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Looks a great idea, thankyou. My local wickes has the nails, trim and roof material in stock. Will go with that, no maintenance, vents well and is fully waterproof. If the sheet isn't wide enough I can always overlap too

Yes I thought that too. I was thinking of just using the ship lap (if that's a good option) and no plywood for that reason really. I don't want to felt it as that may also encourage red mite. Equally though it needs to be water tight. The ship lap should do the job though?

Best laid plans and all :-D

Finally on to the roof for these chickens, they have will be living in luxury the clucky so and sos The plans use plywood base for the roof with feather edge on top. I like the look of ship lap, maybe around 16mm. If I used this, will it be weatherproof enough without he need for plywood do...

Reminds me of my aerospace days when we put something up for inspection. To hide the nasty stuff we left them an obvious snag :-D

No and no, Ive left it

Hi all, I'm currently undertaking my first woodworking project (for myself). The plans state to clad the nest box separately, however, I don't have a nailer and didn't fancy whacking it whilst attached. I classed the sides and routed the edges clean. Great I thought until i offered to the...

Thanks again for helping on this one, very helpful indeed. May I pick your brains and ask, what nails do you tend to use for exterior cladding(12mm Ptg)? I'm thinking around 30mm in length but I have no clue on nails. I probably want small headed ones so as to hide them but still provide good grip?

Thanks for your help, bricklaying sounds a doddle! I will chill out a bit on the tolerances, a lot of its habit really. Ive been buying my wood from a local merchant (alan binks) , PSE Redwood. I'm impressed with the quality and the price vs the usual wickes etc. I shant go back to them. My...

Morning all, I've predominantly worked with steel over the years and am new to working with wood. I'm currently building a chicken coop and I'm wondering how accurate I need to be. When building tools and jigs we always worked to thou's (well I tried to hah). How accurate do I need to be do...

Thanks Phil, yes helps a lot. Mostly I'll be cutting softwood I should think, such as redwood. MDF would be unlikely. I noticed the lower take off feature when researching and seemed very useful. The cheaper titan doesn't have this I don't think I'll have a look at the thein baffle. The mitre...

I did not realise how many posts discussed vacs! I think I may go for the titan (£79) from screwfix. The bag and filter will do the job for now I should think. The long term thought will be to add a cyclone and container. Just wonder if the filter that comes with it needs to be replaced with a...

I will have a look, Thanks Bob. I drive my wife mad watching videos ha!

Thanks Bob, yes I have a genuine interest in the subject, We used to be given aircraft parts complete and then reverse engineer the tools for them, loved it. Im hoping that transitioning to woodworking may not be too much of a task given I have some experience with steelwork but I'm sure their...

I am new to working with wood, I find metal swarf a pest but have always benefitted from being able to sweep it away without all the dust! I have a small area in an outhouse which I can use for woodworking and am in the process of just sorting out some tools, most of which I already have from...

Hello all, I have just joined the forum and am looking forward to being part of it. I have worked as a toolmaker (steel) for 20 years, building jigs, tools etc. I'm now turning my attention to wood, I have always enjoyed making things with wood whenever I have had cause. I have a few questions...