Recent content by artie

Fornication. For'n occasion such as this ....etc etc.

Wow regenerative in car entertainment. what next? Sorry. :)

Thanks. I made a small temporary chicken coop in a hurry one afternoon 2 or 3 years ago I can't remember. Since it was only temporary I didn't treat or paint it at all. It caught my eye the other day and I looked it over. It is in surprisingly good nick. That started me wondering why it's not...

Has anyone used OSB outside for any length of time? If so what did you paint it with and were you happy with the outcome?

That's the problem, it's only happening in peoples heads.

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I've used the Light brown, it goes on easy and covers well.

Or oil based paint.

I remember my first proper 56 hr week labouring job at the tender age of fourteen. Working along side so called men, who berated and bantered whether the job was well done or not and were also not averse to some physical persuasion. A well what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Seems like a good idea, but in reality they will offer to repair the item for the same cost as a new one.

If you don't ask the right question, it's unlikely you'll get the right answer.

The bride left the previous year. :)

You highlight another point, I believe some of these tools, obviously not those with a three year guarantee, are made to fail in a short time. Sometimes you can fix the Achilles heel, and have a passable tool for many years. Not a woodwork tool but the principle is the same. Over 40 years ago...

I was waiting expectantly for the punchline. :)

But if it is sold with a 3 yr guarantee, then the guarantee should be honoured, otherwise it's fraud, plain and simple. I've had a couple of parts replaced under the Lidl 3 yr guarantee with no problem. Perhaps the ops problem was intermittent and didn't show up when he returned it. He didn't...