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A shoe seat for the nook in our porch. Been well over a year over due and is a real quality of life improvement in terms of space and clearing the floor as dull as that sounds. Quite a lot of firsts in this project. First time using rough sawn wood and milling using my new planer/thicknesser...

I have actually grown to quite like the Wood Whisperer's videos. Dropping this here for reactions though. Video is cut to the timestamp, you only need to watch 5 seconds. I'm aware the video is in jest however.

I started out with an oilstone from Wickes. A few quid. Not long into using it I started to get the dish shape you mention. Plane blades were fine as they covered nearly the full width, but chisels were problematic. As they are much thiner the wear occurs more in the center. You can move these...

Final update as of end of Jan 2022. - Everything is nice and solid, all dry inside. - It's had sun/rain/snow and survived. - The plinth/air gap combo is key. This design works. - Plan for it taking a lot longer than you expect. - Don't cheap out, the roof and door were more than I thought at...

3 months pass - thanks Covid for ****ing up the supply chain. I lived with my little rain barrier for a lot longer than planned. Eventually though the door arrived. I opted for a door with a window as after thinking about it I realized that at some point my daughter will play hide and seek...

Painting the OSB was an optional step, though I believe it was the right decision. While OSB doesn't give a good finish when painted its purpose is to brighten the shed internally when I have to go in on a dark or gloomy day. Another job was the floor. Prior to painting the floor I sealed with...

I don't have too many photos of the cladding. The front and face edge were easy enough. The rear and side panels were hard though. Due to the maintenance gap (about 30cm) this simple task was quite hard work and probably a two man job - I did it solo. I also installed the sofit vents. Cutting...

I flipped back and forth between insulating the walls as well as the roof though I decided to insulate the roof only. Mainly this would give me some practice working with rigid insulation for my workshop conversion. A shed is a good place to practice. I didn't use foil backed PIR or anything...

Meant to post the conclusion to this but kept getting distracted. So here goes. Still late May 2021 at this point. The weekend was finally here and the weather forecast was dry. I started a few hours late as my first Corona *** was due. The first task was to remove the breathable membrane...

I regularly rip 50mm white oak, no problem. Do have a dedicated rip blade though (panther blade) which makes a huge difference. Beware of reviews that use the stock blade and then moan there's not enough power. I was in a similar boat a few years back, but the deciding factor was blades. The...

Nah, I decided not to do the walls in the end. Just the roof. Yeah you're right, kinda but if I had put the sheathing on first it would have been easier/quicker anyway. Due to my **** up though I could have wrapped first, but I needed to get my roof on anyway for the temp covering. Just felt...

I'd recommend the wheel kit for sure. It's a heavy piece of kit. I have mine against the wall (side on) and if I need the extra length I can pull it out away from the wall. Without the wheel kit this would be horrible. The reason this is critical is the fence is great but the guide bar sticks...

The next week was a pain. By the time I would head up stairs to get changed at lunchtime, the sky would go dark and begin pissing down before I even made it outside. Two quick jobs I was able to do while getting wet was cutting the small wedges for the bottom of the cladding and attaching a...

By the end of the third day there was only two panels left to fit internally. I also had to fill some of the small gaps with expanding foam and caulk the corners of the shed. Both of these details are optional but should prevent any drafts and keep out any creepy crawlies. At this point the...

The third day started with the sofits. It wasn't possible to batch these out, there was small variations between each one. They were essentially a friction fit and hammered into place. I toe nailed some screws into place. The front two sheets were put in place and the sole plate cut away to...

The promotional "footage" he shows is pretty terrifying.

This was a slight oversight that effected both the left and right panels. As I was framing at the top of my garden I opted to put the sheathing on after the fact. I was shocked by how heavy the OSB weighed, one panel was quite heavy and due to the awkward size quite tough to shift on your own...

The TS55 has been key to my recent wood working projects. This is my first time using it for DIY and it is brilliant. Sheet goods on the floor is ace. I dread to think how I would have cut these otherwise. Not that I care but the quality of the cut was perfect too. The end of the second day...

The second day started slowly. The straps were connected to the plinth but before this I laid the DPC. This detail took a while but I only get one chance to do this. I'm sure this will more than pay off in the years to come. One piece of 150mm DPC was slid under the frame and wrapped around. On...

I'm a hobbist woodworker. If you work in places where you need these I guess it's a given. In fact, they were a bit surprised I was paying full price for them and not getting my employer to pay. I was more unaware that opticians do indeed stock them - they just aren't on display and you have to...