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The couple of discussions on hammers recently encouraged me to take a photo of a hammer I rescued from a skip some years back. The local builder then was doing house clearances and I had a field day one time when a noticeable number of tools appeared. The hammer is basically a minature claw...

OK - so where to I get such 'minimal training' ? I'm thinking of YouTube or the likes to improve my skills in my late 70's - I will then possibly re-assess my judgement on cutting square stuff. Rob

Are those PWM controllers suitable for a brushless motor, which uses a stepper motor configuration and there could be conflict between the PWM and the stepping frequency?

Greg - I'm not sure but I do wonder if with coasters double sided tape may be a better option as the face cutting force will be low and I'd worry a bit about breaking the bond to the glue, though popping them in the oven to soften it would do. Otherwise the answer to you opening queston is...

Hi Joe and welcome I suspect that the Sheppach is no more than the standard identical low cost saw that appears under 'several hundred' different trade names - I can't remember the name on mine but it looks pretty similar to what I see if I google "sheppach scroll saw". My major opus on this...

I'm slightly reticent to entering this conversation (!) coming from a desire to fit such a system but no practical knowledge. Locic sasys to me plastic drain pipe as all fittings are immediately available at the local plumbers outlet, and how ever carefully you design something an immediate...

No - not that length and diameter. It would bend all over the place. It would be helpful if the OP told us why and how critical

+1 to Marcros's comment I'm afraid.

The very fact that this topic has generated so many responses shows why ever since I started turning I have avoided screws. I recommend abandoning them for a glue chuck; turn up a sacrificial flat plate with a dovetail in it and use a hot air gun to heat up workface and chuck - three small...

My original workshop was here when we moved in in 1975. The base at the front rotted out about 15 year ago due essentially to the same problem though the wood was reasonably sturdy, and like the OP everything above 500mm was fine. I supported the roof off the concrete base, ripped out all the...

I was in the same market for a similar aged grandson, and got a complete toolset off Ebay in a case for £17.50 - unfortunately that seller is now sold out but there will be others. That has really everything and I am looking forward to the flack I am going to get from my daughter :):);)...

One thing to particularly remember is that the headstock bearings are white metal and are gravity oil fed from the cups. Always make sure you have oil in the bowls and that the flow is switched on, but don't leave switched on or the oil will just drain down into the bed. If the oil...

The OP unfortunately doesn't make it clear if this is turning or carving. The assumption is turning and I will follow that. Experience in lfe is that as I take up a new hobby, or look back on ones that are now well established or have been abandoned, to get anywhere in it I will have to reckon...

I have a Wadkins Bursgreen, and having double checked against Google images, it is a BZL. I haven't done the homework but there appears to be a BL as well which may have other differences but doesn't seem to have the bed cut-out that mine has to allow a full 9" swing. The bed length on mine is...

Thanks for your ideas Smackie - I think in many ways it does depend on how good the grain is, and one might suspect that, whether it is a butler's table or what, it may not be the most exciting bit of mahogony!! Time will in due course tell when a definitive use is found. I think the Butler's...

A neighbour phoned me recently to ask if I wanted a coffee table top - as I was assured it was old and dark I guessed mahogony. Anyhow it's now been delivered and I fortunately have a brother in the trade as it left me puzzled. Tri-pod folding legs, 32 inches in diameter so 'huge' for a coffee...

I'll go with Paul's comment !! I built my workshop 15 years ago as a lean-too to the garage. If I remember rightly I stapled fibreglass insulation to the framing with a nod to an air gap, but with a membrane inside to stop warm damp air getting into the insulation and condensing there. I did...

Yes insulation - but make sure there is a membrane in the INSIDE so that moist warm air doesn't end up condensing in the insulation.

And there was I thinking, J-G, you were going to be referring to the spaghetti tree as described on the BBC by the famous Richard Dimbleby. Oopps, apologies - gone off topic.

It's funny how you go through life and then some one like Unicorn makes a statement - nails are maileable, screws aren't - that is so obvious but I'd never thought of before. One point - where you do use screws, use stainless steel (brass OK but not so strong).