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Noted - any suggestions on reading material?

Evening all Bought a plane from a car boot at the weekend for a tenner because I felt a lot of the rust etc was superficial and I would learn a bit about planes generally by having a go tidying it up. I've got a new Quangsheng(sp?) No.5 Jack Plane, and a Bailey No. 6 off ebay as well as a...

I went to Arnold Laver in Leeds today - absolutely fantastic service. Spent about an hour with a 30 odd year old guy in there showing him the cutting list for a sellers bench and he really went out of his way to make sure I got what I wanted, went through showing me what to knock back on the...

Small world - I actually live in Fairburn if you've heard of it? Just going to nip to a yard tomorrow and see if I can find some pine and follow his videos I think. Out of interest, do you have a preferred timber shop? I've been recommended Duffields in Ripon by a few people. Thanks sincerely...

Yeah it is. I'm just going to build the Paul Sellers bench I think. I'll store the wood I got for this job and use it for something else in the future.

Thanks for the suggestion!

I had read that it was best to make the bench top before measuring up for the legs because planing can change dimensions. Either way, it'll be pretty basic! I'll have a look at longer boards and see whether I can get access to the planing machine

Perhaps it'll work better if i buy some more of these boards and use the boards I've got to make legs or spacers.

Noted - thanks for the detail also. Out of interest, if the boards were bought at the correct length, would the glue up still need clamping lengthways? I have 1000 & 1300mm clamps but dont have any bigger than that.

Thanks sincerely for all your responses. In brief, I have a number of hand and power tools including a set of planes and chisels, and mitre and circular saws. I do not have a bench saw or a planer/thicknesser. In terms of skills, I am an absolute beginner - I have done a weekend course in fine...

Apologies - I’m not a tradesperson, and wouldn’t be here if I already knew what I was doing hence me asking for advice. The conversion from centimetres to mms in this instance though wouldn’t have been too difficult surely? I will look through guides elsewhere as suggested by the person who...

Great shout - I’ll watch those this evening. Do you know if he has any specifically on joining a short board onto a long one like this? Thanks again

Evening all Just wanting some advice on how best to join some lengths of wood together for a workbench surface I’m building. I’ve got 4 135cm lengths of timber (22x5cm) which has been machine planed. I’m ideally wanting the width of the bench to measure 170-180cm, and the depth around 60...

Ahh really?! Why was that?

Good shout! Will definitely need to put some thought into it, as I did want the tool well but assumed I’d be able to build up off this base. Back to the drawing board!

Yeah it’s mainly hand tools, but I do have a couple of machines. The stronger the better! I’m just out currently but I’ll have a watch of these tomorrow and have a look through the forum too. Thanks a lot!

Cheers Daniel I did send a link to what I was meaning, but it seems I’ve got to wait for a moderator to approve the link. It’s a thread titled ‘UK & Ireland Timber Yards’ and I think it’s been stickied. I got the impression he just meant it was a list of places you could buy wood from that...

Hadn't actually looked for the directory prior to posting, but I think it'll be this he was talking about: https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/uk-ireland-timber-yards-please-add-your-favourites.108370/ When I say hobby room, I really mean whether they'll let you use their machines etc. Thanks

Hi guys First post here, save for my introduction post – hopefully it’s in the right place! As title suggests, I’m wanting to build a general purpose workbench in my garage having just finished a beginner’s woodworking course. The bench will ideally have a vice, capacity to install another...

Now then! I'm Ian - 32 years old and from Preston originally but now living somewhere between Leeds and York. Bought a house just before lockdown which threw me in at the deep end with regard to DIY - hadn't done anything really prior to that, save for a couple of picture hangings and TV...