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Being a beginner I am just setting up my workshop (previously known as the garage). The garage/workshop currently has just a single electrical socket installed and I am guessing that this is a spur from the main house downstairs socket loop since it doesnt have any cable going back out from it...

Thanks, this is fascinating to see and hear of different methods used. I would have though that the problem would have been more common than measuring of shelves etc for those who build with a relative dimensioning methodology.I love the dowel mechanism Pete and it is just the kind of thing I...

Paul do you use your own sticks for the Veritas bar gauge? Do they have to be exact? I could imagine 2 lengths of dowel being ideal - I'd just need some kind of rudimentary clamp that I could tighten to lock them while I transfer the measurement. I was thinking if I drilled the diameter of the...

Thanks for the tips. I like your idea Mark (no pun intended) proving I marked with a blade I shouldn't get much cumulative error. I dont imagine I could get digital vernier gauges larger enough for my needs. I must admit I have heard of but never understood the "story stick" principle - but sure...

Hi, I'm a beginner so apologies if this is a stupid question, but how does one measure a recessed space accurately - for example, the exact distance between the innermost space between 2 rails or aprons? The joinery techniques of folding in a tape measure is only accurate to approx 2 to 3 mil at...

Thanks for the replies - I dont seem to have a furniture-quality hardware supplier anywhere near me in Reading, Berkshire - they all just seem to sell sappy softwood for construction so Iw as thinking of buying online and trusting that I get some decent stuff from timber merchants who...

Hi, I'm still brand new to woodworking and have been watching a DVD of Ian Kirby where he explains that the standard way to get timber for woodworking is to buy boards (hardwoods) and then harvest your cutting list from within those boards - he says that the grain will never run straight on...

I'm new to woodwork and so I'm in the process of buying gear and getting set up. Seems that a great many of the jigs and more clever gizmos out there are coming from the USA (and 12" dovetail jigs, 1/4" & 1/2" router bits all appearing standards) and of course the vast majority of instructional...

Thanks for the comments - especially thank you Paul for the recommendation for Steve's DVD. By pure coincidence actually, I watched your video Steve on avoiding/fixing snipe on planer/thicknesser on youtube before joining this forum and thought "I wish this guy had made more videos" as I got a...

Thanks for the helpful replies. I appreciate what Steve says about "take your workshop practices from Europe, not from the USA" but it seems all of the watchable and more complete series of how to vids on Youtube are based in the USA - are there any good Euro-table saw ones? Ideally ones that...

Thanks for the sage advice. Speaking of what feels safe for my level of skill (which is largely untested) I am wondering if I might feel more safe starting out with a bandsaw instead of a table saw as I must admit that they kind of intimidate me from the huge amount of warning and potential ways...

Hi, I'm brand new to woodworking and brand new to this forum. I'm heading out tomorrow to buy my first ever table saw (Axminster TS-200 after some research) and router (Erbauer 2100 watt - just because I reckon more power = equals more fun) and have been buying a small selection of hand tools...