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What are you going to do with it,,,would it make a regular drill press, I guess its a MT spindle? Btw only asking out of idle curiosity. Steve.

Well Im afraid it was all rather academic, the chap sold it despite me saying I would take it,,I suppose the buyer could pick it up straight away, anyway its far from wasted effort as I now have a much better idea of what Im looking at, once again, many thanks to you all, Steve.

Well plastic or not it does look as though I should be giving it a go,, Many thanks everyone and if I get it I will check the handles and let you know what I find,, Steve.

Im looking at a Stanley No4 to replace my old marples replaceable blade plane that along with an electric plane (a vicious beast!) has done me up till now, anyway I was looking at buying an old Record and found this Stanley for sale at £20, would people mind taking a look at the photos and...

I was disapointed that our irish locksmith friend above didnt spill the beans,,,a trade secret perhaps? Anyway, whilst were all having a go I tried once to open a locked upvc window, I was told that the trick was to use somthing like an allen key hooked in round the edge of the door and slid...

I love Figs and was going to look up varieties that might ripen in southern england so I will look up Brown Figs, we have a sunny wall thats presently occupied by a wisteria that had been chopped down, it was just a dead stump when we moved in, anyway after a year or two shoots popped up and we...

We have great patches of that Crocosima plant, it was given to us by a neighbour who said it was a nice plant,,,daft old bugger! Anyway not being gardeners this stuff has been left to do its own thing for the past 15 yrs and it was only during the covid lockdown that we looked critically at the...

Far from scientific but I useualy wet my finger and dab it on and that gives you an idea of how its going to look with a wax of clear finish, and as been said you can already see a blackness within the grain which will probably be accentuated. My take on stuff made with pallet wood is I prefer...

I have some oak that Im working with just now, I bought it as green but in fact I think it had been under cover for a while, what with the covid and all its just had another 18months with a polytarp over it and judgeing by the few cuts Ive made so far it does seem hard,,,,might be a workout...

I have to say that Deemas suggestion of keeping the whole thing largely together and rolling it into the back of the van sounds like the way to do it, he's moved these things before and says that its a relativly easy 2 man job, and you end up with the saw sitting nice and stable on a bit of any...

Be aware if using Toolstation D4 it comes in a 1ltr bottle and has a short use by date. I looked up your MDF,,,,it looks just like the regular stuff, a double thickness is going to make a weighty old gate,,,is there an artistic design element to this creation your keeping to yourself? Steve.

Hello Brian, trouble is they only seem to sell it in 1ltr bottles,,thats a lot of glue for someone like myself, I will of course keep using it out of date or not and hope its okay, but if it was for another important outdoor project I might prefer to buy somthing else. I suppose I could try...

I made a sanding disc out of an old 6inch bench grinder with the sanding plate made up from a double thickness of MDF, took care to drill the centrehole square and a fairly snug fit, but when fitted it wobbled away, I slackened off the shaft nut and tapped the disc with a block of wood to true...

Well with that unanimous vote of confidence I will give it a go,,it will be intresting to see whats siezeing it up,,I would have thought it would be mounted on a pair of ball races? Maybe brushes broken up or somthing along those lines, anyway it will be a winter project and I will let you know...

Hi, my neighbour is going to throw out an old Bridges grinder, I will hopefully post a photo of the model, the actual one has no paint and looks very sad, I like the fact that its rated at 1/2HP and its all made of really substansial alloy castings. The bad points are that it seems to be largely...

My worry is that when faced with a restless population when things are not going so well for them, the chinese will create an enemy to bring the country back together,,,but perhaps Im just being paranoid,,,I hope so anyway!

Overpopulation,,,Im no economist but is the problem with a negative birthrate that it would only work if we all worked and provided for ourselves untill we died, if you want retirement, care etc you have to have more people working to provide it,,,,or put another way, someone has to go out and...

And a side issue you may not have considered is that these Lidels “Barristers Bookcases” seem to have given you a legal air,,your “summing up” was very Rumpole I thought,, Steve.

Well its good news, the seller just repaid the paypal payment with an apology, and doesn't want the bit back,,,so Im planning on cleaning it up and give it a try,,it will be after the weekend now before Im free to get it all set up and will let you know how it goes. Steve.

Everbuild is great glue but,,,it has a short use by date and when you buy it from Toolstation and probably elsewhere its often several months old already,,leaving you with just a few months to use 1ltr. There are several posts online complaining about this, but Ive not seen anywhere what the Use...