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Ahh I was thinking more about the marking knives - sorry should have stated that - marking knives sometimes come (or can be made) to be an opposite pair - I could explain why, but that's not really going to help your siutation any right now. I don't see why Linda's marking knives used for metal...

I might have agreed with you, except some people collect them to keep them AWAY from the hands of Phil E. Stines (Phil Attely's cousin) who will do things like drill a hole in them and put a pipping TEALIGHT in it! (see my NOOOOOOO! thread) Or other such nonsense. They often then stand a...

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Used to be, but now that we have *gasp* women on job sites who come replete with *gasp* pink drills, toolboxes and other ephemera, no site is safe anymore. BTW - I could use at least 2 or 3 masonry chisels and bolsters, stick my name down plz? PPS - Linda are there any "left hand / right...

LOL can I point you in the direction of the assembled group of gentlemen? Maybe some of the ones with boxes and boxes and tool rolls*, and drawers, FULL of chisels, calipers, steel rules, marking gauges and other "stuff" can give you a suitable answer?** *and boxes. ** Yes I'm certainly on...

I've done that before now - but when the hinge is for a "show door" that isn't painted which is becoming more common, moving a hinge just isn't an option. Jacob, most of the time I'm pretty darn careful, fully aware of the consequences. Stubborn ones get various treatments, whacking it in with...

TY for the replies - yeah it's a head scratcher innit? I don't have the space for a cyclone on top of the separator, and although I could make up a smaller cart to do it that way - floorspace is a bit of a premium, hence using half of the space under the bench for that instead of drawers and...

Part 1 I've got a rutlands 1100w extractor vac with a 100mm hose - rated at 50 litres per minute - no bar given. (capacity 50 litres) I've also got an Lidl 1500w wet n dry with a 40mm hose - rated at 1.9 bar / 190 mbar / 19kPa - whichever works for you - no Litres pm given. (capacity 30...

I guess it depends on your chisel skills, I think I'd struggle to get a nice sliver like that with uniform depth - but more to the point - where would you need to do invisible nailing?? I think they must think that people using a close matched filler on fitted unpainted skirting will have...

Well most of page 5 was full of "last words", but currently it's me :) but I'm sure someone else will be along shortly.... Can someone strop this merry-go-round? I wanna get off.

LOL glad I'm not the only one then :) You might want to add some finish to the underside of the top, as rain will still run under there (no drip edge) and rot it out - you should also consider adding some rubber "door stop" feet to it to keep it off the ground. Otherwise, perfect use of a...

I tend to take the simpler approach of just setting the blade cut depth by eye - circular saw or track saw, mounted on the track before placing said track. Works every time :wink: Only time I set the depth using the actual depth guide on the track saw, is to set it to cut just a couple of MM...

Wood rot hardener is an air catalysed liquid epoxy that is very penetrative, but is essentially similar in chemical makeup to the epoxy used for glass fibre work, and sets just as hard. On spongy wood (rotting) like window frames etc it's great to stabilise the wood for repairs, but can also be...

I had hoped it was obvious I was only referring to personal workshop type usage and yes HSE - whole other story, but then the company will have the bags as consumables and a tax deductable. Phil.p, yes but you are talking domestic vacs, and probably where people haven't exactly taken care of it...

I've also used wood hardener as an extra step for the feet of outdoor planters - and something extra that I do; a tip I read somewhere, is to dip them rather than paint it on, but just before dipping run a hot air gun over the foot to warm it up, then dip just before it starts to turn brown -...

I have to ask... why are you even using bags for the cleaner? My experience of bags in these sorts of vaccum cleaners is they limit the capacity, often tear and at ..... £10 for 5 (crikey!!), just soak up your money. I have a Lidl wet n dry vac, similar design and all I did was take a pillow...

I've just watched another episode of George Clarks series "Old house, New home" about a place in Leeds and in it they used a set of reclaimed glass doors, solid wood; Oak probably, eight glass leaded light panels per door, (which look as though they really could have come from Parliament) and...

Wow lots of replies - ok plug cutter: too short, as with all forms of cutter that has a central solid shank, I need to be able to get the entire screw out not just dig out the top section of surrounding wood - the remaining threads in wood still puts up a hell of a fight to remove it. I do have...

You can still add wood to the metal framing for any particularly "odd" bits. Mostly static gives you a lot more options and flexibilty of design. Regarding the double glazed doors this is what I meant by weight trade offs, although I'd imagine a hollow UPVC frame would be lighter than even a...

But then the flip of that statement is "what projects is the OP considering this early in her woodworking career". Yes 5 or 5 1/2 gets a lot of things done, IF said things are going to of a suitable size and user intends to go down the road of learning how to perpare her own stock from rough...