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what is best to use to lubricate a tape measure, I'm leaning towards silicone spray, on a rag wiped across the surface of the tape, maybe a quick squirt into the case once the tape is fully unwound (or would this be likely to stop the brake from working?)

was just looking at adam savage on youtube who was commenting that juggling hade made him somewhat ambidextrous, if anyone feels like giving that a go

Realise now as I think about it that taking the angle of the pocket hole into account a dowel would give you a perfectly close grain match. I was stupidly thinking of a plug in a straight hole

I've got to assume that a plug would be preferable to a dowel as a cover for a screw (assuming an exposed wood finish, not paint) as the grain could be, if not perfectly matched, at least aligned. However, I can't quite understand the value in the kreg plug cutter over a set for a tenner like...

I essentially want to watch open university for woodworking, methodical explaination of skills and techniques, a project or two from start to finish. My expectation of 'Good With Wood' is about as much imparting of knowledge as CSI -Miami has given me skills to analyse DNA and blood splatter.

by that logic it would be sticking into your right hand when set to unscrew, I've never felt that to be the case. I think this is yet another case where an app is perceived to add value

there are various search tools for ebay that look for misspelt listings https://www.google.com/search?q=ebay+misspelled&oq=ebay+mis&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l7.8130j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I'm very similar, write left handed, sports and tools right handed, paint a picture with my left hand, paint a wall with mostly the right, but will switch as needed, and probably cut in details with my left

The more I think about it, I adapt my technique in accordance to the job / cut. If I'm cutting a long length into several shorter pieces, I'm feeding in from the left, stopper on the right. But if I've got several pieces that I'm cutting down to length (evening out pieces to a standard length...

I would be operating the saw with my right hand, so feeding in from the left, with blocks on the right As far as the height of mitre saw / bench, I don't have a permanent set up, I have a board with raised platforms on either side, with a gap for the saw, the saw and board setup then sits on a...

no they were just big chunks of oak, never been anywhere near a railway

last ones i bought were 250 x 125 I think, but I've seen 1.2 lengths described as sleepers too

I take sleeper to just be a vague description of dimensions these days

would be very useful if it handled like wood, sanded like wood, cost comparable to wood. didn't see much to suggest it had anything to do with wood anymore

£1, what a steal, so odd with car boots, its never a fair price, either incredibly cheap, or virtually full price and falling apart. Looking forward to an afternoon strolling around in the sun, not buying overpriced junk, one day...

this you tube video caught my eye, he's made a solid worktop, then routed out a grid and inlaid battons to form a lattice, he then goes on to pour epoxy into the knots. I thought at first that it had been mislabled as a bench and was actually a sideboard or the like, until he latter puts a vice...

confused now, do smiles get happier or sadder as they dry (if you follow my thinking)

just went to dewalt.co.uk and that is now down for maintainance

sorry to here about issues getting it shipped to you, but it isn't anything that special, just a fairly generic woodworm treatment, I'm sure your local merchants will sell something similar? just check that it suits external use

not very impressed with creoCote (creoSote being a thing of the past), horrible messy stuff to work with, pure liquid so goes everywhere, environmental warnings all over it so panic stations over every drop that goes awry. More importantly, definate signs of greening from algae a matter of...