn't promote having "too much" in them. A chest set of 4 pockets for pencils / small ruler, and a...

YOU WERE AWAKE ??????? no way, nu-uh, no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no ..... Holy bananas, I'm actually sat here gobsmacked.