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Mad - by the time you've done all that you could have gone to B&Q for a £60 chainsaw and cut down a forest! And having used a (proper) chainsaw quite a lot it looks unsafe to me - a real machine has teeth under the blade to grip the wood being cut, especially when cutting logs on a saw-horse.

Do you have a geographic location/URL for your supplier please? The only source I can find is for A4 size sheets for hobby projects? The OP (and I) would be looking for full size 8' x 4' sheets

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Any decent timber merchant should be able to source good Birch plywood .... the BIG problem with online is the delivery cost .... I looked a while ago and the delivery cost was more than the 3 sheets of ply I wanted!! If your own transport is a problem, again most decent merchants will cut the...

The Aldi/Lidl pillar drills seem OK to me - I've certainly drilled through that thickness with mine (obviously stopping and removing drill from the workpiece to clear the shavings fairly frequently) - in fact I just remembered that I drilled through a 4" block of wood the other day with a 1" bit...

I'd be inclined to try and find some lower-grade Birch ply (can't remember the letter combinations for quality - timber merchant will know) and make sure that edges of the stuff you make are either lipped or well sealed with varnish.

If you already have a circular saw why not try making cuts using a rail of some sort to run the saw against? - quite a few YouTube videos on the subject, including some ideas for turning the normal circular saw into a track- saw. Have to say that since I bought a track-saw (cheapie Screwfix...

If cost is an issue it's often cheaper to buy cheapest the B&Q/Wickes kitchen units - rather than the materials, hinges, fittings etc. - OK you don't get the build pleasure but they do work. My workshop is a couple of custom made benches and about half a kitchen's worth of s/h base and wall...

Yes in principle - although for a large-ish table I did put the first coat on with a small foam roller - rolling it out as thinly as possible. I left 24 hours before applying each of the subsequent coats with a rag. The other furniture was all just done with a rag for all coats. I've been...

This is the pad I used - but can't remember which grit, probably highest as it's pretty soft? . . . Woodleys Finishing Pad - Wood Finishes Direct

The OSMO website and my supplier of choice, Wood Finishes at Folkestone have some good technical data sheets. My own experience with some Birch ply furniture is : thin coat, very light rub with the grey "scouring pad" and repeat twice more . . . and then a 6 monthly treatment with the OSMO...

The OP question about blades hasn't been addressed . . . I don't think there is an alternative to the blade fitting/re-fitting on these basic saws. And - it's a bit harsh to castigate the OP for buying a cheap machine - everyone has to start somewhere and for many people the basic Aldi/Lidl...

You could ask Cutlist cutlist.co.uk which is just south-east of Oxford along the M40 at Chinnor. They supply and cut with the utmost precision all sorts of sheet materials and I think do veneering and laminating etc. They precison cut some 19mm Birch ply for some furniture for me and made...

Wow - that looks too smart to use and get sawdust on it! It makes my mobile bench made from Dexion look quite primitive. And as George Clarke or Kevin Mcloud would say: ". . . and the budget?"

I bought some from Banggood - copies of GoodHand by the look of them - just watch for the size you are ordering - some are very small. Last time I bought any they were about 5 days from a UK warehouse.

The Axminster YouTube channel did a 3 dimensional reindeer last week with a scrollsaw (one piece of timber) - with free plans to have a go yourself

Yebbut getting the chuck off was easy - fit the chuck key and tap it with the hammer to start unscrewing - a lot simpler than the drill of today (at least the ones I have)

I suppose the concept was the same as today's "common battery platform" for loads of different tools (of the same brand) - just the other way round! A drill-press and a horizontal box thing that clamped the drill to take a grinding or polishing wheel also crept into my garage . . . that said...

I think it's going to be the Silverline - the B&D is a bit chunky with the motor on the side and likely to get in the way with some of the stuff I expect to sand. Hopefully it'll be better than the Silverline "dremel type machine" which failed in 3 different ways within a week of purchase - as...

Ah, must pay more attention - I'll watch it again from the naughty step.:)