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  1. MikeJhn

    Aldi Impulse Buy

    To Paraphrase Steven Fry. I love Aldi it keeps the Riff Raff out of Waitrose.
  2. MikeJhn

    Some help please - drawer runner issue

    Even though Blum drawer runners will take on a bit of miss alignment I have found they do not like being out of true to each other especially width, check the dims between runners at the back of the carcass.
  3. MikeJhn

    Good patio / moss cleaner

    10% of the price and 200% more effort, at my age I can't spare any effort to pump up a sprayer when I can just switch it on. 🤔
  4. MikeJhn

    Cutting 12 mm balsa wood

    But my OH knows I am the sole of discretion and alway speak the truth. 🤔
  5. MikeJhn

    Cutting 12 mm balsa wood

    The secret is to not let your OH know, just say "what you mean this thing I'v had it age's". 😇
  6. MikeJhn

    I need an invisible connector

    "No More Nails" been using it a lot over the last year or so.
  7. MikeJhn

    Cutting 12 mm balsa wood

    Swan Morton used/still make a very fine saw blade for just that sort of job, still using mine after about fifty years of model aircraft building.
  8. MikeJhn

    Good patio / moss cleaner

    @pjgtech have you used your Rhyobi spray gun since using the cleaning product, I'v found that some guns are very sensitive to what is sprayed through them, the internal rubbers perish, just wondered if the spray gun is still OK? Just found this on Amazon...
  9. MikeJhn

    Inefficient appliance repair.

    Cold fill only, a nonsense, if you have already heated the water in your tank why fill with cold water and heat it, makes no sense to me just a waste of energy, it can only be the manufactures do not want to put that extra mixing valve and controls on the machine to save then the cost.
  10. MikeJhn

    Reducing lathe speed

    For those who may be interested I bought an Invertec drive " Invertek Optidrive E3 IP66 0.75kW 230V 1ph to 1ph AC Inverter, SW, C1 EMC" : Documentation For Optidrive E3 Variable Frequency Drive | Variable Speed Drive | AC Drive | Invertek Drives from "The Inverterdrive Supermarket Ltd"...
  11. MikeJhn

    Inefficient appliance repair.

    I have all Bosch white goods that are over twelve years old and have been perfect, I think it comes down to how often the machines are used, we are just two people so the machine gets far less use than a family with children, however our Neff ovens and hob get just as much use as a family of...
  12. MikeJhn

    Inefficient appliance repair.

    Isn't that against the consumer protection act, I thought you could insist on a replacement new machine within a certain period if the machine failed? Happy to be put right.
  13. MikeJhn

    Not exactly off topic, slot together shed/cabin repairs

    That's a tie bar system for the Roof of a Conservatory and does not show the centre T splice joint for the tension rods.
  14. MikeJhn

    Reducing lathe speed

    Not sure if is applicable, but to slow my swimming pool pump down I used a Variable Frequency drive unit, can't think of the name at the moment, but when I left France I took the unit off and brought it back with me, now where did I put it! 🤔
  15. MikeJhn

    Sorry. Yet another boiler thread....

    All interesting stuff, in France the water pressure is generally 3 bar so the security valve is set to 7 bar.
  16. MikeJhn

    Not exactly off topic, slot together shed/cabin repairs

    Let us know what yo decide to do and how you get on?
  17. MikeJhn

    Not exactly off topic, slot together shed/cabin repairs

    Is there a manufacturers plaque on the building, may be an idea to get hold of the assembly instructions to see if the wall is attached to the floor or is free floating, and if the horizontals are nailed together or rely on the T&G, let us know what you find?
  18. MikeJhn

    Not exactly off topic, slot together shed/cabin repairs

    Threaded rod and ratchet straps does not get over the out of level floor/foundation, the cabin should be lifted and underpinned with dry pack the whole cabin must be racked towards the low end unless the integrity of the walls prevent that happening and hence the gaps, trying to squeeze the...
  19. MikeJhn

    Another bloody damp Problem Bay Window...

    If the purpose of the grill is to ventilate under the floor there should be corresponding grills at other locations, side and back of house, to allow through flow of air otherwise it does nothing, looking at its position below the plant pot externally and what can be seen internally its position...
  20. MikeJhn

    Not exactly off topic, slot together shed/cabin repairs

    Have you put a spirt level on the building to see if it has racked? I would try a crow bar/air bag first to see if they move back into position, then pack under if they do and sand and cement (dry pack) under the bottom slat to the base.
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