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Many thanks AndyT, much appreciated that you have gone out of your way to explain but ideally the shelves need to swing. My main problem is that I have 2 tables at the craft fairs and because I have so much stuff on display I am running out of space so I have to go up and by having the shelves...

Hi Oldwood. I wouldlike to add to what I said earlier. The more experienced scrollers do not use the hold down for the very reason Martin stated, it gets in the way and really its not needed at all but if you like to use one then all well and good, we are all different and have our own...

I am not very good at explaining. Having looked through several list of hinges I suppose the nearest I can see to what I want is a cabinet hinge. Half would go into the post and stay there on a permanant basis and the other half would somehow be fixed to the shelf. I would like about a dozen...

I am in the middle of moving. I have just under 2 weeks left to complete the move. The next 2 days will be spent completing orders and then moving the rest of the workshop to the new place. The new workshop will be more than twice the size of my current one which will enable me to expand and...

I am following your example Bryan and also making a box based on the one Martin has made.

As you have said, both saws are entry level. I have about 8 hours work out of my saws each day and none of the 2 you have shown an interest in would last very long in my workshop. One of the keys points with my work is fast blade changing and a good speed along with good blade tension. At the...

I am making a display stand that will display small items I have made on the scroll saw. I have a 4 foot by 4 inch diameter ash round post that I have fixed to an ash base. I have seen a special type of hinge but cannot remember what it is called and I hope I can explain it well enough so that...

Hi Gill. I use tight bond, its just about the best. When you apply the glus to the underside of the portrait avoid getting any to close to the cut outs, you do not need much but make sure you have glue all around the border. I always clamped my portraits with the backer fixed in place and using...

Very good Martin. I would check the blade though, its not going forward much.

Many thanks Mark. I have added the link to my list. I will need the buffing wheels and some buffing compound as well as the pigs tails.

On the advice from Chris I went into Aldi's to see if they had any bench grinders so I can make a polishing machine, none were to be had this week, maybe next. What I did find however was an amazing little gadget that for me was an answer to prayer. Being disabled I struggle to bend and one of...

Many thanks Chris. I will grab one when they are available. I may be wrong but do Axminster do the mandrils to take the polishing mops or is there another way of fitting the mops/

I'm with Steve. I use a pillar drill as well and have a range of drill bits. With a 2mm hole you will get all the common sized blades through that. After you have drilled your holes sand the back off as those little bits of wood that break off underneath can cause the wood to jump about when it...

Steve. With some woods the inside of a cut looks considerably paler than the outside and with some of the thins I make looks a bit unsihtly. You are right though, with other woods it is hardly noticeable so I don't bother and the customer certainly does not know any different. Thanks for the...

Nearly all the things I make have a wax polish finish and for this I use a drill brush in my drill press, it is round about 6 inches in diameter and does an excellent job. However. I cant polish the inside of some of the letters on my name signs and on average I suppose the internal diameter on...

From what you say it does not sound right. The knocking noise should not be there for a start. In your shoes I would give Chris Waghorn a ring at Hegner. He is just brilliant at diagnosing problems.

That is a beautiful piece of artwork by a skilled artist and like Martin there is no way I could ever do anything like that.

The Henry is probably the best vacuum on the market today, under £100, probably the quietest and certainly the most powerful. If Eugene says they are good then they are very good. I have just ordered my third one and this one is for housework use as I have 2 in the workshop.

The Excalibur in America is an entirely different kettle of fish to what we get here, made in a different factory in a different country with different spec.

Its been a few years since I last laid a laminate floor and when I was on the tools I laid quite a few floors. Some of the flooring I laid was total rubbish and so hard to get it right. I am moving in a few weeks and would like to put laminate down in a couple of rooms and the hall way and was...