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It is much easier and better value in the long term to use metal piping made and sold for the purpose. You avoid static problems and get much better fire resistance. Whatever you chose to use the drop pipes should not enter the range pipe through the bottom or chippings from distant machines...

Sounds terrible! My only experience with DPD has been receiving goods, they appear to be swift and efficient. Perhaps giving them a chance to make matters right may solve the problem. Bad publicity is the kiss of death to this type of business. Going to law using the small claims court is...

Teak may appear to be soft but it normally contains high levels of minerals which take the edge of cutting tools at incredible speed. For instance HSS knives in a planer will be blunted to the point where the timber is being hammered after less than two metres have been planed. TCT knives are...

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If you google - flush cutting jigsaw blades- you will see some blades that are about 30mm from front cutting edge to the back of the blade. One of these was supplied with a new dewalt jigsaw I bought a while ago. They are intended to allow the cutting edge to be level with the sole plate of the...

During my apprenticeship in the sixties I used heaps of hide glue but you have to select the jobs you use it for because it goes off very rapidly so is useless for most laminating jobs. Cascamite is normally ideal for laminating since it has a long open time, and as mentioned, sets like rock...

The remark about the fire extinguisher is worth some thought! The material you are proposing to use may be green and not easily ignitable now but what about two years down the line when it's dried out? Candles as part of table furnishings in candelabra may be fine for a formal dinner, but for...

Don't forget the fire extinguisher!

I believe the Scottish box windows dispense with the parting slips and fit a sloping top edge to the weights, presumably to prevent any conflict between weights. I wouldn't anticipate any problems with the original cast iron weights, all the ones I have seen are well rounded at the ends. The...

By coincidence I used Yandles timber calculator last night to compare with my current supplier. One cubic foot of 2 inch sawn European oak came in at £317 ?? Must be something wrong I thought , so priced the same quantity and thickness in Iroko, £167 this time. There is something very wrong I fear.

About the same price as prime quality KD Oak

I'm not happy with the idea of breathing in any level of dust from any timber, particularly one that carries an airy assurance that it's non toxic. I think I will stick with the principle that anything that is bad for bugs and mould is not beneficial to humans. Mike.

Hi I haven't seen a written discription of cutter uses but some of the catalogues show what profile you I'll create with it. I don't think it's difficult to see from looking at the cutter what you will get from all or part of the cutter profile. An excellent pair of examples are profiles 125...

I often run a small rebate in each piece that the hinge sits in, just the thickness of the leaf, this means the location is spot on each time. The worst aspect of piano hinge is that the countersinking is rarely deep enough to take even the smallest screw head. Some manufacturers make very...

It's called slot screwing, also used for concealed fixing of architraves in really posh work. It consists of a blind hole the size of the screw head and a slot above it roughly the width of the screw shank. The timber being fitted is put on the screws and pressed down to make the heads bite into...

I'm sure you can do as you suggest but repeated deep cuts will rapidly take the edge off the sharpest blade and make very slow feed speed necessary to stop the blade wandering. This method is used in timber yards using very large bandsaws with power feed attached and blades 50 to 70mm wide often...

I don't know a great amount about stainless steels but I have learnt that 316 is very hard to work, drill, and bend, 304 is much easier to use. If weight is a consideration then there is plenty of stainless tubing which looks just as good and is obviously much lighter? The material I have used...

Hi Coley That looks great! You are now qualified to join the Water Wheel Watchers Club, members are required to sit in comfortable chairs with a drink in hand and watch the action. I know what you mean about time consuming, it's the one off wild idea that costs a fortune if you start to add up...

In an ideal world the knives would be sharpened when they show any sign of losing their edge, however in the real world it's often a good idea to use different areas of the blades for surfacing or thicknessing in order to get the job done without the need to sharpen part way through. Some also...

I can't see the whole of the subject piece of joinery but seems to me that making a replacement item would be cheap and easy. It's fair to say that the skills required to complete an effective repair often exceed those needed to make a new item. Using wonder products like wood hardener and epoxy...