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I've been back today to the customer (my aunt) to look at two other windows, and on that basis I've suggested a sash refurb/repair/replacement specialist gets involved. There are at least two 1st floor windows which need replacement sashes, and 1 very rotten sill, with rot extending into the...

I hope the rot isn't as expansive as several posters fear, I guess I'll find out one way or the other....

Thanks JohnnyB, I'd hoped to avoid the repaircare route, but it looks like I might have to go down that particular wormhole whether I want to or not! On the brightside it suddenly become much less critical to get a good fit on the splices.

Here a photo. Despite the missing material its still pretty solid, but too far gone to fill and patch up. The sides of the bay look OK, but I'll get a better idea once I remove a bit of the rotten material.

I have a job to repair a rotten sill nose on a 1930s bay window. The central section (parallel to the front wall of the building) has extensive rot, and has been previously filled extensively, so I'm going to cut it away and glue on a new section with Lumberjack 5 min polyurethane...

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My dad has the original Titan 165mm saw, and it is conspicuously heavier than my Makita Sp600.

Heat. I'd try wrapping it in alu foil and heating it with a domestic iron. Heat one side and keep feeling the other until it's too hot to touch. Once it's good and hot clamp it to a straight edge, or better still, an edge shimmed to slightly overcorrect the warp. Leave it to cool and relax...

I've been tripping over these for too many years. Dusty but in good (near mint) condition. Based in Barnet, North London.

How have they failed? I have one which I'd written off as bust, as it wouldn't stay inflated, until I discovered how to dismantle the valve. Once I removed the saw dust/shaving which had worked it's way inside it's as good as new. I can post a walkthrough if it's useful. It's a Winbag, IIRC...

I've been waiting for these since your original post asking for opinions on how best to deal with the wonk. The finished result looks outstanding.

The stand is perfect, and the model looks fantastic. Bravo!

Take that with a pinch of salt. A silicone spray will leave longer lasting lubricant on surfaces, but a squirt of WD40 or drip of 3 in 1 will do no harm. WD40 may not be intended as a lube, but it is very effective at getting stiff mechanisms moving, and is far preferable to the dry grinding...

Put an Allen key in the hex in the mushroom, and turn it so the incised line points into the house. A squirt of 3in1 or WD40 into the slot the mushroom slides in wouldn't hurt either.

Plasterboard should have continuous bands of adhesive at the board joints, so you potentially have to "tunnel" through several inches of hard adhesive (basically plaster of Paris) behind a sheet of softer gypsum. I think it's a non-starter.

I successfully cut very hard porcelain tile using a diamond blade in my tracksaw, cooled with a garden sprayer (the kind you use for weedkiller or fence treating) and hooked up to a wet vacuum to ensure any rogue water was kept away from the electrics. The results were super clean and chip...

Peter Millard just uses an old platten/pad from his sander. After a lot of use the hook and loop backing starts to throw discs off at machine speed, but is still grippy enough to use by hand.

Pretty much exactly as you describe. I used a tracksaw to cut away the fingerpull width (in this case 25mm). I left a little excess near the top of the pull, as I wanted to have radius in the corner. I used a very simple template to finish the shape of the the cut-out with a top bearing...

Built in wardrobe in a loft conversion. The budget didn't stretch to fully despoke carcasses, so these are Ikea units elevated on a CLS plinth, with doors and infills in MR MDF with Oak fingerpull detail.

Set action, set relief, then worry about intonation. Too much relief will materially alter intonation, excessively high action will do the same. If in doubt, measure 12th fret and distance to saddle break point to sanity check the relative positions.