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I think the lifting of the bricks is the bit that’s desirable not to happen, hence using straps that are happy in tension whereas mortar isn’t. I just did a quick calculation on wind loads on a shed, interesting, it’s way more force than I expected Aidan

I’ll just leave this here...

I think he’s joking Rob, I mean, I hope he is...

Nobody’s offended, just plain bored of the endless moaning about how anything new can’t be any good because of health and safety, cheap manufacture, young people not being properly educated etc... if people are so fond of the past, stay in it. Your point was that modern chemicals can’t be as...

I had a similar height retaining wall, made from treated “sleepers” as was the rest of the garden, lined where soil touched them, ends dunked in preservative... rotten in a couple of years. Replaced with concrete, no signs of rot yet. If they don’t like the look of masonry, I’d design that...

Has the thought ever occurred that just because something is old, it may not be the best? I’ve rarely seen Airbus going round museums nicking biplane engines for their new aircraft, nor a formula one team making a chassis from wood because that’s how all the best carriages were made. It may be...

Whichever you fancy. I’d say the most important part is to take the skirting off and not use corner beads, but that’s just my hate of them

So you’ve not then, thought so.

I think everyone who had used it in the way you have described has done that and found that it’s rather good at sticking under the correct circumstances. There are literally thousands of types of adhesive tapes to chose from, some are made to be removed, some are not, some exist only to lift one...

It was used in a great many things, like decaffeinated coffee, vegetable oils as well as cleaners, it’s a great solvent for many things. However correlation is not causation, but in general where we start to see links we act to remove things on an ALARP basis, which is what gets the fogies all...

These days probably not in anything. It used to be in several things including “Dab it off” which was great for removing stains. I can’t think it was used that much in finishes in large quantities, but other cleaning chemicals certainly.

I think the apprentices at Boscombe Down make a riveted aluminium toolbox as a practice piece in their first year, I remember coveting one at an open day a couple of years ago. Aidan

Or you just use a router setting the depth by inserting the leaf between the depth stop and adjuster. I think I leaned that one a couple of decade ago and have never checked a depth since

Out of curiosity, when was the last time you were at a pressure treaters and saw the wood enter and exit the chamber but also the person pulling it out the secret hatch so the conspiracy is maintained? Asking for a friend...

Does that leave the knuckle quite a long way out from the door/frame? I’d normally fit them closer

I can’t see how you’d use that line to gauge, especially as it’s pretty wide. So based on me not knowing... is it a trademarking thing? There’s a large manufacturer of press-fit fasteners that used groves in its parts to indicate them being genuine, which I can’t really see as being hard to...

It’s one of those rare occasions where duct tape is appropriate, on ducting.

Yes. Especially when the “experienced” person doesn’t know how to do it.

The distance between the windings is part of what makes the motor large, it also helps with the torque it delivers which is useful for you. I made mine run on a JET midi lathe and that has I think about a 1kW induction motor, 350mm long drum, mostly 50-100mm wide things being sanded. It was a...

That’s a very one-sided view from what appears to be a poorly informed position. There’s a need for a range of skills in life. Sometimes you need one type, sometimes another. If I was of your disposition I’d be denouncing how terrible the thermodynamics calculations are that I’ve seen from...