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I bought one of these second hand for nothing on ebay. The seller had neglected to mention that the side handle, the one you use to hold it steady rather than the one you turn to do the drilling, was missing. The listing said 'good working condition' and the ******* had propped the drill up with...

Are these any good for cabinet scrapers? I've got about three miles of sapele to scrape smooth.

Saw some in the Wigan branch a few months ago. They have a section that they're flogging as 'real wood' or some nonsense aimed at the shabby chic, amateur restoration types. Can't remember how much the slabs were but I know that the turning blanks were extremely overpriced. To be honest it's...

I don't agree about the interface, I think it's probably the best of all the blogging platforms. That particular site is just an example of bad design. I think it's a shame on tumblr because it was adopted by groups of very talented artists and writers and became the cool place to be for a...

What I'm trying to get at is, whether it's your intention or not, that it is possible to make money and some people are clearly doing it. For most of them it's not the only string to their bow, but it gives them an important presence on the internet and it creates very good advertising for their...

Literally any hardwood. Fruit woods are always nice for turning.

Frank Howarth seems more about the completed project. I don't think he has much interest in training people to do what he is doing. I'm not even all that impressed with his finished work, but I do enjoy his videos over a lot of other woodworkers and I think his audience is probably almost...

Well I spent a day swapping the dining and living rooms round. The dining room seems to hold heat better but it isn't as nice and was home to a big pile of timber that had nowhere else to live. I'm still trying to get to the bottom of it though.

Steve, I hope you read this because this thread is getting a bit muddy. YouTube started when I was 15. I've been using the internet for about half my life now. There are people old enough to vote, own a home and get married that can't remember a time when the internet wasn't everywhere. The...

I moved the living room furniture in to a different room yesterday because the main one was becoming too drafty in the cold weather and my heating isn't up to the job. With it came my first 'woodworking' project from this time last year which was a completely butchered refinish of some nested...

I'm going to have to figure out how to make something impressive in the next twelve months just so I can get my hands on some of these tools next year. Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

Mine was those Japanese saws from Lidl and some Lie Nielsen cabinet scrapers. I can generally get away with more if I buy from eBay though. Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

I was under the impression that a firm base was better than soft because it keeps the spine straight instead of forcing it in to an unnatural curve. Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

I wouldn't use Facebook. I'm 25 so I'm probably in the target audience for Facebook but I can tell you that everything on Facebook aside from the main wall and the chat function is a nuisance to use. Add to that the day that a lot of people are against it and you're already losing potential...

You had me going with the phone call thing. In terms of the video kit, my degree is in film and photography (Or I call it cinematography when I'm trying to fool someone - and myself - in to thinking it wasn't a waste of time) and I worked in radio for the past three years so I'm fairly good on...

The orangery (I still don't know the definition of one of those is) windows are double glazed, the glass in the doors is not and I'm not overly sure about the ceiling. There isn't any heating in there to be honest. We've toyed with getting some kind of curtain to cover the opening, which would...

Even cleaning up cuts on sheet material on a band saw might be more trouble than its worth unless you're only making small items. When you get that small however you might be better off using solid hardwood. Look in to track saws. Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

The landlady does indeed manage the property although she lives approximately 200 miles away and seems to move around rented properties herself a couple of times a year for work, which we only found out upon the signing of the contract and which probably goes some way to explaining her 'make do'...

I'm in a rented house at the moment and I've probably moaned about it before on here. The house itself is lovely. Not sure when it was built, but it's a stone end terrace, nice sized garden, lots of character etc etc. The problem is that it's had some work done badly. There's an 'orangery' type...

Laburnum is also toxic, apparently. I don't have any first hand accounts but I keep a mask on and don't let my dog in the shed when I'm turning it. Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk