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It all comes down to budget. My wooden workshop is lined and insulated. Wood needs to breathe or it will rot, sealing with foam is a bad idea. A breathable membrane between the frame and outside planking will keep the wet out. I did look at a metal option with an insulated metal skin. Was more...

Record Power Sabre bandsaws have the guides they should have used on their bandsaw the first place. They now use a standard mitre slot on the table rather then some weird size that you can’t buy. I now have Rikon guides fitted on my BS350S, following the instructions on the great write up on...

First dining chair made in the same style as the Windsor chair I made. Not 100% happy with it. Should have it sorted by the time I have done the other 5 chairs the wife wants. She wants wheel back splats in two.

I use Osmo uv protection oil on my shed cladding. Two coats to start with. Expensive but so far so good.

The sanding scratches are coarser than 320 grit, you need to remove the scratches before moving on to the next grit.

I use Boeshied T-9 spay on my metal surfaces.

Vibration can cause chatter, so instead of your nice smooth surface you get some undulations.

Hi, Still want a woodrat .? May get rid of mine. I’m up near Wooler

I bought a fein corded about 15 years ago when laying an oak floor, great for cutting door frames to get the 18mm oak boards under the frame. It is still going strong. Never had to change brushes on it yet. Fein had the patient, which ran out and everyone makes them now. Bought a dewalt cordless...

My latest purchase from Rutland's is a mitre gauge and fence for my table saw. On special offer and a big improvement on the fence supplied with the saw. Do I feel conned?, no ! very happy with it and at a good price. Oh did come in a brown cardboard box, so no pretty pictures, but very...

Actually can’t think of anything that I got from Rutland Tools that I’m not happy with. Especially if it’s on one of their sales. Can’t expect Festool for the price of Titan, nothing wrong with Titan either.

Every thing you buy, you get an email to leave a review. Really bugs me, a couple of companies wouldn’t post a negative review. Especially if it was down to poor delivery, as far as I’m concerned delivery is part of the service. I’ve bought from Rutland Tools and have been happy with what I’ve...

They are only longer dippers, four the same gets a bit harder.

Nice job, definitely looks like a dibber, well done 👍

We all make errors of judgement, if we are lucky we get to learn from it. I think everyone who turns has had something come off the lathe at one time or another. Normally down to user error, even if it’s just a change in sound missed or ignored when turning.

That is why you hold the drill chuck when drilling. Other wise it may come out of the tail stock when extracting the drill. He also did not clear the drill flutes, by extracting the drill periodically. This was an accident waiting to happen. Was it a video of how not to drill a blank on a lathe...

This was a great week with Steve, he is a very skilled woodworker and great instructor. No fancy computerised gadgets, all doable in a home workshop. And came away with a great chair. The wife wants 4 dining chairs to match.

With the help for Steve Langton, great week. 😁

I just had a set of the Rikon guides shipped to me from Highland wood working in the US. The delivery via FedEx was quicker than most UK deliveries from a UK supplier. The top guides installation was straightforward, initially did not pickup on shortening the blade guard, wondering why I had...

The type of catch you get with a skew usually results in a nice deep spiral cut running back up the timber towards the head stock and a steb won’t stop that. A deep dig in will stall the wood and the dead steb will just spin the the timber stopping.