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Thanks for the pointer but to start with its a long way from me (collect only) and secondly I think with my engineering background I could manufacture something better than that looks using one of my circular saw's mounted upside down in a frame :wink: I have been looking at ebay for a local...

Thanks for the reply Sooty, as far as spares go the machine has a 3yr home use warranty so if parts fail in that time B&Q or the suppliers would need to sort it or replace the machine. If I buy one and get 3yrs from it at just over £112 thats £37 per years use and if it has no value at all after...

All the water extinguishers I have seen taken apart for yearly inspection have had a bulb like a soda syphon one screwed into the top and when you hit the button it sets off the bulb to pressurise the water vessel. Just unscrew the top without hitting the plunger and then unscrew the bulb. Once...

Having phoned to check B&Q had stock, well just the one demo model I travelled to see it this eve. When I got there they couldnt find it! They have one coming in sometime in the next 2 weeks so maybe I will go see it, or maybe not. Rich is the only one to have said he owned one and that it...

I'm almost afraid to ask this now....but here goes anyway. What do we think of this saw http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?a ... id=9376545 MacAllister Table Saw With Laser COD250LTS 250mm 1500W I can get it today if i'm quick for £112. Surely this will be better than me making a wooden...

Thanks for the replies, I really cant justify spending more than £150 as I just wont get the use from it. Its more of a whim than a need. I cant cut a square end to timber with a hand saw these days and I sometimes would like to rip down some stock timber to get a size I want. Perhaps I will...

I fancy rather than need a table saw (cant cut square!) and so really dont want to spend lots to have it maybe sit doing nothing most of the time, though once I have one I will no doubt find lots of things to use it for :wink: I found the Ryobi ETS 1526AL at tooled-up for £123 with coupon but...

Hope this isnt considered spam but I noticed Toolstation have in the clearance section just one cheap 350watt jigsaw @ £65 delivered and 15 off SIP 6x4 Planer Thicknesser 240Volt 1500watt @ £155 delivered. Maybe they are not top spec bits of kit but I'm sure they would do for some of us with...

Finished trimming around the window today and siliconed to seal against the weather. Pity I didnt have any suitable nails for the shiplap, had to use nails from cable clips, hope they fade in soon :roll: I must be getting old, I used to be able to saw timber on a line and it always ended...

Had a busy day today in the sunshine making an opening big enough for my new double glazed unit. The original glazing was so well fitted I removed the glazing bars with my fingers, just pinned, and all 4 panes were out in a flash. Note to self to put security bars across the 4 windows on the...

I now have a slight roofing problem to deal with. I had the company back last week to nail down the rebated roof boards as they had failed to nail them all at the ends of the sections to the trusses and some were lifting so much the felt was being moved. Now with some more sun it seems that...

A quick google brings up 5ltr @ £15.99 here http://www.hardware-ironmongers.com/det ... de=0431550 Though they have presented the wrong picture :) Having used a clear wood preserver (not water based) on my older shed I was very happy to see it all get sucked in by the wood rather than just...

Hmmm, hadnt considered osb as I didnt want to paint inside and osb looks a little cheap :oops: Elliotis Pine Shutter ply 9mm 8x4 @ £10.06 Is the same price as 11mm osb per sheet, as long as its "one side good" maybe that would do. I hadnt considered insulation as its got a breathable...

Thanks for the reply, I will sideline the exterior treatment till later in the summer, as you say, expensive. Hopefully neighbours will be treating their buildings and I can sample their solutions to see whats best for my needs. Moving on to fitting out the inside now, I want to line the walls...

I could do with some recommendations please from those here in the know as to how to treat the outside of my workshop and the deck which is going down over the holiday weekend. Water based or Spirit based treatment? I was looking at Cuprinol Timbercare or Ducksback but both of these say for...

Bad weather stopped play on the workshop for the moment. It will be getting a coat of something before the summer is out thats for sure. I offered up a large double glazed unit to the side where the 2ft windows are and it looked ok so some cutting and framing to do there soon as the weather is...

I have 3 other workshop/sheds and a 36ft garage that have all become "storerooms" well no room to work in them. My next problem is that the wife took one look at it and hates it, ugly thing! So its compromise time, she wants a "bit of room" in which to prepare barbeques in the summer and a...

The hedge can get trimmed back some more :wink: Roof is going on... Felting and glazing next. All done.

Its new workshop arrival day and the guys are busy fitting it together. First the floor in sections, they had to fit extra bearers to my base as the joints came mid way between my bearers. Floor all down and fixed, now for the end panels. And the door section to hold the end section in...

Had the tree fella's in today to remove the few that may be in my way. Look at the last post pic for "before" and here for "after" Roll on Thursday now.