Ramon Valdez has a solution for clamping longer boards With the ever-growing popularity of the Roubo bench, I thought I’d share a new addition that I made for mine recently. My bench is about 84in long and the clamping capacity is about 6ft. Occas...

Water damage is one of the most expensive issues a homeowner can face. Often, the culprit is not a burst pipe, but a degraded silicone seal in the bathroom. Over time, the sealant around your shower tray can shrink, crack...

Many woodworkers cite a bandsaw as the first ‘proper’ machine purchase. What do you need to know and why? Deep cutting using a 4tpi (teeth per inch) skip tooth blade to clear the extra waste due to the deeper cut A stable and well set up bandsa...

Is your living room chilly despite the heating being on? Or perhaps your box room feels like a sauna within minutes of the boiler firing up? These are common signs that your current heating setup isn’t optimised for the s...

Walk-in showers and wet rooms often lack storage space for essentials like shampoo bottles, conditioners, and soaps. These toiletries often end up cluttered on the floor or balanced precariously on the edge of a shower tr...

Molly Winton continues her exploration of how to make your mark on turned work The previous article provided a foundation and introductory information to get you started on the journey of embellishing your work through the use of a woodburner. In th...

The modern bathroom has moved far beyond being a strictly functional room. As we look ahead to 2026, bathroom design is shifting towards creating spaces that balance sophisticated aesthetics with tangible wellbeing benefi...

Here are seven must-have woodworking measuring tools picked by the editors at the Woodworkers Institute and why they’re essential for accurate and precise work: 1. Tape Measure Why: A versatile tool, the tape measure is perfect for measuring longer d...

Colin Sullivan looks at the power drill’s manual predecessors The wheel brace or hand drill relies on a bevel gear to make it work, transferring the rotary motion of the hand to a vertical or horizontal rotary motion of the chuck. By the 1850s bev...

Ramon Valdez makes some custom holding accessories for his new sliding tablesaw When I finally received my Hammer K3 Winner sliding tablesaw I realised they don’t have the largest sliders, but for my small workshop, it is absolutely ideal. Sli...