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I'm finally going to sort out my workshop's storage after eight months or so of throwing everything in boxes and never being able to find what I need. My workshop is only fairly small, just big enough to squeeze in my lathe, a tabletop bandsaw, bench grinder and hopefully a drill press when I...

It's going to be the new TV stand. I'll try to post some photos tomorrow. I'm tempted to try gently sanding a hidden area to see how readily the stain comes off. Is it possible or common for wood stain to penetrate deeper than the first ply?

I found a mid century style sideboard/set of drawers in my local charity shop for pennies. It looks as if someone with no clue what they're doing has re-stained it carelessly and they'd also fitted an awful misshapen top to it and painted that with some extremely cheap acrylic paint that mostly...

Plenty circular saws in my local Lidl. Are they worth it or would I just be farting away £35? Same with Aldi angle grinders. I've got some concrete left and was thinking of making a mould and doing some kind of polished concrete outdoor seating. I've never used one before so I don't know how...

Ebay then. You're just paying for the brand name. I made Rowley's jig out of the only non-round scrap I had lying round at the time which was some meranti. It's the ugliest piece of junk you'll ever see, and I had it screwed to an old MDF Ikea table. At one point the screws on the grinder...

I posted the same topic a few weeks ago. The best advice I received is to use the tailstock and a piece of domed scrap, then to carve or sand the remaining spigot away. I've been using my spoon knife. I'm not sure whether to agree with the idea that the customer doesn't know enough to realise...

Hi, I'm about to take redundancy from my job. I don't work in anything remotely related to woodworking, however I have lost interest in what I'm doing now, there isn't much future in it anyway, and I was wondering if a career change could be pulled off. I'm in my mid-twenties and I don't have...

Hi. I posted this request a little while ago but haven't had much luck aside from one user on eBay who sold me some stock for cheap. I'm after as much pear wood as I can get my hands on, workshop space permitting, for as cheap as possible. Preferably native, preferably steamed but I'm flexible...

I've been having trouble reverse chucking my bowls to clean the foot up. Essentially I'm using a faceplate or screw to turn the outside, then when I put the foot in the chuck I usually have to do some kind of work on the outside to true the bowl up again. Once I've turned the inside and make...

Any recommendation on type or brand of mortar? How about for the floor?

Just got back. The door frame is actually in a brick wall, it's the other three walls that are stone.

I recently fit a lock and alarm on my old stone shed only to find out that the door frame is coming loose. The cement/mortar/grout around the door frame is crumbling and the frame is wobbly. I don't know anything about fixing something like this, but it isn't a huge job and I was wondering if I...

You don't need an amp. I've just changed careers from working in radio, and I just got rid of a load of expensive equipment that took up far too much room and was better off going to someone else. If you're just watching films or casually listening to music, just get a decent set of speakers...

I bought a pricey lock online for the door to the shed in my new (rented) home. As I was fitting it, the door frame fell off.

I agree that the artist deserves to be paid for their work, but the problem is that digital technology is creating a world in which the old model of recording and releasing a physical product is no longer a viable strategy. I think the abject failure of Jay Z's 'Tidal' app, after being endorsed...

I'd like to see that.

I know Lidl's track saw got some good press in this forum recently, but by the time I'd raised the requisite funds through selling things on ebay, the local store had sold out. Now they have a table saw in stock, as well as a jigsaw that's reduced. Are either worth getting?

I think the carpenters who built my house worked to the nearest foot.

Am I going to regret not getting this? I've been after a reasonably priced circular saw for a while, mainly for cutting PAR boards down to size. What's the difference between a plunge saw and a circular saw on a guide rail?

Just got some autosol for a few quid from the local grumpy tool shop guy. I'll see how it goes.