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    aargh drains !

    Hi Ollie, from what you have mentioned it suggests a partial obstruction to some part of the drainage system serving your property. This could be due to some root intrusion of fat accumulation from kitchen waste. Do you know if any other properties drain in combination with yours using the...
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    aargh drains !

    Ollie are the chambers in your garage and front drive choked with sewage at the moment?
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    aargh drains !

    As well as the Environmental Agency you could contact your Local Authority Environmental Health Department for assistance. To give you a greater insight to this upset have a look on line for:- 1. "Section 24 pre. 1936 Public Sewers" 2."The Private Sewers Transfer Regulations June 2011"
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    Fixing 10mm studding into wood

    Another option?
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    4x2 Equivalent in Steel Section?

    Hi aforjeh. Have a look for "Flitched Beams". It is a structural member you can construct yourself. To produce a 50mm x 50mm flitched beam with a similar bending strength to your present 2x4 timber beam you could consider a member which comprises a central core using a strip of mild steel with a...
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    Router Cutter Bearing Screws

    You have not mentioned the cutter diameter. If is a metric dimension then it is likely the bearing screw is an ISO M3. The diameter of this screw thread will be around 2.95 mm and the pitch of the thread will be 0,5 mm. Good luck with your search.
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    Safe disposal of an unusual nail gun

    Hi Just4Fun. Is this nail gun the Hilti type that needed to be hit with a lump hammer to discharge the nail onto a solid surface?
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    Drains

    Have a look at on line publication "New Roads and Street Works Act 1991". Is the surface adopted or in private ownership?
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    US equivalent nearest to UK M10 bolt

    Calm down Mr. Angry. It seems castors are to replace the original feet on a table that will allow to better mobility. At this time it seems the replacement castors will not screw on to the bolts welded to the table legs. Speculation is that these welded bolts are an imperial size and perhaps...
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    power router problems

    Hi thetyreman. When the collet arrives to suit your 1/4" shaft diameter router bit the cutter needs to inserted in the collet at least 75% of the shaft length. A "rule of thumb" for handheld routing suggests the depth of cut for each pass should be around 50% of the cutter diameter.
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    Decent curtain track for a rectangular bay window?

    Another method of fixing track fittings.
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    Using premixed concrete for gate post.

    If you are using timber for the gate support post then the use of concrete as a surround to the post is likely to cause rotting. A concrete surround provides a perfect enclosure around the timber to hold water and encourage timber failure. Your idea of using additional aggregate could be the...
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    One Liners!

    I am sure she was a fishmonger's daughter - She would lay on the slab and say "Fillet"
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    How to build wheely-bin stand which can support 250kg?

    Is a 45 gallon drum on a brickwork plinth out of the question?
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    One Liners!

    You could tell she was a Driving instructor's daughter - She knew the big knob was the gear.
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    One Liners!

    Russian stripper - Eva Vestov
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    Riving knife woes (Sedgwick TA315)

    The riving knife thickness needs to be matched to the kerf of the fitted saw blade . It should be slightly less than the kerf. It is essential that the riving knife prevents the saw blade plate from binding on the timber being passed through the saw.
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    Router woes

    Hi Wildman can you measure the shanks of the router bits that "walk out of the chuck". This is a serious issue. It could be you are inserting 6mm dia shaft cutters into a 1/4" collet. Be careful. Let us know what you find out regarding the shaft sizes.
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