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I'm a project manager myself (not in the building trade) and too many people underestimate what a good PM does. Just like you need an architect to design a building and a sparky to do the electrics, you really want a knowledgeable PM managing the project. There's a reason why almost every...

I'm looking to get my first spokeshave but need some advice on what to get. Really just for tinkering with and having a go. Budget won't stretch to the real top end ones, can probably spend £40. So do I go used and if so what do I look for? Or new and cheap and fettle it? Or new and a bit...

Same piece. Might be the other side.

Tried another image, this time outside and looking straight at it. I'll try the tannin thing later.

The photo was under fluorescent light on a mobile so the colours may not be great! On another note, how do you guys know this stuff!?!?

Oak was my first thought but it doesn't have the rays I thought oak normally has. I'm not sure if I would say it has an orange tint but I maybe need to look at it outdoors.

Need help identifying some timber please. I'm not very good at it!

I'm sure which Record I have without going to the garage but it sounds like the same one. The 5ft limit is fairly fixed, I could go to around 6ft but I wouldnt then be using the end much. I might leave the tail vice off for now, no tool well and mock up the top over my existing bench to see if...

I have a Record vise on my current bench that I could reuse. And the more I think about it most of my tools live on the wall already or on the shelf under the bench so I'll skip the tool well and go for more bench surface. Interesting that you prefer the record to the leg vise. Any reason why...

Looking for help from anyone on a workbench and vise(s) for a small hand tool workshop. My workshop is around 9ft by 9ft and is mainly hand tools only (bandsaw for resawing and a mini lathe that lives under my bench). I'm looking to build a new bench but obviously can't fit an 8ft monster in...

Thanks. Are evenings possible or would it need to be a weekend? I couldn't bring it all at once but I could bring what I can. Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk

Its still available so it's yours. I'm away until Sunday from tonight so let me know next time you are headed to Ashington and I'll give you the address. Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk

Mods - please move to the sale section if necessary... I've got a Titan Router (1250w), barely used but the collet is a bit rusted and I can't get it to loosen. I've moved on to hand tools mainly so I can't be bothered to try and fix it but it's free to anyone that wants it? I'm in Blyth...

I have a number of large logs, many with good size burrs on them, that I've had for years and always thought I would use. Reality is my turning won't do them justice, my lathe isn't big enough to handle them and I don't have a big enough bandsaw or chainsaw to prepare them! So...I need help...

Just setting out on a camper van conversion and I'm fancying a bendy worktop like this: Trouble is I'm stuck as to how to do it. First thought was flexi ply laminated over a form but I'm not convinced of ply for a worktop. And it's a long piece to form in one. Any ideas?

One issue with an average score is that a bad month affects your score negatively, so whilst you might currently enter with something that isn't perfect but is what you got done in time, with an average you might decide to not enter if your work isn't as good as hoped.

The Kreg master systems are more than a bench mounted jig though - the block can be removed and used with a clamp in situ. It doesn't look to me like the Dakota can do that. Useful for doing pockets in the end of long timbers (try balancing a 8ft piece of studwork on end in that jig), adding...

I think part of the problem is that many forum users are not confident turners that have spent many years perfecting their craft - I would imagine the majority are in fact hobby turners with limited shop time (as little as a couple of hours a week perhaps) that are still working on simpler...

The blue and red 'brick' patterns really appeal to my eye. Would love to know how you did them - the patterns are all so fine.

With mine recently I found I was using too much tension also. Simplest test I have found was to raise the guides as high as they will go then push the blade sideways above the table - looking for a deflection of between 1/4" and 1/2" without too much pressure (i.e. push hard but not so hard your...