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Stroll on, I've just looked up the 100mm spiral stuff is. I've got a piece about 2m long in the workshop doing nothing.

We had a similar situation a few years ago on the refurb of a late 70's bungalow. You need to read up on Document J, which I have attached. I was politely informed by building control that I was "over-egging" it in my interpretation of it as it is a guidance document. Basically we had an...

I believe it's the age of the computer. I'm 62 and my old next door neighbour is a couple of years younger than me. When I was playing in the shed over the weekend making or repairing something he was and still is I believe playing computer games. Colin

I do not know of a matt wax finish. The wax needs to be buffed so a sheen of some level will result. I do not like gloss finishes on wood in either painted or natural look. I have recently used Liberon Beeswax with Turpentine and then, by mistake, Liberon Black Bison. [see recent post] Each gave...

I've been looking at a similar gap under my oak doors as I believe the builder allowed for a laminate or engineered floor which I did not go for. If I get around to correcting the perceived problem I will plant a piece of oak under the bottom edge of the door, set back 3mm. That is a 39 x 7 mm...

I moved to Devon in Sept last year. I have had deliveries from Timbmet out of Oxford and Lathams out of Bristol. Minimum order of £500 for delivery. The service and material quality from both has been excellent. Colin

Are you trying to keep them looking "new" or do you want to preserve them from rotting. I think in the first case any finish [sits on the surface] you put on will get hammered by the sun and need re-doing at least every year. If the second and you apply a clear preservative [soaks into the wood]...

At school we ran our Hegners from our storeroom piped dust extraction to the underside of each machine. This meant a fabricated metal box with a grill top. At the end of a 60 minute lesson the area was remarkably clean. On my home machine I do not use extraction. I replaced the clear brittle and...

I like it, just as I do my wife's 2014 UP. Does yours share the typical habit of blowing a front sidelight at least once a year. Colin

I'm guessing your machine is an older model. I have a single phase 352E that I bought new about 10 years ago. It has a 2hp motor and only seems lacking when I know the blade needs replacing. Colin

I have 10 oak T&G effect internal doors on our new build bungalow. I believe the builder did not apply the 3rd and final coat of Dulux Diamond Glaze. The door surfaces are bitty with trapped dust. I tried to de-knib with grey scotchbrite, but this had no effect. The finish is hard. A very light...

Matty, what do you plan to use the spindle for? Last year I sold a small Elektra. I bought this mainly for cabinet work. I ran it with a variable groover for door panels, a rebate block that easily coped with 3/4" square rebates and the heavier mouldings my 1850 watt table mounted Elu router...

Is the Maths as simple as that. I have no denying the smoother the better, but the drag is only on the hose walls, what goes down the rest would be unaffected. I'm thinking a scenario of a river, where the water slows down along the banks but still runs with full force out in the centre. Colin

After years of using Parcel2Go I've only just noticed this:- https://www.parcel2go.com/services/pallet-delivery Colin

You need a High Speed Steel bit with as many flutes or cutting edges as possible. Typically they are usually about 5 flute. I did initially think of the bits with a hole across there conical end, but I doubt this would do the job as too much resistance on the one cutting edge as opposed to the...

Fix two tall vertical wall battens and one along the floor. Fix the lower horizontal timber [plinth] to these. Make the plinth over height. Cut the large panel that goes behind the toilet so it overlaps the plinth, on the inside screwing a batten 50mm up from its bottom edge that is a little...

I would not use mdf. 12mm plywood would work at a push, but I'd go for 18mm plywood. Colin

I have used Hart Wholesale of Southend-on-sea in Essex for many year. I remember in the early days of Toolstation they used to be supplied with cabinet fixings by Hart's. www.blum.org.uk and 01702 460266. You may well need to set up an account. You need:- HI71B3750 Blum C/TOP Inset Hinge 110...

Bingy man, both look and smell the same. They also make the same mess. It is years since I've used the stuff and I'm guessing now the labelling differs to what technically it should do. I also expect some modern tech allows you to use the adhesive in two different ways. The difference is with...

I guess you know the difference between contact and impact adhesive, the two that you put on with a toothed/plastic comb type applicator. If not and you have to go this route go this route it will be the impact variety. I would be looking for a heavy duty spray mount type product though. This is...