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there is nothing wrong with stretcher bond brick work other than it's a bit dull, but the only people who will even notice that are people like you and me, to everyone else, it's a wall. whats right with stretcher bond is that it's efficient, both in terms of number of bricks used (think it was...

Ive spent a fair chunk of time pointing and was shown how to do it by one of those old boys. When i redid our entire house i found i was marginally quicker with the gun and didnt change my mix at all. Guess i got the right gun. Had two on the go,both roughneck brand costing about 16 quid...

Whrn you do repoint, get a mortar gun. It has saved me so much time and effort, not to mention mess and waste.

Im going to guess window not frame.

Weres Mikeg i need an opinion using that as a roof. It's big enough. :D Perhaps not.

my six year old has a block plane (stanley 102), a cut down 1/2" chisel with a smaller handle that I made for him, a small gents saw (8"), a cross pean hammer (really for panel pins) that I fitted a short shaft too, a 4 way farriers rasp and a selection of screw drivers and pliers from pound...

except in the 00s the government decided it was a great idea to offer a grant for it to be installed which had the same effect as when they did the same to combat damp, you got every schister and cowboy under the sun starting cavity insulation firms and installing (badly) cavity insulation in...

if it's rated for 80w then no reason you can't but it really isn't good practice, you'll also need the light turned on for the outside light to work. Assuming a power factor of the cable inside is 0.8 (which is fairly common for small cable) it's rated for 0.4 amps max. your 20w bulb has most...

hang a washer off the shaft of your drill bit. if it moves backwards as you drill, you are drilling upwards, lift the back of the drill up. if it moves forwards while you drill, you are drilling downwards, lower the back of the drill. clamp a block of wood to the side of your drill, clamp a...

But if the internal wiring is only rated for 240v at 0 .1 amps (about what an led draws) and you stick a 60w bulb on the other end (which is about 0.5 amps) the wire is going to get hot and possibly start a fire. Stick a 500w outside light on it and it's going to be interesting. Hence why...

to get perfect joints you are going to need a plane and to spend some time learning how to use it. for something that is going to be looked at so closely (like a chess board) it needs to be perfect and you aren't going to get that off a saw. so you cut oversize and plane down to final...

much like drying wood. about 1" an year. (ok, bricks are a bit quicker, more like a year to dry out a wall). yes a dehumidifier would help. won't fix the world though I'm afraid.

that's a bit thicker than I was expecting. :) perhaps stick with felt for that. normally with leather you would form a 6mm tube by pushing it in to a form of slightly oversize dimensions. we use to do this for pump cups and the like. bit to much material needed to do that though, so felt...

The only automation is the cutting. Everything else is handballed. Design is done by humans still. Prototypes are cnc laser cut. Dies are hand made (think 1ton massive rollers with sharp blades). It normal that the card is made and cut in the same place then palleted and shipped to companies...

I've got a 2 draw chest that's been repaired so many times it's nearly a new box now. I keep meaning to chuck it, but every time I go to do it I can't. the worst bit is I didn't build it, mine is long gone, replaced by big metal draw units, this is one I inherited. If anyone wants it you can...

it should be a tightish fit to hold the oil against the surfaces. for a leather washer I'd have thought about 0.5-1mm oversize to allow for some compression but it not locking up the shaft, for a felt washer a bit more as the felt compresses. both are service items that will need inspecting...

I guess it will be a 1 time operation of about 6 rivets. a 5 quid rolson pliers type of gun will do just fine for that. they even come with a pack of rivets. not that they'll be much cop, but it's something. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rolson-44409 ... Sw~flcD5pL if you plan on installing a...

the upgrade was to put a leather washer in place instead of felt. it lasted longer. as suggested above, the retaining washer will be the metal washer you already have, you can pick up the felt washer for peanuts if you measure the ID,OD. when you install it, soak it for 1/2 hour in oil...

Thanks for posting that. I love the fact they focused on some really obscure things that someone working there wouldn't even think about (glue run etc.). I did some work at a printers and binders a long long time ago, I could have sat and watched the plate printer work all day. The...

It's pressed steel with no support frame. bend it back to straight enough and crack on. you might need to add some shims beneath the table and the tin box it sits on. you can put a piece of MDF over it, you'll reduce your depth of cut but it will give you a flatish surface to work from. you'll...