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When I first joined this forum a few years ago I posted about a motorcycle alarm bought cheaply from ebay and which is still working perfectly to this day, the make was from memory, Winoma and it is a sophiticated vibration/ movment sensor, it came with a siren and remote control, touching the...

The whole Gas thing for heating is completly crazy, complex gas boilers heating water to be pumped around houses, installation costs of £1000s servicing and a lifespan of about 10yrs or so,,,electric is definatly more sensible, electric heaters cost very little to buy, no servicing and when they...

Whats wrong with a piece of reinforced rubber hose, aka heater hose,,isnt that what was always used in these situations? Steve.

My old Elu MOF router tingles when Im using it, keep meaning to get it PAT tested, however on my new electric bike with Bosch electrics Ive noticed the battery buzzing away when its chargeing,,and to top it all my wife buzzes,,,we found years ago that if she has her side of the electric blanket...

Ive left an old bosch blade type shredder with my neighbour, with the safety top section removed you can pour apples straight through and out innto a polytub drops a mix of apple and juice with he then pressses for cider, its works extremely well for doing this!

Hasnt the boiler has been made accessable, move a unit on wheels and lift out the bit of worktop,,,mind you shifting the cooker might be a step too far?? However, at the moment you dont know what the old boiler is, it could even be a reasonably modern floor standing version, why not have a...

Apologies, maybe Ive not woken up properly, but I cannot make sense or understand this message,,was it written by an AI program?

When Im drilling into a plasterboard wall where I think pipes or cables might be I take it very gently and only just break through, then I poke about to make sure there is nothing in my way before going any further.

Ive not used them on tiles but Bosch Blue masonary drils are way better than any of my other drills, even a set of brand new Makita SDS drills struggled on some very hard brick but the Bosch drills were are delight to use. When you look at them they are the 4 point design and look more like a...

Ive bought Gorrilla foaming glue once to mend a broken dining chair and its still fine after 5 or 6 years, the rest went thick in the bottle but still works just fine if the softer stuff underneath is dug out, I quite like it but I dont think I would buy it unless I was looking for somthing...

I thought the “Artic cable” in both blue and yellow (110v) was for site work where it could be seen, and of course the Blue is used for caravan hook ups for the same reason. The old stuff, say 20yrs ago was indeed very rubbery and flexable but of late Ive been very disapointed, esp the screwfix...

Im off to look at a short beteen earth and live on a cable that seems to link just a couple of sockets tomorrow but I need to double check that its not supplying anything else inbetween, I found it with my little multimeter but of course what to do next is going to be the problem! The little...

Toolstation are/were selling D4 but I noticed that the bottle has a Use By Date and toolstation sold me a bottle that didnt have very long to go before its expirery, that coupled with it being a 1ltr bottle might be a problem. im still using it out of date and it seems okay though. Gorrilla...

Hi, I know its not the most exciting subject but its one that does seem to come up every now and again, so I thought I would share a cople of photos I took of an old pine tabletop and how a company in Leeds in about 1940 dealt with it. Its a little folding table and the top is made of 4 light...

Ive no knowledge of the Lamello, but it looks like a regular biscuit jointer to me(?) and if so it wouldnt be the tool I would reach for if I was making your cot for two reasons, first the biscuits do not go very deep into the wood and as I recall our old cot took quite a bashing from the kids...

Recently bought a corded Hikoki (Hoki-Koki!) which although cheap seems to be a good little grinder and which came in a nice blow moulded case, and Im quite happy with it so far.

The Bosch Blue Multi Material masonary bits are great, drilled holes easily when brand new Makita masonry drills failed,,well worth the extra cost.

Pop into your local plumbers and buy a bottle of One Shot, as long as you dont look like your going to throw it over somone they should sell it to you. You used to be able to buy Hydrochloric Acid Spririt of salts but its not so easy nowadays. One shot works extremely well.

Thanks for that thought, but I will stick with an egg McMuffin thanks,,,,

Hi Niall, that certainly would make things easier, Ive not done it like that before feeling quite wrongly that its somehow not the way to do it, but hell, its the same result! Steve.