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Hi all. I have an old hospital bed base that I use for my workbench. lately I have been loosing pressure in the mechanism. It will go down slowly over night. It will drop about 10" especially if I have left something heavy on it like a chest of drawers. Is there something I can do about this...

I don't know about the Hammer machine but the Felder 741 is an excellent machine, rock solid and very accurate. If you have the extension fences it gets very big. I would say to operate it comfortably with an 8x4 sheet you will want at least twelve feet of space to the left, back and front of...

Yes, until the grain stops rising. It can take up to eight times but usually three or four.

This is what you will need for your shed, its pretty straight forward to fit. http://www.screwfix.com/p/wylex-2-way-m ... -rcd/3401h

Hi Quasim, I have three sheds bought from this company, http://www.tigersheds.com/garden-sheds/ a log cabin which I use as my workshop, excellent quality but over your budget, I also have a log lap shed which I store all my timber in and and ordinary shiplap garden shed. They always have a sale...

When you say crappy means of switching, do you mean the way you have to push and hold the button then turn the sanding pad? I did wonder why it does not just have a switch! I had a rotex 150 for many years and tried the polisher on it, I was not very impressed and looking at the Bosch one it...

I have been looking at replacing my sander and was looking at this Bosch one http://www.axminster.co.uk/bosch-gex-15 ... der-500303 Has anybody used the polishing function on it? If so, how does it compare to a dedicated polisher? I ask because if it will do the job of a polisher/buffer...

If you get a selection of earth pigments you will be able to colour any epoxy resin, car body filler or scotch glue to match any timber you are working on. Your local art shop will sell small pots and it is not very expensive either. There is an ebay seller that has a good selection...

I would disregard all of the finishes you have listed, beeswax and friction polish give an initial shine but it does not last, soon becoming dull and marking with fingerprints. Shellac will give an excellent shine but will be very hard to achieve for somebody new to woodwork and especially on a...

If he is a genuine seller he will not object to you viewing the item before you bid. I recently bought an item from a seller on ebay who had no feedback at all, I got it at half the price I was expecting. when I went to pick it up in a fairly run down industrial area of Birmingham I did start to...

Just one thing to add. Your chair has a drop in seat so it is very important the chair does not go out of square when you clamp up. A simple way of ensuring this is to put the seat in when you are clamping, then you know it will fit when the clamps come off. In 35 years of restoring furniture I...

As MickCheese said Plus Gas is excellent. I find the trick is to first apply plus gas all around the nut and allow it to sit for five minutes, apply more plus gas then heat. While heating keep applying more plus gas with a small paint brush. when you think it is hot enough remove the heat and...

Being five years old I would say that it is almost certain that you do not have a french polished table, you can test this by wiping a meths rag over an inconspicuous area. If you want to keep them pristine then you will have to use matts and covers. There is an odd thing with polished surfaces...

Matthew, you don't say what the problem is that you are having, apart from a very small chip on the bottom right edge it looks pretty much perfect and you did say " the table is immaculate " . Are you getting blooming stains from wet glasses or hot mugs? Or is it scratching easily? Also, do you...

No 2, would be my preferred method. If you cut four boards and add a 20mm piece of solid timber around the edges, then make sure they are all perfectly square and to size this will give you two advantages, one, you will have some solid timber to sink your hinges into which will be better than...

I re-finished one of these tables recently. I had to give it a very heavy sand because somebody had used an orbital sander on it and did a very poor job leaving an uneven surface so the stripping was done by sanding. If you want to retain some of the patina then you will need to strip it with a...

It depends on what you are going to be transporting. I transport furniture so have a ply floor and a series of rails up the sides starting at 6" and spaced 1' apart. This means I always have a convenient place to secure the piece with a tie. The one 6' from the floor may seem a little low but it...

Iron oxide/ferrous acetate solution is a simple and effective stain but is very unpredictable and hard to control. It can give you anything from a red through to black, though usually black ( depending on the tannin level ). Ammonia will give you more control, you can achieve anything from a...

For twenty five years I used a 6" grindstone, two DMT stones, corse and fine and a thick piece of leather glued to a block of wood rubbed with honing compound. I got edges sharp enough to deal with the the most difficult of grains. Last year I got seduced into buying a Tormek T7. It gives me...

Fiddes "PROTEX" is a type of varnish that is designed to seal in wax. http://www.fiddes.co.uk/product.php?name=protex