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Hi Tony, Can you let us know what you use. I need to treat my workshop as there are signs of some mild woodworm attack and would like to treat the whole place before it gets any worse. I have found this stuff called Boron 12 Ultra but it is rather expensive (25 L would cost ~£90 to treat the...

Shultzy's design is nice but if you want to insulate the doors I also liked the design from here. http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/323 ... p-makeover You can download the pdf of the article if you sign up for the free trial ( I seem to permanently live off the free trial as my card keeps...

Bad Man, I am now 60 quid out of pocket!

Thanks for the homework. I had seen your workshop epic (which looks amazing and means my "bothy" will never see light of day on this site!) but had missed the truss thread. If done properly I really like the mix of wooden beams and steel but I just thought it would be nice to try something...

Hi Dibs, Thanks for all the advice. I can see that truss design is way more involved than I appreciated when you want to use traditional joinery techniques. And, according to the last link you gave, it gets way more complicated if you want to use a raised tie!! I clearly need to do a bit...

Hi Dibs, The original garage was 18' long. There are four roof sections split into 9' sections with 5 or 6 purlins on each side of the apex. Overall there were only 3 internal trusses. Each roof section was sitting on one gable end an internal truss and then sharing the central truss with the...

Hi MDKKEN, I am in the same situation. I have bought a second hand wooden garage with cladding already attached. I have laid paving slabs in concrete to make a base and have a brick plinth two rows high around the perimeter. The perimeter of the base is a total 50 mm less than the wooden part...

The overal dimenson of the shed plus porch is 12 x 18 feet. There will be about 4 feet from the door to the outer edge of the porch. The roof covering will be felt tiles. I am actually just modifying a wooden garage that we bought second hand, putting it on a decent base and tarting it up a...

Hi Dibs, Hopefully I have uploaded a (bad) sketch-up image showing an unfinished skeleton of what the shed will look like, obviously missing the roof and internal trusses. It is the end truss that I am trying to work out the best construction methods for. I had been tempted to do 6x2 but...

Hi All, I am building our shed/workshop at the minute and plan on having a little porch area on the side that faces the house. I am going to make an external end truss out of 100x100 heartwood larch (can't afford oak :( ) As the eave height is only ~1.9m I want to make a raised truss. Looking...

Have pulled the motor apart and it is definitely the motor bearings that have gone (almost literally!). In addition I need a new endcap. It looks like I can get the spares for about £30 so I am going to go for it. The parallel guide is missing and to replace that will be about £50. Would...

I have just been through this but as I am in Scotland it may not be relevant. Any outbuilding should be at least 5 metres from the dwelling house or will be considered an extension of the property and require planning permission. The boundary to the neighbours doesn't sound like a problem. I...

Thanks Jason, I think it is just an end cap and some bearings that are gone so it should be reasonably cheap to repair. If it needs a whole new motor that will be ~£150 - 200. My next question. Would it be worth replacing the motor. Are these combination saws any good? I see they normally...

Hi All, I have inherited an old Elu combination saw. The motor has been pulled to bits and the housing (which I assume would have the model type written somewhere) is missing. Does anyone have any memory/knowledge of Elu combination saws. Given that many of the modern DeWalt routers are...

Hi All, I think I have just found what I am after: http://www.strongtie.co.uk/products/family_caps.php all I need to do now is find a supplier......

@ CNC Paul. That wasn't quite what I was after - but thank you for looking. I just realised the link above did not work. Hopefully this will. http://www.greenart.info/theves/week%2036/index.htm

Sorry barkwindjammer; didn't mean to ignore you. We do have a smithy in the village so that is a possiblity. I just don't know where I would get it galvanised.

@ Pete. I agree if they were used for all the supports then it would look a bit weird but when it is used as part of a more substantial structure I think it looks kinda cool. The pictures in this page get at what I mean: http://www.greenart.info/theves/week36/index.htm @ Keith. I had seen...

Hi all, I am starting a shed/workshop build which will be 12x14'. One gable faces onto the street but the other gable is garden facing and I plan on extending the roof by 4' and having an open porch area as part of the build. I was planning on making an external end truss and posts from 4x4...

I bought this and is just what I needed. Just note that is 110 V.