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Can you shrink a section of plastic bottle over the split with a heat gun?

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/426JyPLN9H2PtqdN/ You may not watch FB but occasionally it throws up some gems. Deride if you wish, but I have watched this three times and saw something new each time. The planes hanging on the wall?

Don't know what I did wrong there, but I apologise.

At last, someone has mentioned frog fettling, not an offence contrary to the Sexual Offences Act but means of getting the best out of a simple tool.

If you slide a second piece over the join and repeat, provided there is 3-4" each side it will be fine. Below, plumbing fitting heat stretched...and plastic bottle heat shrunk 4" to 2"

Cut a sleeve from a plastic lemonade bottle, place over both ends and apply a heat gun. The plastic will shrink rapidly, conforming to both pieces.

Forgive me stating the bloody obvious, but as has been pointed out that little wiggly lever thing on a metal plane is there to adjust the iron's squareness. Not all plane irons are square. Wooden jack planes are traditionally sharpened with a slight curve, mine, (with a 1/4" thick iron) is...

CH Hayward offers a furniture cream/reviver using terebine namely 4 parts raw linseed oil 1 part terebine 12 parts vinegar Probably clean up a cricket bat, too!

If you have access to a suitable table saw, oak gateposts can economically be cut down and a 'green oak' approach used to make outdoor furniture. Heat shrinking a plastic 'sock' from lemonade bottles takes care of contact with soil\grass and nothing but a clear insecticide treatment, draw-...

I personally would not choose traditional yacht varnish on a bench. It is designed to be easily scraped from topsides and brightwork at the annual chamfering-up. Try Ronseal Furniture Stain or Cuprinol Wood Stain* for example, but there are others. *Has the advantage of being waterbased for...

Very nice but my wallet groaned..

Huzzah!

Tallow. Or what passes for it today. Never squeak/ creak, rarely break. https://timberfixings.com/Tallow-Lubricant-for-Screws-c78163036 Greased screws in railway carriages built in 1950s still come out, this tub will last a young man's lifetime .

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285862167743?itmmeta=01J0FTN7NDS8ACQMBSM2C3SKHB&hash=item428eb684bf:g:QB4AAOSw2kpmRhZ4 Possibly? Short point, pencil, lots of toys and a box to stow them. Each boys name on a sticky label for ownership & self worth?

If I were to introduce the suggestion of a 'flat bit' at this point I would probably be laughed out of the park! Having recently finished several years volunteering in a railway carriage restoration workshop you often didn't know what you are drilling into. With reclaimed wood and components...

Whilst I appreciate Brian's solution suits him, it would be no great problem to put a short lead with two crocodile clips between the terminals of the suspect switch to try the operation, or even put a jumper lead between them to try it out. If the switch is defective or the play can't be...

Thank you, Dave.

Phil - "H07RN-F is better than arctic by a mile." You have to buy a whole mile...? More seriously, it is shown in the link as 1.5mm and 2.5mm, is that lighting and power? What's that in amps, please? I have a 1/2" router with a damaged lead that needs replacing.