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I just wondered if any one had any tricks to age brass, I've recently fitted some unlaquered brass door knobs, (was a complete nightmare as I had to wait 8 weeks for them as I had to wait for a new batch to be made so they could remove them from the production line before the lacquer was...

We've got a small metal shed at our static caravan as that's all the site management allow, I've had to really beef it up as they are so easy to break into, we haven't suffered condensation so much but that's due to it not being in the UK. As woodchip2 said the ketter ones are good we have one...

Thats a lovely old ransomes mower. Unfortunately lawnmowers are one of my little foibles, I own quite a few, over the years I've acquired several older ones that are in storage waiting for me to retire, somewhere I have a metal lathe attachment which is basically a grinder which moves along on...

Check out this stuff on eBay, I bought a few bits earlier this year to make some jigs with, due to having no spare time at the mo it's still sat in my store waiting to be used, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Polyrey-CGL-1 ... SwQYZWwwq9

We have a wet room for our son who has cerebral palsy, due to very bad circulation in his legs he spends hours sat under a hot shower, and our ceiling very quickly went black with mildew, after several attempts to repaint it a friend recommended zinser perma white paint, I got some from Brewers...

Hello sucramuk How often are they to be moved around? A few years ago I did a lot of work for a company that rented out temporary office space, we used a demountable partition system, you can reconfigure office space very quickly and really do mean quickly. This type of system may work for...

When using an iPad I now have to use my left hand to scroll the pages as using my right thumb to scroll often sets the pop up off and I end with all sorts including the mature dating one, as petermillard says above I do cancel within the side bar but when you change to a different thread it's...

I can recommend the Milwaukee 12v Impact driver, mine came in a set I purchased a couple of years ago, I'd never really used one before then, but was surprised at what it could do being 12v.

As Wizzard999 said build it stronger, I'd use treated 100mm X 100mm for the four corner posts with 100mm X 50mm as rails around the perimeter at the base and at the floor height. You could use 8mm coach screws with washers to attach the rails to posts. Then use all your 50mm by 50mm for the...

Don't even go there, I was a brickie back then, couldn't get any work as the whole building industry was on its knees. I had to sell my first house for £19.000 less than I paid for it and take out a personal loan over 10 yrs to pay it off.

For anyone local to Milton Keynes, try ukplanet tools in Bletchley, I purchased my Kapex 120 from there in January paid the same price as N & B, I'm a bit peeved about the festool vouchers as bought 3 machines at the time and would have got the full discount.

Have you got the Health app on your iphone, my iphone came with it already on from new. I use it regularly to see what I've done. It has no effect on battery life as I believe it's a apple thing that was designed as part of the phone set up. As you can see in the screen shot yesterday I did...

Hi pike Have you looked at using masonry hangers. They're made from thicker gauge metal and built into brickwork to take joists, available in many sizes one of which would probably suit your needs. I purchased a couple of sets of tough built saw horses that have proved to be well worth the money...

I've recently used a product called wet and forget, I got it in Costco, it's absolutely brilliant. Siimilar to you I had moss in the Tarmac drive, I applied this product with a watering can to the drive, we also have a large area of resin bonded gravel so I soaked that as well, it took about 3...

I purchased a makita ls1216 last year and the extensions are just about right, they took a bit of jiggling in and out to get right, when pushed right in they sit in 2 holes in the base which align them.

Signed @ 93149, it's was from the ability to use all manner of equipment at school I am where I am now, not being academic i found my ability to draw and make things in woodwork and metalwork was definitely my way forward.

I have recently purchased a trend pro grabit screw extractor set, one end of the bit sort of counter sinks in to the head, turn the bit around and remove the screw, both processes are done in reverse, it worked brilliantly on 3 screws some one had butchered when installing a new internal door...

It was Bob Vine, he has been to visit me recently to demo the Kapex, (which incidentally is how I found UK Workshop forums, I was searching for some proper reviews of the Kapex from real users) he was also at UK Planet tools open day in Milton Keynes a couple of weeks ago where I tried out the...

I hired one 2 weeks ago, I needed to cut out 2 door openings, cutting the interior block work was really hot knife through butter time. The brickwork on the other hand was impossible, I ended up chain drilling both sides then used the Allsaw which was easier. I wouldn't recommend it at all, the...

I hired one 2 weeks ago, I needed to cut out 2 door openings, cutting the interior block work was really hot knife through butter time. The brickwork on the other hand was impossible, I ended up chain drilling both sides then used the Allsaw which was easier. I wouldn't recommend it at all, the...