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I have the Axminster one. It does the job nicely.

They're not after people who'll ask questions - they want the gullible people who will see a bargain and not pause to think. Same reason why all the phishing scams are badly worded - they don't want even moderately smart people to respond.

Very much this - avoid any doubt and you'll avoid that horrible realisation that you meant "my right, with outswingyness", but they read "the door's right, inswingy counterwiddershins".

Mine is (from inside to out) ply, Kingspan, thermalite blocks, timber cladding. Sound insulation is excellent - a metre from the doors you can barely hear the dust extractor.

I don't k ow how much mice are like rabbits, but when we had house bunnies the only thing they wouldn't chew through was nylon braiding - TechFlex I think.

Are you trying to cut the full depth in one go?

Just a little workshop upgrade; I noticed a couple of weeks ago that my dust extractor actually has a 200mm inlet, but came with a 150mm reducer stuck in it, so today I upgraded the run to the first Y to 200mm, and the first Y is now 200 to 2x150. Spot the difference - there's a noticeable...

I've used poplar for guitars, and for the legs of my bench, and for my CNC machine's stand. It's fairly soft.

I've salvaged some bits. Sounds worth a go at least - thanks.

I do, but it's just a Scotts pine.

It is a bit blowy, yes. A bit of next door's tree landed in our garden. Well, a 4m long bit that's too heavy to lift. There's a bigger bit that looks like it'll drop tonight.

And I in the Essential Woodworker.

Put a clear bag inside it?

That, I would suggest, is quite an understatement. I've only been there once, but it is lovely.

My two dogs are big but total softies. They do both have good deep growls and barks though. I think that's a good combination.

A former work colleague once insisted on driving me to see a customer. He threatened to play "smooth jazz" for the entire two-hour journey. I wasn't raised to let people threaten me, so I said if he was driving I was going to do the music. This was the opener.

I suppose my battle unicorn comment was rather over serious.

All hail the honourable (h)aitch.

Makes it easier for the tiresome elements of the middle classes (which certainly isn't all of them) to belittle people who pronounce what should be a silent "h".

I've got a few tracks saved in Spotify - good stuff.