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I'm old enough to remember seeing the last British Rail train pull out of Swanage so I'm pleased they can make use of it.

Hi As much as I would like to have some , these people are probably a bit closer. They are a volunteer group so would likely find a good use for it.

I'm in a similar situation with bins of off-cuts and wonder how I would come up with a fair price. I'm guessing the best-easiest way would price by weight. I am not selling at the moment as I'm not sure what the rules are on here.

This is the one I use , it's good enough for what use it for and everything stay on my computer.

I haven't got Festool but i do have Lidl and De Walt and the quality as in how long they hold a charge and how long they last is definitely a case of you get what you pay for.

I'm sure his family's billion dollar deal with BP signed back in August has absolutly nothing to do with his decision.

As far as I'm aware a 1/2" tap should be 12.7 mm so it's probably the tap. Maybe do a couple of test hole in some steel it may knock the burrs of that could be the result of manufacture.

Quick update so I tried it on my old bench, this is my mech bench not my wood working bench, 20+ years old that I use for working on bike engines. So I took the top off and turned it over, gave it a quick sand down a 2 coats of the wax after thinning it down. Definitely glad I didn't try it on...

OK thanks for the reply's , so I'll try white spirit instead of turps to thin it ,especially as it a lot cheaper, and I'll try it on something I'm not to fussed about, maybe my old workbench top, just to see what it does. I just hate to throw anything out if it's still usable :) .

Having a clear out of the old shed and found this, it's obviously some type of wood wax/polish but I can't read what type or make. It's about 3/4 full but of the consistency of petroleum jelly so I'm thinking to add some turps so I can pour it out into a jar and hopefully use it once I know what...

Another vote for white,I've just painted my new shed white all round walls and ceiling inside and its so much better than my previous shed which i just left as natural OSB and ply.Definitely a lot better for working in.

Thanks for the heads up on the vice. picked one up this morning.seems fairly good for what i will use it for. Also picked up a couple of the metal rack shelving units 2 for £50 seems like a good price and will come in very handy in the new shed.

I have a similar problem with my base although more in the region of 10 to 20 mm and was going to use plastic packers ,would window packers be OK or should i buy something else ? CornishWoodworker mentions overlapping the extiorior i'm asuming so the water runs off, would this not impede...

I notice they do a slightly bigger one,that extra 30 mm could make all the difference :) https://www.amazon.co.uk/CMT-Orange-Tools-240-060-07r-straight/dp/B00JBJHRP2/ref=psdc_1939162031_t3_B00JBJHMU2

Something like this was one of the first thing we made as an engineering apprentices .All you need is a 30-40 mm square block of mild steel and just drill required size holes through.we made one for taps and one for tapping drills.