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  1. J

    Newcomer from Ireland

    Welcome to the UK . Such a sensible choice of construction for your shed/workshop. :) Living in a mid terrace cottage in a Rural Village and Conservation area, I had little choice but to build my workshop in timber, however wood was very cheap back in 2012 . I would have loved to have seen...
  2. J

    Child labour - when did you start you kids off in DIY

    I was inquisitive from the very start . Aged 4, I dismantled my Fathers antique portable Robert valve Radio , the one with the huge accumulator batteries. By the time I was 5, I managed to remove a light bulb and stick my fingers in the socket ! luckily for me I was standing on my bed in...
  3. J

    Hand is forced - new decking required

    yes that was my first thought too Jim when I first saw the pictures. Surely such a small jetty decking is not worth the huge cost quoted
  4. J

    Hand is forced - new decking required

    yes I second the paving option too. We replaced our entire decking 3 years ago . It was about 15 years old and much of it had rotted as our garden slopes down to the decking area and of course plant pots had rotted the surface. For the last 5 years or so it had looked awful and was...
  5. J

    How to shim lintels (process/materials etc)?

    this is a rather confusing description , it would be very helpful if you were to explain what you are trying to achieve with the lintels and what you intend to support with them .? You do not say what the lintels are made of ? one assumes concrete . Neither do you say what the width of the...
  6. J

    Are there any Bowyers or fellow fletchers on UKW ?

    A beautiful selfbow John . I love the simplicity of flatbows ,Close to a traditional longbow but with the addition of a arrow shelf ..practical but still simple unfussy and traditional.
  7. J

    Are there any Bowyers or fellow fletchers on UKW ?

    Beautiful bows a real work of art .
  8. J

    Are there any Bowyers or fellow fletchers on UKW ?

    an excellent, concise explanation of the basics ..... the actual process of constructing and tuning arrows to a particular bow and shooting disciple can be a frustrating journey at times ,as can be developing one's form and shot cycle to improve repeatable and consistent accuracy when starting...
  9. J

    How to stop a bandsaw wandering?

    my first thought was not the blade condition or its setting, although they could obviously be contributory factors, but was the wood being forced into the blade at all ? First thing I was taught about cutting /drilling etc was let the blade do the work but when there is a lot of work to do and...
  10. J

    Are there any Bowyers or fellow fletchers on UKW ?

    I am an Instinctive Archer and shoot 3D with a Traditional wooden barebow . I am constantly building arrows to test with different woods and techniques and experimenting with bow tuning . I haven't yet constructed my own bow but my neighbour has now made two, which work surprisingly well. Are...
  11. J

    Crazy IT people

    I still use Windows 7 on all my non-Android devices and when faced with these kind of 'upgrades ' I usually search for someone that is hosting previous versions you can download. Someone somewhere will have a previous downloadable version of that app surely. I recently bought 3x CCTV cameras...
  12. J

    Google Album Archive to close July 19th !

    I'm sure that everyone has probably received a warning this morning about Google closing down their Album Archive service . We have until 19th July to download all of our stored video and images etc using their Google Takeout service. This kinda reminds me of the scam that Photobucket pulled...
  13. J

    Morning from sunny Warminster

    Hi from merry Merriott (Nr Crewkerne) ......sunny so far today :)
  14. J

    Help appreciated with switching to LED downlights!

    I recently did the exact same thing but I took the opportunity to get rid of all the transformers and switched to using GU10 with the 230v lighting ring in both the kitchen and bathroom
  15. J

    Replacement Boilers & Building regs….Sneaky NASTY rule change?

    thats an interesting question ... On our last few kettles we have had the option to leave it on a 'top up' setting whereby it keeps the water in the kettle constantly hot by periodically turning on and off . It takes approx 10 seconds to boil the water ready for a cuppa as apposed to well over...
  16. J

    Thicknesser is blowing fuses - help please!

    sounds like the cutter needs a complete clean and service as it is clearly drawing to much current due to an excessive load on the motor. Do an electrical load test with an Ampmeter and compare with the specification
  17. J

    Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

    My father collapsed with a burst Aorta when he was in his mid 60s and luckily for him he was just a few miles from a local Hospital in London. he had 7 hours open heart surgery . The Surgeon cam to see him after the op and told him that he was extremely lucky to survive a burst Aorta ..most...
  18. J

    Gout 😥

    it really does frustrate and concern me that some people still choose to suffer daily with pain and disability unnecessarily in this day and age when the internet is full of up-to-date, peer reviewed ,published Scientific and Medical research that can help relieve or eliminate these Metabolic...
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