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OK, then as others have said, if you use the existing structure to hold the top of your new stud walls then your roof doesn't need to do the job. It will only need bolting at the top.......but bear in mind that the forces on the wall (such as they are) are going to be outwards, not inwards, so...

Yep, that's more than enough at the top, but yes, making it insect proof is critical.

I think CHJ and young Dalboy do the odd bit of turning between them now and then, too.

Have you got any possibility of temporary storage outside your shed? If so, I suggest stripping everything out except your bench, and not putting it back until it has a properly allocated space. That way you'll be able to put all your hand tools in one pile, your hand held electric tools in...

If you can get hold a diamond core drill, you could cut out some holes suitable for those cheap plastic circular soffit vents you see in modern eaves. Or, have a look and see if the infill panels can be lifted up. If you could raise the top 3 by say 15mm, leaving that sort of gap above the...

That sounds about right. I started making one out of 10mm plate a while ago, and gave up. It's a bit of a strain to drill that many holes in that thick a plate.

How thick was your steel plate, Andy?

:) I half expected you to be describing some hand cut dovetails or M&T joints. :) I was prepared to fall off my chair........

Nice, Bill. Either your photography or your setting-out looks dodgy, though, as that mark on the lower edge looks off-centre. I'm sure it's you photo. Just an aside in case you ever work with bog oak on a furniture project. Have a look at those pale inserts (are they maple?), and see the...

As I explained, I really wouldn't do that. You would then have to produce individual air inlets for each individual void you created, and that would turn into a nightmare. Mentally treat the inside of the concrete wall as though it were running with water. - Thanks for the photos and drawing...

One of us needs to go to Specsavers! :) I'm seeing that as timber and a lead capping.

External insulation is great, but it always runs into problems at the eaves. Even if you have a decent eaves overhang, it is very difficult to get continuity with the roof insulation and still leave a ventilation path under the roof sheeting. Dave, what's the inside of the roof like? Are you...

Droogs, 120 amps isn't really enough. Mine is 130 and I run into its limits all the time. My view is you're better off with a beefier bit of kit (and bigger than mine too. 150 would be my suggestion). And how much welding of stainless steel do you expect to do? If it is a lot, then buy a...

Yep, that'd be about right, Geoffrey. Five tries at a chessboard before you get a passable one. If you've got the wood, have a crack. Tenon saw, hand planes, and chisels. That's you starting kit. What do you have? How good are you at sharpening them? I'm entirely self-taught. I learnt by having...

Right.........ready for some bluntness? :) A newcomer is NEVER going to make a decent job of making a chessboard. It takes quite a lot of skill (I mean, an awful lot of skill and experience) to do it by hand, or it takes some big bits of expensive machinery to do it by machine. Your complicated...

They were all previously in plastic sleeves. And those woodworking bits were only ever spares, promoted to the bench storage tin if I broke one. Now I can see what I've got, and not buy so many unnecessary replacements.

Bill, this is in no way meant to be any sort of criticism of your lovely bench hook, but I knocked these up yesterday to illustrate my point about length, and because I needed some new ones anyway: Take a close look at that last photo. That's what I mean about dropping the heel of the saw...

Well I've done it and it works. The bearing face just in front of the blade hasn't changed, but the front edge, which would otherwise get in the way on a tighter curve, now clears the work. Only thing is I picked a really lightweight spokeshave, and it chatters a bit in anything which offers a...

I wasn't planning on letting a saw anywhere near it Andy. I'll plane it bit by bit, I think.

Take that pine one apart carefully, and store the wood nicely. That's well seasoned pine and will be an invaluable resource for all sorts of little jobs in future.