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I currently have a Ryobi ETS1825 and have found it ok but noisy and it has funny mitre slots. I have the chance at getting the Record TSPP250 for only £100. Is it going to be worth it. The record seemed to get very mixed reviews but I assume it will still be a major upgrade when compared with...

I'll bet there is also a layer of lead behind the ply just incase everything goes nooclear :shock: I'll go and hide in my shabby chic wooden hut!

As the inside of my workshop is going to be clad with osb I fancy I will just pop a nail or screw in wherever I feel like it. With the quality of finish you have gone for I would be thinking twice about peppering the plaster with raw plugs to hold shelves up etc. Of course with all the time in...

Hi Dibs, That is looking really nice. After so much effort are you planning on having free standing units for all your workshop stuff or are you going to be hanging cupboards off the walls with french cleats or similar?

I like the trolley idea. I have a two month old girl and I think I might steal your ideas to make a Christmas present. My 3 year old boy loved his trolley but as you say it did tip up quite a bit!

This is a great looking project. But why only holes for 12 bottles? It looks like the cabinet would have the room for at least twice as many! Looking forward to seeing the finished article.

I'm in the process of building my workshop (a slow, grinding project due to kids and other projects). The cladding went up in winter and now it has started to separate by ~2 mm between each board, although no daylight yet! I was wondering when the best time to paint is? If I do it now I will...

That price included osb for internals. We "lanscaped" the garden about 2 years ago and buried some 80 mm flexible conduit buried about 50cm along with the appropriate hazard tape on top which runs to the house. As long as it has not collapsed we will pull some SWA cable through to connect shed...

Hi, I am in the middle of building my shed which is 12x14'. It uses concreted slabs and brick plinth and will be insulated and boarded out on the inside with osb. ALthough not finished I now have all the materials minus the electrics and have spent 2K, but I reckon we could have easily knocked...

The windows look amazing but why do ground floor French windows always seem to have steel bars across the outside. When I stay at my FILs near Nice I always worry how I am going to get out if there is a fire!

Thanks for the responses, @ myturn: another forum member appears to have dibs on those clamps. Thanks for the heads-up though. @ tom: Can you tell me how the axminster clamps are better or is it just a subjective thing? @ Chems: what is the advantage of the parallel clamps? Is it just that...

Hi all, I am in need of some clamps as I only have a couple of 100 mm G-clamps that are useful but just not big enough. Rutlands have a couple of offers but I'm not sure which would be most versatile as a starter set: http://www.rutlands.co.uk/cgi-bin/psPro ... i?promo=61 or...

I'm not sure if this will apply to all B&Qs but my local one was selling off their PP Pillar Drills for £25 when they are still retailing on the website for £60. I have still to get it out the box but if there are any newbies like me still setting up shop I think it might be worth checking out...

I think the all the pointing and the inside wash looks good (must have taken ages). However, I saw the new roofing which looks to be a decent job but completely out of place and then all the lovely looking tiles sitting on the ground. I think it is a real shame you couldn't have reused them...

Seems impressive and would probably work with my sweaty paws :oops: but my missus hands are so dry she cannot even make one of those easter chick things cheep when resting on her hand (if you haven't seen them they use the conductivity from skin to make a circuit and make, well, a chick...

Just starting out but can already see how addicitive it is! No. 4 1/2 No. 7 2 woodies that I have had no success in setting up :?: 2 spokeshaves yet to be used in anger

Dick, It is really starting to look the business. So good that I have abadonned all want / hope of ever posting my rather paltry efforts! With the weather soon improving I bet you are going to make some extra good progress (I have been given orders to halt my workshop :( and start on...

Just incase there is any confusion I am talking about felt shingles and not cedar shingles. There seems to be a number of instructions for the drip edge which made it a little confusing and I ended up making it up as I was going along! Iko suggest either using a zinc edging or having a first...

Hi Dick / McLuma, I've been following this thread for a while and it is good to see the workshop starting to look solid. I used the same shingles on my (not so grand) workshop and sourced them from the online "roofingsuperstore". I am happy with the result but I would mention that in this...

I decided to go for it and get the saw - managed to get to get to a price where if I don't like it I will always be able to sell it without loosing anything. I had a good listen to the motor and definitely heard the soft start and the braking was working. It is missing the riving knife and...