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Mostly been doing turning up until now. Aside from some small projects like boxes and a simple dining table, I haven't built any real furniture. I want to build something similar to the attached image, with an extra drawer on the right instead of that hinged glass thing. My main issue is that...

There's some serious chunks going on eBay, but you do run the risk of being ripped off on there. I saw a nice slab of pippy oak yesterday for about £300.

Flat bevel with one of Axminster's just about serviceable sharpening guides, on a budget(ish) ice bear waterstone. Honed with some autosol on mdf or a bit of leather if I can figure out what I did with it. MDF seems to work better if I'm completely honest. Works fine. I'm getting some serious...

Slightly off topic, but I follow a fair few 'green' woodworkers on various social media channels and for all their proselytising about the virtues of never using seasoned wood, not coming within a hundred yards of sandpaper and only turning on foot powered lathes, none of them ever seem to...

I'd love to do one of the Waters & Acland courses, but they're much too far away for me. Are you local, or are you planning on moving out there for a while?

Looks like a pro-edge might take it. Might have to pile some stuff on eBay to raise the funds.

Any recommendations for a well built sharpening system that wont vibrate everything off the shelves in my rubbish timber shed? I originally wrote a long post, but I was waffling and the main thing is that my screwfix Titan jobby is making too much noise and taking too long to stop. I've tried...

I don't like the look of yew, but I've never turned it so maybe I'm missing something. Far and away my favourite wood to turn is pear. Steamed or not steamed, it turns the same, but I love the colour of steamed pear. It can be a bit plain unless you get some with a nice grain pattern though...

To be completely honest, the only thing that annoys me about cyclists is when I see a grown man or woman using the pavement instead of the road. That's actually illegal in most cases, instead of just being a pain in the arse, even when children do it. I can understand why a child could be...

Nice big axe?

Any carving chisels/gouges in there?

Looks like I'll have a go at the sourdough starter again now that the weather is nice enough to not kill the yeast if I dare turn the heating off. The main problem is that the girlfriend downright hates having a festering jar of bacteria in the house.

If she's in her early 70s then I'm going to guess she isn't going to be playing any processor-intensive games or trying to render some 3D effects in Maya. Honestly, the cheapest thing is probably the best provided the company aren't taking the piss by putting a flimsy piece of rubbish on the...

Electric for me. The big brand razors are a complete racket. If I didn't have electric I'd probably go for a safety razor. Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

I tried making some bread but got an overpowering yeasty taste. I believe I didn't let it prove enough to let the flavours develop. I tried to make a sourdough starter and ended up making something that smelled like a cross between vinegar and beer. Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

I'm going to add that I'm 25 and have struggled to the point of giving up and applying for jobs in the field I was working in previously. Adult apprenticeships might as well be an urban legend, despite what the government make a half-baked job of insisting. There isn't much incentive for a...

I admit that we definitely didn't do enough due diligence at the beginning of the tenancy. We missed a few red flags or underestimated some issues, and were ensured by the letting agent that they would be in to fix a few things before we moved in. Of course, we didn't get that in writing and...

I'm still running a copy of CS4 that I got legitimately when I worked in education. Prior to that, and after, I'd probably never consider buying it unless I was using it enough in my job for it to pay for itself. I understand where they're coming from with the cost in terms of development, but...

The management isn't in the hands of the letting agent. The landlord manages the property himself. My problem is that he is in no position to do so, living a few hundred miles away with a job that doesn't allow him to put the time and effort in to his side project down here. I think things have...

Thanks Custard. I always go back and forth between the vague knowledge that I was born in a particularly unlucky window, and not wanting to contribute to the (often deserved) reputation for whining and entitlement that my generation has. We've been trying to get viewings for a few other places...