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  1. Lazurus

    Preserver that turns wood grey?

    Let us know if it does what it says please?
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    Bandsaw blades?

    Seconded Tuffsaws are great blades with excellent customer service
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    One for the plumbers please

    Hadn`t the room for anything else, I will see how it goes.
  4. Lazurus

    Smoking Startrite table saw

    Get a riving knife and guard please - sounds like an iffy blade to me and a possible set up issue
  5. Lazurus

    One for the plumbers please

    I am putting a small Triton T30i over sink water heater into the new workshop build. Mains supply will be via a 25mm HDPE main, I want to use HEP 20 or similar plastic pipe for the inside runs, my question is can I put the 15mm plastic pipe into the standard compression and olive fitting on the...
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    new workshop

    I am finishing off a 8M x 5M brick and block workshop with 50mm cavity insulation, flat roof and DPM over. It keeps all the noise inside, all the heat inside even this time of year. hope that helps.
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    16mm SWA bare or conduit

    So the workshop is coming along I dug the trench for the power feed from main CB in bungalow and the sparky came and dropped the SWA in, he laid it straight in the trench for me to back fill, now I had purchased suitable twin wall conduit but sparks said as it was only under a patio and not a...
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    Improve a cheap metal bandsaw

    I put a motor cycle steering damper on the arm to allow you to adjust the cutting pressure lots of mods on the WWW.
  9. Lazurus

    Hold onto your hats

    As i drove home last night I saw a wheeley bin travelling up the road like a Dalek - quite surreal
  10. Lazurus

    Workbench

    Google a simply 4 x 2 workbench loads of ideas and will be much stronger and less prone to racking
  11. Lazurus

    Cutting 40x6 flat bar

    cheap horizontal band saw
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    Mini indoor "kiln"

    I think you may struggle to get decent blanks from these beams, maybe better to sell on and get some better quality, and avoid a disappointing 6 month or more wait
  13. Lazurus

    Building regs application: How much detail?

    As above, my BCO was extremely helpful, popped out to look at the footings, again for the roof his next and last visit will be to inspect drainage (not rain water) before back filling.
  14. Lazurus

    Thin Parting Tools

    as long as they don't flex too much they would be ok
  15. Lazurus

    Mitre saw dust hood which size hose

    Great advice Peter I will give it a try, I didn't realize the difference in going up just 25mm to 125. much appreciated
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    Thin Parting Tools

    I made one from some HSS tool steel of the internet a few years ago, works a treat.
  17. Lazurus

    Amazon Alexa and smart plugs in workshop

    Has anyone tried the above to control things like dust extractor air filter heaters etc. looks like a good way to have a smart workshop negating the need for remote plugs and timers etc?
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    Mitre saw dust hood which size hose

    I have the above in the workshop also a smaller vac with a 4" hose or a couple of Henry`s I think the above should be able to cope with the fine dust as well, so a 4" hose it will be. Many thanks all.
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    Heating a workshop

    Insulation has to be your friend, I have an 8m x 5m brick and block workshop 50 mm cavity bats, flat roof and not insulated and 75mm polystyrene under the concrete slab floor. I have a single oil filled rad on in winter and keeps it a pleasant 17 degrees. I could have put more insulation in by...
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    Mitre saw dust hood which size hose

    Ok so i am going to build a dust collection hood for my mitre saw station, however before I start cutting holes foe the extraction what is best 32, 63 or 100mm I can use a van or chip extractor?
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