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I can’t disagree with you there, but I do think people can make a choice on that one, it’s only themselves they will hurt. Same with saws, it comes with guards and instructions, take them off and cut your fingers off... personal choice. Let’s not mention who pays for the NHS to fix them Aidan

People should be allowed to risk their own lives, I’ve not a problem with that. Perhaps they should be advised that what they are doing is risky, seems fair. People shouldn’t be allowed to needlessly risk the lives of others. So a tiny bit of gravel could hit the head of a motorcyclist and...

Pah! I'm so hard I eat fungus for breakfast! To be fair, the variety is important... Aidan

Metal sockets is a good call, I’ve got a broken plastic back, can’t remember when or how I did it, the replacement is sat next to it, one day I might just do it... I’d prefer a good DIY job to a bad “trade” job, I’ve seen live pins, exposed conductors, won’t mention what someone told me they...

I saw a carpenters workshop in Rwanda, huge old cast iron machines, no extraction (but plenty of ventilation as there were no walls), open belt drives and petrol engines driving, not a guard in sight. Not a single person there had all their fingers, including the children, some were missing...

A hinge and a clamp. It really is as simple as it sounds. I fitted a fire door for a near neighbour, I knew it would be hard to carry it 300 metres alone, so two wheels, a bolt and two pieces of scrap clamped to the corner worked just fine. It’s actually still in the garage just in case despite...

...and depending on your insurance (or lack thereof) they will perform the cheaper operation which may be removal of damaged digit/hand/limb instead of salvage. Still, roughly one a year gets shot by their dog, they have different values. Aidan

2 pneumatic wheels, a bolt, two offcuts and a clamp and you can wheel one corner whilst holding the other. Works on fire doors too

Dammit, one straw man down. Quick, need another argument, ermmmm... Straight bananas, cabbage legislation, ah, got it, SOVEREIGNTY! Aidan

We all know the answer to the dado, tennon etc. argument about removing the guard... you fit a different one straight away. Anything to the contrary is basically just a straw-man argument, this comes up about once a month or so? Does anyone remember the dude that cut the end off his little...

It’s both, plus extraction, you need to get the waste out before it clogs. A good sander will make a far smoother job with the same paper as a cheap one, a bit like a decent coffee machine and a cheap on with the same coffee. I’d scrape what I could off as it’s faster then start with 60 grit...

Why change? Rings work fine, copper is still expensive and we no longer own the country we mercilessly exploited for it till the end of the last war. Aidan

Ten and a half minutes, maybe I’m too millennial... could have been a picture of how he was doing it and a big flashing sign saying “I deserved this one” Aidan

I have a 13A switched fused spur run off the ring socket at the end of the garage, 4 double sockets run off this, bandsaw, router, tablesaw have all run through this fine (not huge machines mind, all run on 13A plugs) This means all machines, tools etc are isolated on one switch that you have...

When I first got a decent ROS it was a revelation, one of the few tools I instantly wished I’d bought years before I did. I have a Makita BO6030, that plus abranet and an extractor makes fast (and clean) work of sanding, which let’s be honest, is not the fun bit. Aidan

Blue passports guys, we get blue passports.

One in the middle works just fine so long as your lid is stiff enough. The problem with one either side is that you are then creating a finger trap again, though it does give you more mounting options. Aidan

That done it’s just the boring bits left. Finish the top, chamfer edges etc. A mitre plane works well off the shooting board for the chunky end grain on the false breadboard pieces. MDF painting is dull and not very hard, the way I’d laid it out there was very little board edge to deal with...

The box is false panel, or “shaker-style”, as we all know the Shakers loved MDF fitted units... I’d normally make proper panels, they’re just easier but on this occasion I want the smooth inside. Even with a painted outside I now also prefer wood veneer inside, it’s easier to finish, cleanup is...

I’ve made one before, it was 3-years late, so is this one. Painted box with elm top to match the rest of the furniture. I’ve got just enough of the same veneer as all the other built-in units to do the outside of the top, plus using up scraps and offcuts which I seem to have everywhere (note to...