I don't envy you, I did our entire garden last year with a friend over the course of a week, over 32 posts, not sure my back could do it again. We used at least two bags of postcrete per post, the 10'6" corner post took five (I graded the plot with a mini digger to remove a 4' drop front to...
I have a 2003 Connect, bought second hand with 70K on the clock, just about to hit 100k. A few electrical gremlins, replaced a leccy window winder, door lock etc and now the rust is beginning to show. One near side sill is bubbling and the rear bumper is bad, I had to replace the radiator...
I've been to have metal removed at hospital twice now, second time I was wearing proper ski type googles too. The grind spark must have just snuck up a tiny gap between my big nose and the seal. I didn't think the needle in the eye bit was so bad compared to some things I've done to myself!
I think Beltit/Seco probably make the best pneumatic files but new they're crazy money (£400+). I've got a couple for sub £50 from patiently watching eBay over the years but as said they are very air hungry but a pleasure to use.
I carry a Leatherman on my belt pretty much everyday and use it all the time. The blade has chipped up a bit now, is this salvageable or need replacing?
I only do these kind of favour jobs for friends and family that have some kind of skill with which they can reciprocate the gesture. For example my brother knows computers so is the family tech support, I don't mind welding bits for him.
We have just moved house though and in a bid to...
Seems odd to be bumping a question I asked three years ago but here we go again...
I didn't buy a brad nailer last time, indecision meant I was left with a hammer and a sore back. This time I'm looking at coil nailers as I have 200ft of closeboard fencing to erect. I have a small portable...
I'm really surprised by the head-in-the-sand retoric being spouted here, obviously some real environmental experts present. It's this exact attitude that's going to cause millions to die from food and water shortages, all the fossil fuels to be depleted and the extinction of many many species...
I want to make one of these golf practise mirrors, it's just a sheet of acrylic held within a PVC tube frame. I was going to use 1.25" waste pipe but all the T connectors in the DIY stores are 87.5º and on closer inspection of a mirror at a local range I quite like the way the corner elbow...
Basically it's like this one on eBay but a damn site cheaper...! http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=251794402367
This pic is mine, please excuse the background rubbish, my life went into storage when I lost my workshop.
I can't get to most of my toys, I piled four double roll cabs in my parents garage when we got booted out if our workshop and this is the only accessible one...
I've got a dentists stool (the one the dentist sits in, not the patient!) which is on a swivel. It has a clever feature where the back rest is on an independent bearing so you can swing it round to rest your elbow on. Bought two on eBay secondhand for £40. Can take a picture if you want?
I've got piles of these too (both M&W and Mitutoyo) that I've bought for a few quid here and there at fairs and jumble sales. I use one to measure my brake disc tolerances and the rest gather dust, don't even ask to see how many M&W set-squares one man needs...
If I get time I might follow the...