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    Hose adaptor: Festool to 32mm Henry?

    I found this company a while ago http://feskit.co.uk/product/vacuum-table-fitting-dummy/
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    fein

    I've only ever owned a fein multi tool so can't comment on other machines, my fein is 7 or 8 years old and has been thoroughly used and abused in a professional capacity, it's never let me down and when it does fail it will be replaced by another fein. When it comes to blades fein one are...
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    Leaking Concrete (flintlock) Guttering.

    A few years ago I worked on a renovation of a old property that had a stone gutter around all 4 sides of the building, over the years the joints had failed and the frosts had totally destroyed a lot of the stone. After having heart failure at some of the prices to line the gutters, I contacted...
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    Serious health warning about shampoo

    im f*****d as I wash my hair twice a day.
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    UPVC

    I can highly recommended Brett Martin for guttering, I used their cast iron looking stuff a great deal of times and am impressed with it, can't comment on upvc facia as I only use timber for facia and soffit.
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    Messed up Plastering :D How do you get to stick to Artex?

    As others have said Over boarding is the best way to go, a couple of times I've have to preserve plaster details in ceilings and have found a product called febond blue grit to be a excellent, we use it every time we have walls to overskim, I've tried the sand and pva but the blue grit is by...
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    Masked Musicians

    4 out of 10 for me, I only knew 2 the rest were guesses
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    Decent floorstain or varnish?

    i use Blanchon hard wax oil it's a similar product to osmo polyx, very easy to apply and normally I give 3 coats on a new floor. You can get several colours http://www.blanchon.co.uk/data/classes/ ... cieruk.pdf
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    GALVANISED PIPE WANTED

    Thanks Naz for posting that link it's just saved me a lot of searching, I need to install a industrial looking clothes rail in a bedroom alcove. That stuff fits the bill perfectly
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    Where can I find 3.5mm and 4.5mm wood drill bits?

    I can highly recommend dewalt extreme 2 drill bits, they're hss bits but they have type of point on them, I buy them in packs of 10 off fleabay, I suffer from the well known pencil syndrome with drill bits as they keep disappearing.
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    LED Light bulb for garage

    I can also praise the Costco led strip light http://www.costco.co.uk/view/p/feit-4ft ... ght-917972 Also for site lighting at work I've got several of these they have power sockets in the back so you can daisy chain them http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162379110234? ... EBIDX%3AIT
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    NEED HELP!! Finishing an oak worktop

    Osmo top oil would be my choice, as I know it's extremely durable,excellent at repelling liquid but does mark with hot cups, but easily remedied with a quick buffing using some osmo cleaner, it's applied with a brush or cloth Yesterday I finished a pippy oak breakfast bar with Blanchon hard wax...
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    Which oscillating multi tool

    I can also highly recommend the Fein, mine is 7 years old and has been used mainly for removing plaster cornice so its regularly covered in fine dust, I give it a hoover and clean after use and it's surprised me how long it's lasted, it's one tool I'd never be without, I just wish the blades...
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    Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian

    Hi Bob I had a L200 barbarian on hire for 3 weeks last year while my Truck was in for repair, to be very honest I wasn't to impressed, it as very wallowey and quite noisy compared to my Navara, I have the V6 outlaw which returns about 33 mpg, the L200 was surprisingly thirsty I only managed to...
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    ............

    Back in the day I had a 240 to 12v transformer to power my CB radio,the CB was mainly in the car but I had a set up at home as well, just took the unit out of car and plugged it in in the house. What SteveF recommends is virtually the same as I had
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    Can you help me identify and value my step dads machines

    I'm from Milton Keynes so not far away, I'd be interested in the planer thicknesser and some clamps. You can respond to people via the PM tab on the bottom of the posts, I've sent you a PM
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    Quality Padlocks?

    +1 for the ABLOY padlocks, I've had some ASSA ABLOY padlocks on my driveway bollards for over 15 years, regularly treated with powdered graphite, they were about £80 each back then, I didn't mind the cost as they are protecting my trailer.
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    Front door project

    I had these Accoya doors made for a client last year, they were fitted in September, and have only had primer and undercoat so far, the client wanted them finishing in bright orange!! And was going to paint them herself to reduce the cost a bit, I was there today to take delivery of some oak...
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    Tool drawer liner

    Thanks lurker I'll have a look in Tesco on Monday, I have a metal tool cabinet for spanners sockets etc which gets a bit rattley when I move it about
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    Festool - almost persuaded !!

    A couple of years ago I purchased a makita LS1216 as I needed a bigger chop saw, from day one I really didn't like it, it just didn't feel right, there was nothing wrong with the saw per say, it was a tad inaccurate on the mitres,it just wasn't for me, after a lot of thought I had a on site...
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