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If it's the clic type you may need to plane or chisel off the little nib on the tounge to get it in easily and you'll need a bit of PVA to hold it as you've taken the nib off.

You are probably overthinking it. Cascamite ( urea formaldehyde) was widely used in exterior work and boatbuilding but now ready mixed glues are more convenient for most people, it's still used in gluelam production. Like all glues it has a shelf life , temperature range and also correct...

My festool works perfectly. Is the blade parallel with the track? If so is there any adjustment? The photo shows a very poor cut which suggests something wrong with the saw or operator error not the blade.

Regarding clearance round recessed downlights there's a number of issues. The springs that hold the light in will need free space to move in. The fitting even with a 5 watt LED may get hot enough to melt/ ignite insulation, be aware the insulation may shift later. The light may get hot if...

Rockwool roll or slabs will be cheapest but the insulation value of PIR (kingspan/celotex) is double for the same thickness. Multifoil is another option to look at. For ease of installation rockwool then multifoil then PIR.

I find a hand saw ok but dusty, cut a slight bevel and if necessary shave down with a bread knife. You should not really use recessed lights with flammable foam insulation if you do maintain the clearances suggested in the light instructions which may severely compromise the insulation...

If you have two worktops use the front edge of one as your straight edge just clamp on at the ends, it won't flex over its length. With saw or router cut from the back not face side. A sharp (new) blade or cutter is essential. If there's a lot to remove saw first then remove 2-3 mm with the...

That's an impressive amount of detail. You might consider fiberglass roofing from a builders merchant. Typically you use 2.4x0.6m sheets of OSB ,roll out the matting on top and then apply resin with a paint roller, you can buy preformed upstands and corners or just use a timber angle fillet to...

A hobby type moisture meter may not be that accurate . A moisture content of 14-18% would be normal for wood stored undercover outdoors in winter such as in an unheated shed or garage. Bring it in to a heated house and it should drop to 10-12% in a few weeks for 30mm thickness which should be ok...

In a plastic chopping board bacteria can lurk in cuts in the surface and at hand washing temperature can survive as moisture is held in by capillary action. With a wooden board at say 12% moisture content bacteria in surface cuts are dehydrated by the wood and so die. Any coating will probably...

The rubber roller does wear out though very slowly. It's interesting on yours that there's no wear on the left hand side. I try to feed timber in different places to spread the wear on the blades, maybe because I'm tight.

I'd use a tanking membrane as it can cope with a bit of movement whereas a cement slurry would crack then be less effective. The fixings are usually hammered in ,you can then screw battens to the fixings and board that , but in a stone wall it's unlikely you could do a good job lining it all up...

Any kind of food oil, try Aldi or Waitrose depending on your budget.

You can get ordinary ply tanalised .You'll need a merchant with a treatment vessel and wbp ply so the glue holds up. It will be a lot cheaper than marine. I used some on an outdoor job over 15 years ago and it's still good I'm not sure untreated marine ply would have lasted that well.

I have the trend jig and use it quite a lot with ply with mdf the holding can be less secure. You can get unbranded wafer head screws cheaper, though not as cheap as mass produced counter sunk ones.

Looks good but they definitely don't meet building regs

To avoid buying a full width stringer you can use the offcuts to build up the triangles, best to draw it out on graph paper first.

Looking at span tables for roofing a c24 rafter at 30 -45 degrees would span 3.47m for a 47mmx150mm at 600mm centres. The risers will add alot of strength as will using something like oak but I would leave at least 4inch of uncut timber

That looks very similar to mine though mine is blue. The fence locates on the two rods visible left of centre . The Morse lever has snapped off on mine. You can get double edged disposable knives fairly cheaply or HSS resharpenable ones which are not worth it. Check out miles tools and machinery...

I don't know the model at all but it looks a bit wobbly in the legs and the tables look like a pressing rather than a casting so maybe not great. I have an Electra bekum 260 which is the same as metabo and similar to many others in that size, it's not great but looks a lot better than that and...