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At my last house I had a 'posh shed' as an office - with a metal roof - it was noticeable inside in the rain, but wasn't noticeably louder outside if a roof is strong enough you can get a sedum roof which would be very quiet - but you might find the oaks / acorns rooting in there and growing! I...

As someone who has zero knowledge of these things, and is a definite beginner... - I had no idea that in buying a plane it would need setting up / fettling... - I bought an old Stanley 4 1/2 from ebay - a part of the blurb that attracted me was that it had been set up (and a chippy friend has...

I have the latest version (8000?) in battery form and it is in constant use, esp. for small hard to reach areas, was using it today to help sand down an old stool - big sander for 90%, dremel for the rest... not played with it as router, though I do have the plunge adaptor so need to try

I think there is some psychology around the human ability to quantify value / cost... If you have one item, then you will have fairly good comparisons already in your head - if you have always lived / had friends with / grew up with cheap chain-store furniture, then you will have a built in...

Absolutely right... however, you can either reduce billable hours (needing more per hour as income) or you can maintain billable hours, but increase worked hours... the first makes you less financially competitive, the second makes you exhausted! your approach is the better approach, but very...

Interesting video - from the outset though he identifies the difference between a service business (where you basically sell your time) and a product business (where you buy in or make a product and sell on for a mark-up) - this industry is interesting in that you can argue for either approach -...

thank you for the kind words @Cabinetman agree also that it can put off some Entrepreneurs, however, few businesses survive with no understanding of cash - equally, few businesses soar to the heights of their sector if they only focus on the numbers, and that is where entrepreneurs can drive...

I will add my bit - my day job while mainly focused on websites has a large management consultancy role working with startups - and we see quite a lot of people looking at career changes - particularly in times of recession / change when suddenly working for yourself seems more attractive...

my wife recently was just finishing an 8am -6pm day when a chap came in like this - she finished operating on him at 6am in the morning... what amazes me is how often she can put the fingers back on, and how much functionality she can restore... (she can also put 10 stitches into a vein 1mm...

As the years march on, I seem to need a bit more light to focus on what I am doing... Having moved house earlier this year, we are yet to fully sort out the lights in the garage (aka workshop type place), so for the short term I looked online and bought some simple Kitchen under-cupboard...

Slightly has to be tailored to each person - I am so early on into my journey that I have nothing yet to post :) but will do soon - to be honest I am looking forward to doing so as I doubt anyone will be able to be more critical than I will be - plus it is possible to see who means it...

I bought the Arlo system - but sent it back - while it is 'wifi' it has to talk to its own base unit - so, although I have a wifi mesh system across the house / garage / garden, I would have had to build a parallel system for the cameras - it couldn't use the wifi that was in place... replaced...

I have just had a library built during lockdown - one of our top priorities on moving into our new house... though I will say that our budget was considerably different to the one that MikeG refers to! My library is built from MDF and then painted - houses currently about 3,500 books of which...

thank you - all for the very warm welcome... just also been talking with a chippy friend who has done a lot of work here (built my library) and he was saying much the same, and to basically spend lots of time just learning to cut straight lines first before then moving onto tenons /mortices /...

Thank you - I have heard reference to Yandles - definitely worth a trip down there... and I know Martock (though not Yandles!) :) I think that she would agree - outside elective surgery, she does a lot of trauma - motorbike accidents and chainsaws are high on the list... Anything loose is...

Thank you for the replies already! Axminster - didn't know they did courses (though it seems not at the moment which is to be expected). Their HQ is just over an hour from here, so not close to pop, but very doable and not an issue for e.g. a day course - so will look at when they come back...

Firstly - a introduction... Having moved earlier this year to a property which has a garage and carport and a largish garden (in which we may at some point build further sheds!), I have decided to finally do something about my desire to work with wood. I have wanted to do this for many years...