Recent content by nick d

To be able to see something on the horizon 140km away you would need to be on about the 600th floor of a building or around 1500m above sea level. That depends on how high the thing is you are looking at of course

I have the triton spindle and belt sander now about 3 months old. I never used the angle when spindle sanding but often do when belt sanding it’s great for just smoothing off a cut edge.

As above use sds However I had problems with a concrete barn- some places it would drill fine and in others it would stop - I reckon I was hitting rebar. Any way I bought some gorilla glue and did some test sticks of metal plastic and wood onto the concrete all of which were very succesful and...

Hi I got a 3 x 4metre piece from Lidl for next to nothing They were selling it as a camping groundsheet that was breathable but it works well as a non slip mat

I use Sketchup 2017 free version, and i find it great for designing, however I have no clue how to get cutting lists from it. Do you sketch it with every part beinga component?

Very smart What version of sketchup do you use? Because I use the free one and cannot get anything that useful from it...

Ouch Well I’m glad your dad is ok great shame about the canoe Not even in the water and it’s been holed I think I would have go the strip if all back and make it look pristine again But good luck either way

Hi I ran into this problem some time ago with a holiday flat we bought. In the end I ended up running the management company, which was owned equally by each of the residents. I have to say that £600 per month sounds extortionate, from memory the flats were paying £1000-£1500 per year and that...

Hi I have an evolution rage saw and that will cut steel accurately like its butter. Might be worth a look, there are many size /price options Cheers nick

Thanks Finished oak frame now The rest is just softwood rafters hopefully get the ridge and 4 rafters on tomorrow and rest of rafters cut that’s if I can get the timber hopefull the photo upjust uploaded shows the joint plan, I dont know what you call it but it seemed sensible.....

Great work Another vote for epoxy but make sure you uv stabilise it

Hi all I wish I’d found this site before. Having watched pros working on my house (see avatar). I thought I would have a go myself. I’ve been working on a a green oak conservatory structure for the last few days. Hopefully will get it finished this afternoon although these last few are very...