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was mixing up some all white filler today, the golf ball to pea ratio stuff, normally I use a nominally wood coloured product, with white hardener, so it is easy enough to see when you have an even speck free mix, the white filler is impossible to see when it is mixed thoroughly. any techniques...

root of thread?

My rule of thumb has always been to pick a pilot hole that is the size of the shaft, as oppossed to the thread, so that the wood isn't being wedged apart, encouraging a split, and only the thread is engaging with the wood, that is what my father told me when I was a child and I've never...

https://its.co.uk/pd/Makita-Ultimate-Braces-with-Clips_MAKE05402.htm not subtle

yep, none of my handsaws ever hold their charge, I'm thinking of getting corded models in the future

like tomGW I picked up a makita router for about £65 on offer, its the model that the katsu trimmer is cloned from, every now and again you hear shocking quality issues on the katsu (though fairly rare TBH) so when I saw the makita model for just a little bit more it made sense to me. Cheapest...

what are the dimensions of the shelf and what is going on it? generally I'd tend towards ply

I've not seen the pistol grip sort before, they look like you would constantly be scraping your knuckles.

you can make a shed with a £10 hand saw, its all 90 degree cuts, in fact I build a couple of stud framework walls and clad them last month all with a (pretty knackered) handsaw, very doable. my point is not that you don't need a mitre saw, but that you might not need one right now, if you can't...

I have a small assembly bench, which I can mount a small metalworking vice in, I also use a bench bull / mule which allows me to clamp in numerious ways / heights. its not perfect, but the bench bull is really helpful to add functionality

Bit confused by that one, If there was a nail sticking out, surely there must be space for it to go back home?

which model did you go for?

I loose count of the amount of times I've forgotten that a drill bits gets scorchingly hot from friction

for small scale ply cuts I'll often score the line (or maybe 1mm inside the line) with a utility knife, its really just the top veneer that is the issue IMO. sometimes I just score the line, no prior pencil mark, and then fill the cut with chalk so its visable

Fair enough, my comments weren't meant to criticise, I apologise if it seemed that way. My point was that it is easy to start choosing tools because of the convenience and cost of staying on the same battery system rather than the quality of the individual tool, I know that applies to some of...

I hadn't realised that ryobi where ahead of the curve in having all their tools run on the same battery, it is just such a common sense and common place situation I'd assumed all of the manufacturers had always done it. I'm scratching my head as to what you would need 20 cordless tools for...

I don't think I've ever used a ryobi tool, I always find it odd when a tool brand makes a big point of saying how one battery fits multiple tools, as if that were a thing they'd come up with, somewhat presumptive of me but that has given me the impression they were tools that were for people...

I agree, I was advised years ago to use a saw with a loose grip and a loose wrist, the saw should glide through /across the wood in relaxed long strokes. broadly speaking I think the same applies to a lot of tools

you just can't help thinking George Formby (technically a Banjolele I'm told)

new blade needed I reckon. they are very noisy, and for 90% of the jobs they can do, you'd be better off using a different tool. In my mind it is where they come into their own is when you need to cut something in situ, and you just couldn't get in to do the job with anything else.