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    Are you a noisey neighbour?

    hopefully not! Not really done much recently, but try to avoid using powertools unless it is an acceptable time (so after about 10 on weekends) and try to use them in as short a time as possible, so plan cuts/etc so i can cut and be done. Using the extraction hoover (axi one that makes a racket...
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    Elephant bandsaw box

    If a practice then any dark wood stain, Wilkinson's have some cheap, and as a practice price matters. Just watch for end grain as thus will soak more in and pine end grain looks scrappy as the fibres expand.
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    Where to buy Bottle opener discs in UK?

    Found some ! Well think I have from the pics, so ordered some the usa, need to see if they can be dismantled and usable. They are keyring bottle openers but from one pic the opener part is screwed on, the size seems good and a better price than fromlinked sites. Will report back when they...
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    Fixing rare earth magnets in place

    suppose with the hole it allows the epoxy to make a better hold once cured. would roughing the surface of the magnet help the adhesion?
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    Where to buy Bottle opener discs in UK?

    i dont live in a gifty area, but if you find them cheap then have an excuse why you are buying 20 Phallus shaped bottle openers and 10 sets of ****s... :lol:
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    Where to buy Bottle opener discs in UK?

    give up! nothing in any pound shops, and googling brought me to a shop but it is in german and appears not to have any english language available and even searching using the text on the images brings nothing back. screw and washer it is then! http://german.alibaba.com/product-gs/st ... 67931.html
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    Where to buy Bottle opener discs in UK?

    i was literally about to post that, need a walk to poundland to see what they have in during lunch..
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    Where to buy Bottle opener discs in UK?

    looking on alibaba and the like only shows companies that will sell marketing type products (ie with a logo on). i am really surprised to be honest as i expected this sort of thing would be out there, its a low cost item to produce so expected loads of them.
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    Where to buy Bottle opener discs in UK?

    the only one i have found is Rocker, but very pricey at £3.57 each, then postage on top http://www.rockler.com/rockler-inset-bottle-opener I have used different terminology, and used a few different googling techniques but to no avail for what you want. going to keep looking now as its...
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    Help our kids

    Parliament is going to debate the petition you signed – “Include expressive arts subjects in the Ebacc”. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/111731 The debate is scheduled for 4 July 2016. Once the debate has happened, we’ll email you a video and transcript. Thanks, The Petitions team...
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    PENCIL

    best way to sharpen a pencil, well 1st put the pencil in a drill, and set to fast. 2nd put pencil into sharpener , and hold sharpener tight and start drill. you get perfectly sharpened pencils. but you can run a pencil down to a nub in a matter of seconds, if you do then just get another one..
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    Tool-line offer on Record Power SS16V

    looks the same as the lidl one recently http://www.offerscheck.org/parkside-120 ... -12/284650 lidl is cheaper *£70 iirc) and probably loads left, there are in the local lidl here.
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    Through housing with router table or hand-held router

    if the fence moves then couldnt you clamp something onto it to keep it straight, but leaving the fence loose at the 2 bottom mounts so it will move along the table, then hold the wood on the fence and then push it back over the bit? or if it doesnt go that far clamp a block of sacrificial wood...
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    Kitchen Fitting?

    i have fitted a B&Q kitchen, does that count :) some things i learnt : 1 - no 2 walls are parallel or straight. this is a 1930 semi so didnt help, but the length of the 2nd kitchen area (about 3 meters) meant that the unit on one side when at the specified height (cant remember what it was)...
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    Through housing with router table or hand-held router

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KNX9Y2cyRhk
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    Through housing with router table or hand-held router

    router table. Set up fence so the groove is where you need it, fit a straight router bit cutter to the required height, and route as required. it is possible hand held as well, but i expect you would need a solid jig to keep things straight
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    newbie here saying hello

    to get patterns/text from images you need to have a play around and try to get it to be a line drawing, although you could just print in B&W on your printer and stick it on the wood (i use blue tape and aerosol glue, cut then remove the tape with no ill effects to the wood). you dont need to...
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    Injet Transfer

    with the inkjet you need a medium that doesnt soak the ink and keeps it wet. i have tried the avery method and works well but expensive, not tried anything else yet. so some tips : 1 - increase the saturation (amount of colour) of the image. when it goes onto the wood it loses a lot of...
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    Lidl Scroll saw

    the guarantee is good, i have returned stuff with no quibbles before. http://www.screwfix.com/p/scheppach-sd1 ... 230v/3241j different colour but looks the same, and a lot more expensive, and dont know quality but unless you buy used you probably wont find a better one for the price..
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    tips for ripping plywood with circular saw

    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=circular+saw+guide
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