Recent content by SawdustSparrow

Hello all. My garage gets quite damp in winter, and every year a few of my hand tools pick up light surface rust even though I wipe them down after use. The worst affected are my chisels, a couple of hand saws and some spanners that live in an open toolbox. I am thinking about changing how I...

I agree with the scribed approach for internal corners, especially in an older house where the walls are rarely a true right angle. What has worked best for me is to fit the first board square into the corner, then cut the second board with a mitre and scribe the profile with a coping saw so it...

Hello everyone. I am planning a small hallway storage nook for coats, shoes and bags, roughly 1.2 metres wide, with a bench seat and a couple of open shelves above it. I have some reclaimed timber boards saved from an old shed clear-out, but I am tempted to use new pine instead for a cleaner...