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when we were in Spain my wife came across jumbo size aerosols of furniture polish at knock down price, so everything in the house has had a good coating, including paintwork. now for the problem, I want to repaint 2 doors, cleaned and sanded in the usual way, but paint wont adhere, as though the...

We have a very narrow staircase, and to further restrict width, we have a stairlift, but we do need a bannister, but there is not enough width for one on brackets, I have seen long ago a moulding, screwed to the wall that was I think only about 35mm deep, is this still available and if so whats...

I have been given a number of skew chisels, they range in size from 1/2in to around 1.5in, now being a novice I am a little confused as all the angles are different ranging from 15deg to 45deg, the end skew angles are all different, my question is, is there an optimum angle across all sizes, or...

Digging about in the back of the shed, I found a box of drill bits that havnt seen the light of day for 25+ yrs, all sorts of sizes and shapes, but one type that made me wonder what material they were used to drill. They have what I would call a slow twist, largest is standard length about 12mm...

Due to mobility problems, I tend to work perched on the edge of a stool, slow progress but I get there in the end, but if I want to use router or circ saw across a board its a bit of a problem, I think I have come up with a solution, but I cant remember what its called or who made it, I think it...

Another bit of kit hiding at the back of the shed for many years, Record drill stand with mortice attachment, my question is, how much clearance should there be, between the auger and square chisel. Martin

I need to fix some 6mm nuts to thin wall stainless box section, as the wall is not thick enough to tap, my question is can I silver solder them, my usual approach with such things, is try it and see what happens, but I have only got one bit of ss. Ive got a porta pak and pink flux rods. Martin

Hi everyone I was gifted a Myford and a box of assorted tools, together with a quantity of circ ceramic tiles with pictures, these are around 85mm dia, I would like to make them into coasters, I have some hard wood of various types for the base, my question is how to mount the blanks on the face...

A few years ago my wife decided it would be the height of fashion to finish the kitchen in a deep red, silk emulsion, Suggestions welcome on best way to cover with a light colour. martin

I am having a problem with the blade clamp on my diamond fretsaw, when tightening the screw the blade runs out from centre, my first thought was that the screw had been over tightened at some time leaving an indent in flat end of the screw, but it appears ok, I wondered if anybody had...

Due to health problems, I have hade to give up larger projects, so looking for something I could do sitting down, I thought I would dig out the Diamond scrollsaw I got from ebay many years ago, it was an impulse buy, poorly listed and I only paid £10 for it. It turned up in unused condition...

I have a woodster2 bandsaw of unknown age, I is in good order, but the tyres appear to be perished, after much searching it would seem the manufacturer has ceased trading. can anyone suggest a source for parts, Martin