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Hi, This is a clamp rack for the Bessey K Body or similar range of clamps. It relies on the plastic end stop of the clamps to hold them and has space for 8 each of the KR150, KR100 and KR60 clamps. There's also a central pair of rails that were designed for the old wooden Jorgensen handscrew...

Hi, I've got to build some little external doors for some cubby holes in a rendered block wall. There's a timber frame that is flush with the render and I want to hide the joint so am looking for some sort of external full overlay hinge. I was thinking that these were called cranked hinges...

Long story short: I picked a bathroom installer who has totally let me down. This firm does the design/planning/sourcing of whatever and uses a couple of regulars for installation etc. Problem is, none of them are competent and we've been left with a right mess. Everything from tiles that...

Hi, bit of a random question but I have just finished a house renovation and sods law, but the only metal back box I left in place and didn't replace seems to have had an M4 screw forced into the M3.5 thread. I've just bought a couple of M4 screws to find that they don't fit through the...

Hi, I've got a small cupboard in a bedroom that I've put my networking gear in so think of a loud computer fan spinning away. I'm going to tread the cupboard walls with foam or other dampening materials but I'm not sure what to do with the door. As it currently stands there are no door stops...

Hi there, I'm building a cupboard to hide an electrical cabinet and some pipes in a downstairs WC. It has to fit behind the architrave for an existing door so I was hoping to build an inset door within a face frame. I wanted to use Blum hinges but the face frame mounting bracket...

I've just gone to hang a pocket door and noticed that one of the hardware fixing screws has gone straight through the side of the door. I can't press it back so it feel like the particleboard interior is bunched up and pressing out or something. Should I try and clamp it back flat with some...

Hi, I'm hanging a wardrobe door that is 610mm wide and about 20Kg. I'd like to install a nice heavy duty push to open catch but when I search I just come up with those cheap plastic kitchen ones. Does anyone have an experience with slightly more engineered versions? Cheers, Shareef.

So I have a very low pitched roof with a central crawl space that I can't even sit up straight in, i.e. there's not a lot of space. I want to board it so that I can use it for storage and was going to renew the insulation which is some sort of glass fibre type stuff. However, the joists are...

Hi all, I've just bought a set of 5 doors for my renovation and having taken delivery of them today, have noticed what I think is a defect, but from looking closely at their website it looks like it's how they make them. It's a contemporary door style with V-grooves along the width. The door...

Hi there, I'm wanting to build a set of wardrobe doors that are full 2400mm in height by 700mm wide. Has anyone got any suggestions as to how many hinges I need per door? I'm assuming that a chipboard based sheet will be the least dense and best option? Cheers.

Hi there, I'm just starting a project to build a small walk in wardrobe next to an en suite bathroom. Photo's linked at the bottom. The opening is 1.2m wide with a normal 2.4m ceiling height. The main issue I'm having a brain freeze on is how to do the door frame so that it's flush with the...

Hi there, I'm about to start work on a bathroom refurb and want to build my own cabinets. I've chosen the sink with is a Duravit one linked below. The matching vanity unit that I want to replicate is shown below it, #LC6240. http://www.duravit.co.uk/products/all_s ... ct=2358992...

Hi all, I've just bought some white lime filler from Smith & Roger and forgot to ask them how best to use it. On the off chance someone here has used it before I thought I'd ask before calling them up to find out they're closed for Chrismas. It's for a present I need to finish tomorrow. I...

Hi, I recently cleared out my dad's workshop and got a load of beech timber that had been sat in the garage for a long time. It showed signs of woodworm attack so I treated it with whatever I could find at screwfix: http://www.screwfix.com/p/sika-sikagard ... 5ltr/66962 Now that I'm using the...

Hi, I'm clearing out my dad's workshop and need to transport some Iroko from Aberystwyth to Cambridge. I can hire a van to move it but was wondering if there might be alternatives that are cheaper. I'm going to need to cut most of the boards to lengtht to fit in a van but the larger boards...

Hi, I'm having a bit of a nightmare trying to mount some french cleats on an internal wall in my workshop. The wall is plaster over what I think is that horrible powdery lightweight block. I've got a couple of issues that I'd like some advice on: 1. I'm using a 10mm drill bit for the fixings...

I'm looking for a negative rake saw blade for a DeWalt RAS111 and am having trouble finding anything. I've searched on the forum and out of the two commonly recommended brands, Freud and Cutting Solutions, neither seem to sell a negative rake blade. On the Freud website, for example, the 10"...

Hi, hopefully simple question but having no experience with Japanese chisels I thought I'd check. I recently bought a few of the paring chisels from Tools From Japan and they seem to have been ground at 32.5 degrees. Is there any reason I shouldn't grind them at the norm of 25 degrees for a...

Hi all, my name is Shareef and I've been a member for a while but don't really post too much. This is my first project post (and probably my last about tool restorations after the time this has taken!). :) I thought I'd at least document it and provide some info for anyone else following...