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As a teenager I once put a garden fork through my hand. Not right through, but more than far enough thank you very much. I was tending a bonfire with a garden fork, something got stuck, I went to pick it up, it was hot, I recoiled, the fork was in the way. The nurse said she'd seen many a fork...

Phil, I don't see me on that list... S

Tablesaw Safety resources do exist in the UK!

Brilliant find, Andy. What the tool he is using at 3:40?

The listing has changed since I bought this. In the original listing there is no mention of it being a ladies' garment and the picture shows a bloke wearing it.

This definitely came from China, it has an Import label on it.

Well it arrived today. Well-made. But. Does that look like XXL to you? More like Small or Medium at best. It is supposed to zip up... The listing said it was being sent from London. It actually came from China. Return address on the packet is somewhere in UK, but starting a Return on eBay...

As a rule of thumb, there are approximately 1000 billable hours in a year. That does not mean you will work only 1000 hours, you will probably work more than twice that, but hours that you can charge for, 1000. That means you are running a business with an 11.5K turnover, out of which you have...

You won't be surprised to hear that I disagree :) That is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. A well designed jig, of any sort, INCREASES safety, accuracy and repeatability, it does not make operations more dangerous. If it does, it is not a good jig and should be avoided. Tablesaws are...

I don't understand why anyone would take the risk of using a TS without a guard. A guard is protection against the unforeseen. It's easy to think you are being careful, but if something sudden happens, like the wood catching and being thrown, or you get surprised by something else, then it can...

You could also salvage some scions, keep them in the fridge, moist, over the winter, and come the spring, graft them onto a young, compatible tree. I'm planning to do that with some Red William pears, and I have just planted out an apple tree that has Bramley, Christmas Pippin and Scrumptious...

Count me in, Phil.

I think the point is that big heavy machines are unlikely to be underpowered, but smaller machines, those most likely to be found in a hobby workshop, are very often not that strong, even if the motor is a decent size. Of course, it is possible for a machine to be both underpowered and not very...

+1 for frame strength over actual size and power. If you are looking at a 16" throat I assume you are looking to work big pieces. So big blades? Just because a BS has wheels that are 1" wide, it does not mean that it is capable of tensioning such a blade. I have the big Scheppach. My biggest...

Nothing at all. I own two wooden kitchen boards, one elm, one maple. I can't find the maple one, I have no idea how one loses a breadboard, I think it must have disappeared when I refitted my kitchen last year :( But I still have my elm one. No breadboard ends, so it's a bit wonky, quite...

Well I have taken the plunge, the vest, the power bank and a pair of heated insoles as well, so I should be toasty. The workshop is quite well insulated, but last winter it did get down below 10 quite regularly, though I don't think it ever got lower than 5. That's too cold to work in...

The cold never used to bother me, but as I get older I'm getting nesh. I'm thinking of getting a heated vest for use in the workshop in the winter. Does anyone use one and do they actually work? Something like this. It will also need a power supply, such as this. With change out of £30, it...

Agreed. It's far from optimal, as it is still largely endgrain, but at least it is a lot of end-grain.

Yes, that is fair enough. And I could do a rebate up to 3/4" in one pass because I have a dado head, so nah, nah, na-na, nah! :) But I'm sure you take my point. The fact is that there is an increased chance of kick-back with a two-cut rebate, even with a short fence, than there is with an...