I got my bending iron today. I thought for a long time about buying one. They are pretty expensive and I found it quite difficult to justify buying one. I didn't want to buy a cheap one as I always regret buying cheap tools. In the end I went for the bending iron and strap made by luthiers-bench.com. This is also my first direct experience of the effect of brexit. I needed to pay €67.44 import duties and tax etc. in order to get it to EU. Hadn't accounted for that in my considerations, and probably not have bought the iron had I known that. But now I have it and am very happy with the choice I made. I'll be needing it soon when bending the linings.

My workshop is a small (<5 m2) unheated storage room. But I feel there isn't a lot I can't do there. I haven't tried (yet) to do any large furniture. And of course there isn't space for any larger power tools. Although it is small and cold in the winter it brings me such joy to be able to work there.