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I’d really appreciate any pointers on where I can get the following door seal. It’s off a bifold, however the manufacturer of the doors has gone out of business and after googled I can’t find anything close. Hopefully someone might be able to point me in the right direction🤞Its black.

I’m hoping that someone has a cunning solution to a problem I have. Just over a year ago, I remodelled a house I had bought, as part of it all the skirting and architraves were replaced. The skirting and architrave is MRMDF, and there is an awful lot of it. I had it installed and the house...

I looked out of the window whilst drinking a cup of coffee to wake me up this morning and it was sunny, the temperature was again above freezing, the birds were flying around and in the field below me rabbits were mingling and lolloping around. The new forest a field over that Cheshire Wild Life...

It’s almost that time of year when the Scotts celebrate Hogmanay, and I want you to spare a thought for the fate of thousands of Haggis that get devoured each year. David Attenborough at his best.

Firstly, thanks for your help, I’m installing the interlocked power outlets around the new workshop, originally I used to use single phase and three phase (3p+N+E) 16 and 32A outlets depending on what machines were attached. However, in my last workshop I found that I was upgrading the single...

I’m in the process of wiring up the workshop, and I would like to have an automatically retracting 240v extension lead. I don’t want anything dangling from the ceiling, and I also discounted floor mounted sockets due to moving machines around that weight over 1 tonne. I want really good quality...

I became aware of this petition cruising uTube, I’m amazed how many people have signed and how quickly the number is increasing. I understand that within 24 hrs it’s amassed over 1 million signatures!! With just over 48 million voters the number dissatisfied is very concerning...

Well, they are rare, but one has come up on eBay! I don’t own or know anything about this saw, so that’s my initial disclaimer. I have one of these wonderful saws as my own user. IMO they are probably the best saw for its size ever made. It’s a jack of all trades, the real Swiss Army knife of...

I think I’m going mad! I have had plastic trunking that’s 100x50 installed around the workshop. Now, I’m about to start wiring everything up, but to comply with the last ext standards I need to add fire rated cable clips in certain areas. Can I find cable clips that are 100x50? Nope. I can find...

I’m looking for somewhere between 200 and 500m of 4mm2 in the usual 5 colours to wire up the workshop. Where’s the best place to buy it from these days and what sort of price should I be expecting? (I’m going to wire the earth in 4mm2 too)

Well done the Kiwis, they have retained the title. The UK who had qualified to be the rival was out classed by a better boat and crew. If you haven’t been following what I believe is probably the most exhilarating and exciting sport I’ve ever seen but sadly not covered by any major TV channel...

It’s a bit ambiguous title, but I can’t seem to find the right words to describe it to google a replacement. It’s a two way spring strut I think? It comes off a GreenMachine 400 series road sweeper and it’s no longer springy😂. I suspect it’s the same thing that motor bikes use for their...

Lovely little film on a brilliant company Footprint. I love their augers, I have a few!

Today I’ve fulfilled a dream I’ve had for a few years, to own a ‘proper’ drill sharpener. I’ve been looking for a few years for a quality secondhand sharpener at a price that only made my toes curl rather than for an arm and a leg. With @Sideways help we collected a Christen 2-32 machine which...

I came across this interesting video on how they make their saws.

It’s that time of year when the boiler is again starting to grown into life and warm the homestead which has led to considering how to ensure my boiler is working as efficiently as possible. So here’s the dilemma and my question: Most home boilers are over specified and therefore too large for...

If ever a minister should resign it’s our glorious Health Secretary. Why? Well, good old Wes wants anyone who is racist to be refused health care. Unbelievable!! We are entering an authoritarian state. So, not only can certain medical conditions cause people to act irrational, but this is also...

Help, I’m after an airless sprayer, but which one? I have to paint my new workshop which has block walls and plaster boarded ceiling in white silk emulsion paint. I have had a go with a roller and realised Id be at it for the next ten years, there is a lot to paint, so I’ve decided to invest in...

I went to the show yesterday, what a change since the last W Show. Anyone who hasn’t been to a W show, it used to be multiple halls at the NEC with every major manufacturer of wood working machinery displaying almost everything they made. It would take a couple we of days to see everything. The...

After lots of nudging by a few members I will attempt with hopefully lots of input from other users to help highlight why Soindle Moulders are a good machine for anyone taking woodworking seriously. Firstly, I think that a good book that should be read and reread and thoroughly understood...