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    Dust Extraction from Compound Sliding Mitre Saw

    I just drag my machine outside......no problems.... the rear hood funnel type box I would think needs to be nearer 500mm with a dedicated extractor...def not a vac....... for airbourne dust I have made this......too tight to spend £2-300 on some fancy box from Axi or other overpriced...
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    for bandsaw enthusiasts.......

    it helps to know how things are made....... grab a brew and watch this...... as in the good old days.......lol.....
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    Cyclone Bucket.

    what about making ur own with a Thien baffel.....? anyone done it on here.....?
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    Blue roll holder ideas.

    keep one on my grease gun bucket
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    Buying cheap tools

    King **** tools as well as another fav Lucas is now Chinese owned....... Kittyhawk... I built soap box carts as a kid.....I was lucky tho, my dad could get the old bearings from big printing machines.... very noisy tho..... looking at ur cart with all those fancy parts n materials.....if u could...
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    DeWalt table saw from Workinger Ltd - anyone heard of this seller?

    Alistair..... if ur really stretching ur budget it is poss to buy this saw from an outlet that sell returned as faulty......... I've bought a few over the years..the worst thing was a slightly cracked switch box...... ALSO to get more bang for ur £......how about one of these....flip /...
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    Can you help identify this tool please?

    100% clutch alignment tool......still use mine........ ohhhhh, it's still has it's wooden box......now thats sexy...... sorry I'm a sad person.....with a love of old tools n things....but not old women......hahaha...
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    Blue roll holder ideas.

    I simply stand mine in a bucket.....leaving the outter layers glued up...... then unwind the cardboard roll in the middle and just pull out the paper as required..... I now use jumbo paper kithcen roll from Lidil at €3,50 a pop...
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    Best paint for a galvanised/slightly rusted metal roof?

    when I lived in Africa we used galv sheets a lot.......but coloured stuff was always out of stock.... so we washed the new panels with brick acid then used a Vynal emulsion paint for the clients colour of choise....... personally I'd bite the bullet, replace the roof with insuated steel panels...
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    Buying cheap tools

    it all boils down to money grabbing accountants and the like....... just look at car electronics.....!!!!!!!!! So you want to drill a hole in concrete......best tool for the job is a Hilti.... but I guess a Bosch, Hitachi, Makita being cheap will do.... it's all relative..... cheap tools, 3...
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    Loctite 290

    I'm not sure of that number now........ but Screw Lock is what u need....low strength as n the name.....no heat needed to remove screws..... it's used in watches to outboards plus all kinds of machines... dont worry about the Chinese stuff for this job..... ps sometimes available in...
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    Scratch Built Metalworking Lathe.

    glad u got it fixed up.....well worth the effort.... if ever u replace them again try and use a bearing like this and on both ends of the main shaft if poss..... they are actually rear wheel bearing used on most modern cars....many sizes available....sealed for life.....the outter race is...
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    Rubber Seal Bottom Henderson Garage Door

    how about the bristte strip type..... dial this into ebay.co.uk..........bristle strip brushes for garage door....... first entry is a rubber one and the second has bristles...... might help.....
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    Limitations of my lathe.

    think we need some photo's of the machine and what u are useing....... unless it's thick wall tubeing anything else will be a trial..... often u cant hold it tight enough..... tube is never very accurate either in wall thickness or roundness.....bad word.......at the best of times..... often...
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    2 stroke garden machinery frustration

    when u get it running just use the top grade fuel without ethenol and ONLY Synthetic oil...... when fishished using the machine tip the fuel out of the tank back into a storage vessel.... then start it until it runs out of fuel.... that way there's no gumming up or water getting into the...
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    6010/11 welding electrodes, why not popular in europe?

    when I lived in Fance, now Greece the only rods available are Oerlikon 6013's or the Chinese cheapo's....... anything else is special order and need to drive 2.5hrs for the privelage....... I've used the Oerlikon rods with an old buzz box, even powered by a genny, 240 and 440 v oil filled...
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    new Axminster spiral cutter portable thicknesser

    I wouldnt be suprised that the blade inserts are something special to Axy....... u need universal inserts that already exsist to get a fair price....... as for Felder inserts, are they made in Germany or a rebadged Chinese import.......? no prob with well made Chinese stuff.......
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    The joys of electric car ownership!

    I like the idea Dave but how u gonna keep the water out, thinking cracked n damaged roads...... the system cant be too deep to work but must be able to carry the weight of 25 ton trucks..... plus there will be the wrong kind of snow or leaves messing things up in winter... best thing to do with...
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    Light, small, retractable pole.

    easy, use a decoraters ally or glass fiber pole...used with a paint roller.... adjustable and cheap....available from DIY stores etc...
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    How to use DPM when extending a shed concrete slab?

    u need to use thin closed cell matting..... similar to the stuff under flooring laminate....... on bigger jobs, say a factory floor they use 6mm to 12mm for the same job..... when the floor is cured knife of any waste and use a tube sealer to stop the dirt getting in.....I like polyurethane...
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