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Hi, I'm planning an extension that will be a more modern looking design with a flat green roof and clad with local cedar. For the walls I was thinking of using 6x2 timber which would then have plasterboard on the inside then osb / battens /cladding on the outside. The cavity would then have...

Hi, looking at a recordpower rpbs12 bandsaw which has come up locally for £150 Is that a good/reasonable price? thanks

Just a bit of fun. If you want to add context go to https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/us-election-november-5th.148506/page-60, so there aren't 2 threads running. I just couldn't add a poll to the existing thread.

Hi, I've decided I want a lighter dust mask. I've been using respirators up until now but finding they are heavy on my face, so want something a lot lighter. I get a lot of sinus problems so I'm trying to find something with a lot less weight around my nose. I've looked at a few like the...

Hi, I've been given a wood lathe with no brand name, which is great as it's a bit bigger than my current one. But I seem to attract lathes with odd size headstock threads, as my original one has a M30 thread. I'm not sure what thread size this new one is though. I've measure the shaft...

Hi, just wondering what others thoughts are on haggling on the price, particularly on FB marketplace. I sometimes make an offer but I'm never truly comfortable doing it. Never really sure if people expect offers, or you should just accept the price they are asking if you want it. I guess that...

Hi, I'm looking to replace my worn out front door and door frame. It's a door and a sidelight to one side. I want a natural looking door so I've been looking at different woods that are available to me and I'm wondering about using Cedar. My plan is to use 3x4" cedar for the frame (pretty much...

Hi, I was thinking of making a 'barn star' (one of these if you don't know what they are https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnstar#/media/File:BarnstarProud.jpg) for decoration on the mantel, as I don't have a handy barn to affix one to. They are often made of metal but I've seen them made of...

Hi, does anyone actually find Gorilla glues any good? I bought some PU Gorilla glue to repair a shoe and it has been rubbish. Didn't hold for long and was difficult to use due to the foaming action. Applied as intructed. I borrowed some contact adhesive to resole my sons wellies and again...

Last MOT was told my car was 'chuffing' which was a new one on me, as this is my first diesel. So started taking all the annoying plastic bits and air pipes and everything else off to get down to the injectors and found a nice mess. After coal mining to remove the huge build up of carbon...

Is it just where I work or are others finding that people are hired and then leave pretty much instantly. We hired a new line manager that would be in charge of me and after about a week he stopped responding and left for 'personal reasons' (most likely offered more money) So we hired again...

Perhaps it's always been the case but it seems more and more that we pick form over function. For example take the citreon C4 cactus. Love it or loathe it, the side panels on the doors were an incredibly useful feature to prevent damage to otherwise large clear dentable panels. Also note black...

The battery thread got me thinking about fire safety (thought a new thread was better than derailing that thread). In the past I had a powder extinguisher for my kitcar but that has de-pressurised. I don't have anything in the house either so thinking about replacements. I did a quick look...

Hi All, I've been cutting firewood and have some 10inch logs that have a nice strong spalting going on. The wood still seems strong so wondering about turning them into something. Any suggestions what to make? examples etc. Not normally a fan of spalting but this seemed really defined when i...

Hi, I've got a small log around 15cm in diameter and about 3ft long. I want to cut this into a couple of 'planks' around 15mm thick (not sure if that's the right term at this size - strips maybe). Can this be safely done on a tablesaw? If so, how? I have access to a chainsaw as well. My...

I often find myself wondering how on earth 'filtering' on a motorbike is allowed or safe. I get that if traffic is stationary or crawling (<10mph or so) then slowly moving to the front is relatively safe but there there appears to be no limits on what is deemed a safe speed. On here for...

My father-in-law-to-be bought a Jet afs-500 a while back (like this but not from here https://www.machinery4wood.co.uk/Jet-AFS-500-M-Air-Filtration-System-230V/P36192) and about 6 months ago it stopped working. He ended up buying another air filter unit as he didn't know how to fix it. I...

Going to pick up 4 PE benches from my kids school today that they need gone. I guess I'll find out soonish but wondering what wood they are likely to be. Beech perhaps? Figure I'll run them through the planer and hopefully have some nice bits of timber. They have been outside for a while but...

Just back from a trip to france. We stopped in one of the service areas on the way down through france and I got out the portable gas stove to boil some water. The temperature was at or below 0 degrees so a cup of tea was quite appealing. Started the stove and it had a nice flame on the burner...