Just a little reminder from my experience over the last couple of days doing some car-body repairs...
This was a rush job as I was originally going to repair the complete sill on both sides of my van which had failed its MOT because of a couple of rust holes. It turned out that I needed to use...
The capping I've put on my fence has a batten at the top edge as steve describes. This is attached by nailing it to the tops of the feather boards and then the capping piece is nailed to the batten from above. Most fencing places sell both bits together (at least, the ones round me do!)
One thing I just happened to see while disappearing down the YouTube rabbit hole was someone getting a nice finish on silicone sealant by keeping their finger wet with rubbing alcohol. I tried it with water and it was of questionable benefit but this looked really good. The sealant didn't stick...
Really? I was pretty certain it was the other way round. If I'm paying for a fence then I'll be ******** if I'm going to put the pretty side facing my neighbour.
There's a great YouTube channel called Soup Classic Motoring which is worth a watch. He does some great stop motion animation of his restorations and he used gasless welding to start off with and then moved to gas welding. He gives some nice descriptions of the differences of both which might...
Evening all and a Happy New Year!
This might sound like a daft question but does anyone know where I can get hold of Ramset powder cartridges in the UK? I quite fancy the idea of getting a Ramset Trigger Shot when I'm in the US later this week and can bring the tool and the nails back but I...
Yep, still operating on eBay and I'm in the process of buying one. Just waiting for it to be delivered but so far the communication has been very good. I managed to screw up my PayPal payment so they helped to cancel and then rearrange the purchase so all should be well. Of course, most...
Thanks for moving the thread and that's a great idea about the road plates; they definitely seem like a cheaper way of buying some large lumps of steel.
The frame of the table is pretty hefty, I wouldn't have any concerns about putting a reasonable amount of weight on it and also leathering...
Morning all! First off a quick rant about people selling stuff on eBay with measurements that bear no resemblance to reality. A table advertised as being 150cm x 75cm actually turned out to be 175cm x 90cm. While that's great now that I've got it home it did mean that I had to haul it up onto...
I used a Bounty bar on the top of the sill when I was welding my Citroen Xsara Picasso. I figured that the chocolate would melt if it got too hot! Still tasted fine even when I'd finished...
In my case I don't have a trade discount so it would be 'instead of' but it would be interesting to see if it could be added to the trade discount too.
I've just ordered 2 and also found a Voucher code that seemed to work. I have an app called Honey (or something like that) that runs all the codes through the site and it was something like 'Workshop10' or something like that which gave a discount of 10%.
Nuts, I usually do a Friday night Aldi run at about 21:00 as it's all stocked for the Saturday rush but it's usually deserted! I'll have to keep an eye out for these in the 'aisle of dreams' tomorrow!
Thanks all for your comments, there's some really good food for thought there.
To clarify the supply will be coming directly from the incoming supply between the meter and the 'domestic' consumer unit as was suggested by a couple of you. It's all being done by a local electrician who's...
I've got a 17' by 15' shed in the garden that's got a nice concrete base and I'm getting electricity put in. I've got a lathe, a pillar drill and the usual grinders and other odds and sods in addition to a MIG welder (a nice 180 TigMig :laughing:).
What would you recommend? I'm currently going...
Frankly I think Richard has very nicely distilled the main points about their business model. They have a lot of very happy customers and although there are people who prefer other products (and so the arguments will continue on ad infinitum!) I don't believe I've heard much in the way of truly...
I went for a PDG3 MIG welder and touch wood it's been a case of 'so far, so good' but that could be rather like the tale of the man who fell off a roof and on his way down to the earth below was heard to mutter 'so far, so good'...
I'd apply a degree of caution to the 'doctor owner' thing. While I'm reasonably practical many of my fellow doctors haven't got the first clue about either domestic or car-related DIY and also can't be bothered to get things seen to when needed. My brother-in-law is an orthopaedic surgeon and so...