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5-lever, BS3621 deadlocks, and a matching sash lock in the middle position. Much better than euro profile stuff, and easier to fit. If you get the same brand and type (ie: union 2134e deadlocks and 2234e sash lock) thru can be keyed alike, though you may have to source levers from a...

1/8"clearance either side of the door is a pretty sensible amount, especially once you've got a fw coats of paint on door and frame. The last (and only) time I assembled a ready made frame I had exactly the same issue, and adjusted the mortice to the wider dimension.

This is my last project. It may look like a window seat but it's really an undercover shed. I recently erected a log cabin workshop in my garden, removing a little 6×4 shed in the process. The contents were not really welcome in my workshop, so they have been knocking around the...

Great thread, and a stunning tool cabinet, David.

So sorry to hear of your loss. Richard was such a helpful, and profoundly likeable contributor to the forum, he will be greatly missed. It is no surprise that someone who gave so freely of his time and considerable knowledge in life would have taken steps to do the same at the end of his life...

Google Melvyn Hiscock, he has written pretty much the definitive text on diy electric guitar building. I've built about a dozen guitars based pretty much entirely on info from his book and the Internet.

Thanks Andy - I enjoyed that!

Anotherv very general rule for aluminium is that if a tool works on wood it'll work on alu, albeit you need to take conservative cuts. This applies to sandpaper, power saws and even edge tools - I've successfully pared aluminium doors more than I care to admit, though I don't usually use my best...

The standard cutters work fine, just apply a little forwards pressure and then go up and down. If you get the right rhythm you can advance about 6mm each pass. I also like to bore an undersize hole with a spade bit to speed things up, either a row of holes to big out most of the wood, or a...

I have no experience of Ferm lathes, but experience with their other products would make steer well clear. As CHJ said, real low-end bargain basement stuff, bordering on unusable. .

I've been to the London Hackspace in (appropriately enough) Hackney a few times. It's a great resource, with a really friendly membership. If I was closer, or in a small flat without any own tools of workspace I'd probably use it a lot.

In my experience, using a mpl to pull a warped or dropped door into alignment prematurely wears the gearbox - most mpls use pretty small parts to transfer the action of lifting the handle into throwing the bolt work, and they're usually pretty punky pot metal castings. Those bits fail if they...

Given the choice, I'd favour 3 mortise deadlocks keyed alike. The multilpoint lock puts all your eggs in one basket, and whilst it had multiple locking points, you only have to compromise one cylinder to unlock then all. They're also bloody awkward to use if the door is prone to movement...

I've had a couple of traditional dimpled point mugs for years, inherited from family who ran a brewery. A little while back I had just finished cooking supper, put it on a plate, on a tray, and poured myself a beer. I sipped a bit, judged it satisfactory, carried it over to the tray, and...

A new curtain will probably sort that out. Alternatively, you can fit a 67mm (2.5")3G114e in it's place and you'll be up to the most recent revision of BS3621. The lock will be branded Union, not Chubb, but it's the same model. Assa abloy, who own Union, Yale and countless other lock brands...

I have also seen some pretty shoddy customer service from Everest, towards customers who really don't need it I'm a locksmith, and more than once I've had customers tell me Everest have told them that they have to have them back to change their locks after a burglary. Reasons given are...

If you work it out, let us know. I also have a set of keys, in my case of nicely striped macassar ebony which I stripped off a piano which had been abandoned in a studio car park in Crouch End. After a few days in the rain the keyboard was coming apart, so I took all the loose black keys...

Working from both sides of the blank, and from both sides of the cutaway allow you to use a bandsaw with a quite modest throat, but a bigger I've will free you up to do lots more. I made around 10 carved to solid bodied guitars in my mum and dads garage using a tiny 3 wheeled record bandsaw...

I've finished several guitars using Rustins PC, and got outstanding results. IMO the finish is far more compatible than the instructions would have you believe, I've had good results mixing it with alcohol based dyes to create timed lacquer, and applied over water based strains too.

Could you not fit a back into the unit to fix the arm to?