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    new workshop/hangout

    some pics of the inside.. not tidy and work in progress as time permits the uprights serve as nice recesses to put stuff, hose stores away nicely. The cupboard was £10 :D Had two spotlights and made up a track for them This is 4" wide timber I got for free, just run a planer across them...
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    new workshop/hangout

    I got one of these wireless intruder alarms. I'm more than happy with the sound it gives out when the sensor is tripped, Have placed the reciever in the kitchen window and on its loudest setting it is really loud.. loud enough to waken me up
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    N Ireland Members

    Member here from near Antrim..cant help with the kiln dried wood query, on the tools side have you tried Denis Wilson in Glenavy, He has vans out on the road for delivery as well and is very keen to deal with
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    screws in B & M

    I got a box of 50mm ones recently (think they were about £2.50) discovered they are soft when they started shearing off. So only use them now on non structural work in softwood. Still Ok value, just need to be selective on what I use them on
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    Photos into line art

    i use photoshop all the time, you need to adjust a lot of settings to produce the picture. Here's one i done but didnt really take a lot of time over tbh
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    Boarding out a van

    aye it was a pice of vinyl that was caught under the aluminium edge and flipped back inside before closing the doors..sometimes you'd forget and have this yellow bit sticking out like a warning strip
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    Boarding out a van

    When i bought the berlingo, I insulated it with polyurethene cut down in thickness and put a sound deadening pad on the inside first. 3mm ply with a carpet adhesive fixed and screws to battens fixed to the reinforcing members of the sides. The van was for light use, mostly cardboard boxes. Put a...
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    Cheap Trend diamond stones

    ordered mine there on thursday and it came two days later.. great service.. Do you use any lubricant with this or just dry?
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    new workshop/hangout

    was wondering how you guys secure your workshops. I've two good padlocks fitted but was pondering fitting an intruder alarm due to having a low level window. Was thinking about a cheap battery powered PIR with a wireless receiver in the house, maybe positioned in the bedroom. Apparantly the...
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    What tool did you buy today?

    got a palm sander for some light sanding work I'm doing.. came with mesh sanding sheets as well which seem to last some time
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    Straightening out power leads

    I was wondering on that too .. these type of plugs used to be fitted to garden strimmers..would they work?
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    Shipping containers for living or workshops

    the one in Northern Ireland built with 4 containers. He had a lot of strengthening to do to them to get them to work. I'm not keen on the outside steps with no handrail. One guinness too many and you may well end up in A&E
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    Straightening out power leads

    Is there any tips i could use to straighten out power cables on hand held tools. Reason being, I bought a couple of new tools, a router, planer and circular saw recently and the leads are constantly wanting to go back to how they were when they were in the box. I've already nicked the planar's...
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    new workshop/hangout

    I must do that..going to put some decking down so I'll close it off
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    new workshop/hangout

    I've kept a running total and its coming in around £550. My main expenses were roof and trim cladding £210 timber cladding £110 18mm ply floor £110 door and glass £50 woodstain £25 screws £20 timber £10 padlocks £15 electrics ..not finished ...so all in all very pleased so far at the start i...
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