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Another option is to consider the Hormann "open for infill" up and over doors. You basically get a robust galvanised frame and then clad in a style and wood to suit your tastes. Create Your Own Timber Garage Door | Bespoke Hormann Timber Garage Doors Online UK

It's fine, I replaced mine with a standard blade and the quality of cut improved dramatically. I seem to remember struggling to fine one with the with correct size bore so also had to buy a bush adapter.

You have to very careful with modern "solid oak furniture", they use a solid engineered oak core made up of loads of bits stuck together, then they veneer with oak to make it look nice. They can sell it as solid oak without contravention of any sales of goods act.

I bought my last twin pack of Freud blades from buyaparcel on ebay, justed checked and they're currently asking £32 delivered.

Too be honest if you want to class the space above as living space then for peace of mind I would treat it as an integral garage and would suggest insulation and a fire-boarded ceiling.

You're doing exactly the right thing but expect the heat to have more impact than the cooling. I had a bearing fitted some years ago and they used a temperature controlled hotplate for the bearing, the temperature is specified by the manufacturer, just dropped on once heated to 180C IIRC. If...

I can't comment on that specific lathe but also keep an eye out for the old blue record 2 bar lathes. I have the CL3 variant and it's been a great starter lathe, after 18 months I've only now started to find some of it's limitations but they're not bad enough to warrant upgrading at the moment...

The speed of changing is only one benefit of having multiple carriers, the other is not being able to drop one of the screws whilst changing, normally into a pile of sawdust or even better rolling underneath the lathe....

I must admit I hadn't realised that was the case on none Axminster chucks, I just presumed all the jaw carriers just wound out! Make me think the Axminster price premium is worth every penny.

One thing to watch out for at the opticians is VAT, safety specs should be VAT free in the UK but some opticians just add it on anyway....

Bolt it to the floor!! Despite the manual saying to bolt my old Record CL3 and stand to the ground it was easier just to add 4 paving slabs as ballast. However as my confidence has grown I've started to turn more uneven lumps of wood which resulted in a brown trouser moment when the last lump...

I've worn them for years, the early pairs tended to be heavy framed glasses with clear triangle sides added to help stop debris. As my eyes have aged I now wear vari-focal safety glasses which again work really well. My latest pair are from Norville and are a wraparound style which are much...

I wasn't too worried about the drill, the 2 batteries and charger are worth £150 on their own.

Makita DHP453STE 18V 5.0Ah Li-Ion LXT Cordless Combi Drill

I think you have to accept that turning generates a lot of waste and be prepared to clean up afterwards, just try and make the area as easy as possible to sweep up. You could try and capture the shavings but you'll need a HVLP type extractor, that numatic will fill its bag in minutes. The only...

Elm bowl 200mm diameter. Rough turned wet, dried and then finished using Satin Treatex. Biggest learning point was to wet turn the mounting spigot as large as will fit it the jaws as by the time it had dried the resulting turned round spigot was only just gripped by the jaws and led to a rather...

And I can confirm that, I cut down a huge one in my garden, took ages and I got fed up so thought, I'll split it next year. My axe almost bounced off...I borrowed a 5 ton log splitter, no joy, borrowed a 12 ton one from a local farmer and it tore apart rather than split.

It was stuck on originally so I can't see a problem sticking it back on with some epoxy.

Welcome, your cupboards look great. I particularly like the one built to fit round the dividing wall, fills what would otherwise be a really awkward space.

Welcome aboard, there are several members here who use CAD/CNC so you should find plenty to chat about....don't forget to post pictures of what you make.