When buying tools and machinery the length of guarantee may not swing the purchase, but it is an important factor to most people when looking to buy. Not many companies offer a free three year guarantee; however, Axminster Tool Centre has now introduced one for all Axminster Hobby, Trade and Industrial woodworking and engineering machines, Axminster Air compressors, Air Tools and bench top grinder. No registration is necessary, just proof of…

Just what do we understand by the word ‘simple’? To me it means not only easy in the sense of making something without difficulty but, perhaps more importantly, it refers to ease on the eye. So when we were considering projects for this issue we had in mind two aspects: the making and the design, and the two of course do not necessarily go together. While some pieces may be easy to build and undemanding but pleasing to look at,…

It was just over one year ago in May 2012 that Arbortech launched the TURBOPlane™.  A year on and Arbortech is delighted to announce the arrival of a smaller version, the Mini-TURBO™.

Wow! Is there some up-and-coming talent in the UK! So much so that we are having to split our coverage of New Designers, the annual London show for graduates, into two, this month looking at the work of the Building Crafts College, Bucks Uni and the Williams & Cleal furniture school and next month at the rest. But it isn’t only those who have had higher education-level training who can prosper and I report on an apprenticeship,…