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Works out about the same if you buy a 4-pack from Rutlands. May be more than you need of course, but given how frequently this seems to come up I'd be surprised if you couldn't find someone to split it with. Peter

Well, he'll be paying VAT on the materials, same as any punter, so effectively he's passing that on. But I agree, it could cause some confusion if someone who is VAT registered (e.g. the retailers the OP talks about) buys one expecting to get the VAT back, but can't. It's a tricky one, as saying...

Well, I've had an over 6" tall phone for well over a year that hasn't snapped yet - though I don't keep it in my front pocket; don't keep it in the 'phone pocket of my work trousers either as they seem to have been made for a Nokia 6110... TBH it sounds like you'll be getting a bigger phone...

Might it be worth pointing out that pretty much any touchscreen phone will 'feel' bigger than a classic Blackberry, just because it's all screen, and you're just not used to it? Also, if you dig into the specs you'll see that e.g. the current iPhone 6s is only slightly taller (1/4" or so) than a...

Seems very low to me; hardware and materials are going to set you back ~£60 or so, then you have to make, paint and fit them, all for £40? Also, don't underestimate how long it takes to paint slatted shelves. Or how long it's going to take to fit shelves on runners, esp. when they're not in a...

Not impossible, but it's certainly less usual to have fitted furniture made from 'real tree wood' these days. MDF has become popular because it's a flat, stable material that is ideally suited to modern, centrally heated homes, whereas timber has a tendency to move as temperature and humidity...

I charge materials and hardware at cost (inc. VAT, delivery etc...) and rounded up to the nearest fiver. I’m not a retailer and have no interest in becoming one, so when I quote for a job I include enough of my time for acquisition of materials, and quote on an ’all in’ basis; if it’s a new...

Yes, easily. No, not with MRMDF throughout - very stable, no movement IME. Cheers, Pete

+1 - or MDF, to be honest. Wickes do quarter-sheets of 12mm hardwood ply & MDF - not Birch, though, and not MR MDF. Biggest offcut of 12mm Birch Ply that I don't have plans for right now is around 550 x 700 - you're welcome to that, if you can collect. Cheers, Pete

Well, the OP did ask for the 'best' way, and whilst you could argue the toss about wiring it in singles/conduit, I don't think there's any doubt that a small garage CU with an RDC, feeding sockets and lights on separate circuits would be best - assuming you're keen to comply with all the regs of...

+1 to the above. I don't do much fencing but had half a dozen posts and panels to replace last year, so bought myself a post hole digger - makes a world of difference! Postcrete (from Wickes) set very fast and has been solid ever since. Mind you, with 25 to do I'd want something with an engine -...

+1. Pricing jobs is also one of the hardest things when you’re starting out (doing the actual work is easy in comparison) and it’s all too easy to get busy by selling yourself cheaply. At the risk of stating the obvious, you can't do bespoke work for less than high street off-the-shelf prices...

Hard to recommend anything electric at that kind of budget tbh - I have a tacwise nailer/stapler and it's poor enough for me not to use it, ever, ever again; was replaced with a Maestri 18 ga and a Spotnails 21 ga but at considerably more £££. If you have a compressor then go for an air...

Seems like everyone has a firm opinion of 'what Steve should do...' - except, perhaps, for Steve himself. It also occurs to me that some of the folks posting here may not have see Steve's other threads on the subject - this original one about crowdfunding possibilities, and the follow-up one...

There are plenty of 'how much do YouTubers earn' videos on YouTube, and the ones I've seen broadly agree with what Mr_P quotes above; $2-3k for each 1 million views, though ad rates do vary - click away from that ad after 4 seconds and it doesn't count as 'viewed' and like Custard says, ad...

Given some people's (understandable) reluctance regarding FaceBook, could you not add a blog to your workshop essentials website and duplicate the posts there, and/or on Google+/tumblr/wherever? Have you seen Vimeo's On Demand service Steve? Came across it the other day and whilst I haven't dug...

I'd be interested in the answer too - we've had the same laminate flooring in our kitchen (IKEA, as it happens) for about 16 years without any issues at all, and I've fitted a few in customers' kitchens over the years as well, no problems. Cheers, Pete

Came across the MakerCast podcast recently - well worth a listen, if you like that kind of thing. I've only really caught the episodes featuring the guys I know of - Jimmy Diresta and Marc Spagnuolo (Wood Whisperer) but interesting to hear how they started out and ended up on their current...

Just about spot on - did you Google that, lol? I paid the best part of £26k + VAT for a Leaf DCB ll, including all the connectors, fibre-optic cables, expansion cards and adapter plate for my Mamiya RZ67 - not a Hasselblad, never a Hasselblad! Pete

Not really; upsizing an image gets you a bigger file, but it doesn't add any more detail; re-scanning it at a higher resolution would give you more of the detail in the photograph - like shooting the original on large-format instead of 35mm. They may be happy enough at the moment because they...