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have you googled for a new battery, as said, bodging old batteries together will cause other issues and may not be reliable, so buying new may work. http://www.sipuk.co.uk/nailers-spareparts.html what batteries are in it? if old then highly likely nicad, so you cant replace with NIMH cells as...

You need a big soldering iron, so it doesnt loose heat quickly, a general purpose one won't be big enough. I think it is similar to http://www.axminster.co.uk/weller-sp80n ... th-led-80w but may be an expense for a one off job. But it has good heat and big tip so plenty of heat for quick melts...

Hi all, have a pillar drill, bought is used and think probably low end n price wise. Anyhow, the switch that works when the top cover is closed has failed and not reparable. So essentiallywhen the ccover is down, it won't turn on. I have bypassed this by a fitting a bit of wire with 2 spade...

All as above, but break any paint seal and should be OK, but time consuming. A sharp knife to cut the paint and it should pick off as well.

Thanks, will keep it :-)

Hi all, i have acquired (well its been on the parents shelf for a LONG time) a Kinzo 8e405 bench grider. It used to belong to a long gone Uncle. Condition wise it looks to be really good for its age, and i fired it up and it works well spins up to speed (more on this later!) and has 2 wheels...

not me but i saw this recently, any use? in theory it looks like it could be quite accurate http://imgur.com/a/DWZBD

Got myself a screwfix titan impact driver. built some raised beds, seemed to struggle with the long screws though compared to my 18v drill driver, with partial pilot hles, but may just have been that job as I expecteted it to put the screws in without fuss. Lots of noise and went sloiw, but...

I have some F clamps, but no more. So what ones do you all find useful for most of your clamping work? I will be using it t o glue wood and keep it stable, attach to workbench for saw ing and keeping wood stable. No idea what style, make or material is generally thought asdecent quality. Ta

I made one for our Leopard, was VERY easy. a sheet of MDF, IIRC it was 3/4" and was a standard sheet size in B&Q, cant remember exact but was probably 1.5M longish by 80cm or so (dont quote me!) then each sidewall was butt jointed, 2 planks high of pine square planed. Screwed from the...

Andy, i did think of that, but decided this route, but can always try a similar process with a bit of plank to see how it works :)

thanks all, yes i didn't expect a £3 plank from B&Q to be the best to work with and as i know it is likely to tear, will remember that. CHJ - What pattern of so called Forstener bits do you have? -dunno - sawtooth i think (http://www.screwfix.com/p/forstner-bits ... -set/83345) Original...

Hi all, after a long time without any woodwork (house move and finally starting to get straight!) i have made a simple ping-pong ball holder for the better half, basically a strip of pine, 12 holes, all rounded off with the router and then as it was cheap pine, got some 'dark oak' wood dye just...

Thanks, will check the depth tomorrow of the router,I think it may be 5cm but need to double check. Thanks

Hi all, thought I would ask here as googleing brings up loads of confusing info! I need to cut a L shape kitchen worktop, so will need to use a router jig to get it cut to size. So you all know the drill(no pun intended)! I have a 1\4" router, 1200 watt, don't have a cutting jig, or a guide...

I tried to freehand route once with a bit without a plot bearing, very difficult to keep it from wandering and ruining the job. Also the router bit is spinning at many thousands rpm, by the time you realise something is wrong it is for the bin a second before.

Thanks all, just visited the house again for a measure up, and the space is quite smaller than I remembered, I think it is about 1.2m by 1.8m, so very small. But once we are settled I think it could be used well. I am not a fine woodsmith so don't need anything fancy, but probably a L shaped...

Demand....plenty of people willing to part money just to have the ability to discuss their latest purchase. As someone once told me, if you are surprised how much someone can make by selling something you can make, then why are you not making and selling? But generally, put 'art' in the title...

Just checked, the router is different to mine, the speed is in a different place, but even so, probably pretty much the same... And ta re zthe clamp, will take a look...

as per the yearly cycle, aldi has the tools in again, router/etc. https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/t ... -5th-june/ now as i researched last time about these, this is my mini review of them.. https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/t ... r-table-1/ Apparently it is rubbish! not accurate...