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All good advice, thank you all so much!

So much advice, thank you! I've been looking around and am wondering about the Bosch plunge router Bosch POF 1200 AE 1200W 8mm Electric Router 230V - Screwfix on the basis that a) it's Bosch and I have a few of their things already b) it's a soft start so, for a newbie like me, less scary. What...

Hello everyone. I'm very much a novice woodworker. My niece has asked if I can make her a chopping board for her kitchen. I'd like to put a groove around the top of the board and now need to buy a router. I wondered if you might suggest a decent budget model? I've never used a router before...

Ah, thanks for that. I did see this part on eBat for £30, but havw gone for a new machine on the basis that I could spend the £30 and then either make a mess of it or find that it wasn't that after all! All when I can buy an entire new mchine for £60.....

Hi I jave had my Bosch PST18 Li jugsaw for just under 4 years. It isn;t used a huge amount. Today, I started a little shelf making project that needed some corners cutting out for fitting, so out comes the jigsaw. But, the blade won't stay in any more. In the past, I've simply instered the blade...

Great idea! Thank you!

Hello everyone. I've volunteered (weak moment) to make some small boxes for my golf club. The boxes will be placed on the ground on each tee, and will be used for golfers to throw away any broken tees. This avoids a) a mess b) plastic tees being trodden into the ground and lying there for, well...

Just a quick update. My apologies to Tris....a closer look and I see that the legs are indeed splayed to the side rails. So, that does, as you say, make it tricky to drill the hole necessary for either a loose tenon or dowelling and leaves little room for error or strength. We've also found...

Thank you for all the replies, it's much appreciated that you all take the time to do this. As you have gathered, I'm not a skilled joiner so without wanting to "just take the easy way out", some of the suggestions are a little beyond my capabilities! Last night, I had advice from someone else...

Hi, the side rails are parallel, thankfully. I'm thinking that I can use a drill block to carefully drill small holes into the mortice once I've removed the broken wood and made it all flush. I'm a bit uncertain how deep the mortice is at the moment and whether or not it will become obvious as I...

Just another thought.....I do actually have a hand-held router (Black & Decker BD66 plunge router) that a friend leant me to play with before making a decision to actually buy one. I've never actually used it yet....But, I could practice on spare wood before attacking the broken chair. I wonder...

Thank you. Yes, I agree - I am definitely lacking in experience but slowly learning to make basic things from wood. (So far, a bench, a table for a pizza oven, some shelves for my son, a vegetable patch frame - all very basic, but I learn each time I do things!) I think I'll try the "drill and...

Good morning all, and Happy New Year! I wonder if you might have some good advice for an enthusiastic amateur? Over the holidays, we managed to break one of our dining chairs. (It could have been a lot worse, happily the occupant at the time went down very gracefully!). I've attached a few...

Thank you for all your replies. I'm going to try M8 bolts and see how things go. I'd no idea the bench was worth so much! It's been in my garage for over 20 years, after my Father-in-Law passed away. At the time, I had a newer, blue B&D Workmate but that didn't stand the test of time. This...

That's a great idea!

That sounds a good idea. But, I don;t think there are screw threads in the holes on the Workmate - the existing feet simply push in......

Hi all. Ages ago,I inherited a vintage Black & Decker Workmate (model WM325, the old aluminium dual height version) from my father in law. Over the years, the push-in round rubber feet that are used when the bench is set at the lowest level have disappeared, except for one! I've had a quick...

Thank you for your thoughts. It's a good idea to attach the frame, do you think I can get away with using something like Gripfill? https://www.wickes.co.uk/search?text=gripfill

Hi, thanks for your thoughts. Jut musing, but I'm not sure it will work....As you can (hopefully!) see from the attached, even if I used hinged backplates for the 45degree angles, I don't see how I can screw them in as it's not possible to "move" the pieces of wood in order to get the screws in...