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For accurate and repeatable cuts I use a neighbours Mec Brown circular saw. Huge solid cast vice clamps both sides of the cut and it is very stable with long bits of metal in it. I would get my own if I needed it more often than every other month. I suppose the small size of these bandsaws might...

I haven't had much to do with fire doors but my instinct would be to take the door off and plane the hinge side, chisel the hinge sockets deeper and rehang rather than messs with the strip....

When I first read this post I thought what a good idea. Then I remembered that the oil filter on my Mondeo is under the engine so I would still have to remove all the undertray to access that.

I don't know about these heaters but I have always avoided combustion heaters in the workshop because of the amount of water vapour they produce.

Any chicken farms around you? They look very much like the feed troughs that run along the front of battery farm chicken cages.

My workshop is in a less than salubrious area of town - the rent is so much lower there. Partly for insulation and partly for security I have built a large pair of doors inside my roller shutter, the thinking being that if they rip the roller shutters off as is the usual mode of entrance for...

The other trick with insurance is after you have found a good price on one of the comparison sites is to see if sites like quidco are offering cashback if you buy through them . I found a good price for my car insurance today through a comparison site then found that I could get £35 cashback...

Funny, I've done the same job to the same stools using just that method. It worked fine with my breakfast bar......

I bought 6mm flex from a proper electrical factors with no problem. It is readily available but the guy behind the counter reckoned most electricians use twin and earth because they cant be bothered to carry 2 sorts of cable on the van...... Graham

Thanks everyone - some really useful advise there. I reckon if it had been my own worktop I would have ploughed straight in and it would have been done by now. However as its someone elses and the only remit I have from the end user of the kitchen is that it has to be perfect I have spent a lot...

Thanks Richard, I hate worktop jigs........ We already have the sink so no changing of minds going on there unfortunately. I am still a bit concerned at the actal cutting out. In the absence of a template how much overhang do you think we will need? One thought I had was to cut the hole...

I'm helping a friend out with a kitchen refurbishment ( its much warmer than being in my workshop at the moment!). He has just had the worktop delivered - 27mm oak block and as I have only fitted laminate tops I have a couple of questions. The top is square edge with sharp corners. Is there any...

Many years ago I worked for a firm that made floating pontoons and we used Balau for the decking. It is indeed very dense. I have seen planks dropped in the water sink........

I think you probably have the main bits covered but one other thing that hasn't been mentioned is that you seem to have a painted outer and an untreated inside. This can lead to boards cupping as one side can absorb moisture at a different rate to the other. Anyway hope all goes well with the...

I used to use Arbor timber in Durham. Looks like a bog standard builders merchant but they always had a shed of interesting wood with at least one guy who really knew his stuff. Now I mainly use Robert Duncan in Gateshead as they are just across the road from my workshop and dont seem to mind...

I have some 8x2 slabs of mahogany which came out of an old bank where they had been used for door linings on the lifts. It is lovely looking wood but as soon as a saw blade goes near it you can watch it wonder off in all directions..

Some sort of mail bag lock?

Nowt wrong with the little Clark welders - the prototype and probably first 10 of the veterinary operating tables I build were made with a Clarke 150 amp mig and disposable gas cartridges.... With a machine that uses relatively little gas like yours look for "Hobbyweld" gas bottles. Full size...

One down, 46 to go.... Reisser screws are working well. I am not sure with the ring nails holding the back - I am using 25 mm to hold the 6mm panel on but they seem to go in very easily if you know what I mean. I might just screw them on. My main problem is handling these things - I had a mate...

Old metal has it's enthusiasts.. I have joined a Sheldon owners group and will join owwm tonight as well. It is in some ways a shame that I have a big job starting this week and have had to bury the lathe behind all my machinery as I clear floor space.