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  1. thick_mike

    Calculate interior angles of irregular pentagon

    Can you not just cut the boards at right angles to the exterior dimension, then lay them out and scribe interior and exterior crossover points? You might lose a couple of feet of waste, but the mitres should be spot on without any need for SOH-CAH-TOA!
  2. thick_mike

    I'll need something to put my tools in...

    You might be better off with an Abu Hamza style hook instead of fingers there.
  3. thick_mike

    Simple method od constructing shaker style doors

    Those are lovely videos, thanks for the link.
  4. thick_mike

    Losing weight

    I've always been skinny, but Christmas 2015 (at age 48)I had put weight on so I was 1/4 lb short of 14stone. I'm 6'1", so I wasn't huge, but considerably heavier than I had been historically and my BMI was just "overweight". I bought a Fitbit and started logging my steps, calories burned and...
  5. thick_mike

    Plugging non round holes

    If it's just a cosmetic job that needs doing, just choose wooden plugs that are larger than the hole and glue them over the the top of the hole. It won't be very robust if the item or area is handled often though. This place seems to have a good choice, but I have never used them, so I can't...
  6. thick_mike

    School Wokshops

    Kids do resistant materials in school and that includes woodwork and metalwork as well as moulding, CNC, laser cutting, soldering and 3D printing. I'm a Science teacher and we also set stuff on fire, do explosions, and dissect hearts, eyes and rats with proper sharp scalpels. I don't know...
  7. thick_mike

    Work Sharp 3000

    This looks like a pretty good set up... https://youtu.be/VU9WecxUFfw
  8. thick_mike

    Findable pencils

    It happened... wDvvIVmCANc
  9. thick_mike

    yankee screwdriver bits

    Just a quick note, you probably know, but the different codes have different fittings...make sure the one you buy fits the Yankee you have!
  10. thick_mike

    yankee screwdriver bits

    Yup, an adapter is the way to go. I got one like this, which was good...not sure about the other ones. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262655220508
  11. thick_mike

    Findable pencils

    And now I have one on the way...thanks for tipping me off!
  12. thick_mike

    The Grand Tour

    Watched G&T through gritted teeth wanting it to be awful. It was "meh". They blew their wad on the big intro and the hypercar shootout that everyone had been waiting for from the last series of TG. [conspiracy theory]I secretly think Clarkson stage managed the move away from BBC deliberately...
  13. thick_mike

    Findable pencils

    Yup, it's been on my bucket list since I saw one at Woburn Abbey.
  14. thick_mike

    Findable pencils

    You just need one of these... Bvr2PvLqnYY
  15. thick_mike

    Guitar repair

    Have a look inside under the bridge with a mirror, or mobile phone, there is a wooden plate with the grain running perpendicular to the soundboard grain. This can become distorted over time with the tension of the strings, of work loose. You can replace this, but it can be difficult to remove...
  16. thick_mike

    cat urine

    I once made the whole of Swindon smell of cat's urine. I was a paint chemist and changed the formula of our clear coat that we supplied to a bumper painting plant in Swindon that supplied Honda. Their water treatment from their spray booths contained bugs that digested the new solvent in the...
  17. thick_mike

    Tape measure fix!

    Never knew that...I love learning stuff! One video leads to another. Quite liked this tape measure trick... https://youtu.be/-lcov3p4GrQ
  18. thick_mike

    How to trim a book with a bandsaw

    Do you have a local school? Our school has a guillotine that can cut a whole ream of A4 in a single bite.
  19. thick_mike

    Outdoor work bench

    I'd imagine big changes in moisture would mean you would have to be careful about the design too.
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