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Hi All, The MCB to my attached garage is currently a B16, it used to trip occasionally but my compressor arrived from Axminster today and that trips it everytime. It runs fine from the B32 mcb ring main in the house. Can I just swap the mcb in the consumer unit for a C16 or C/B32? Sean

Hi all, I'm planning my up new workshop at the moment and have struck a small problem. I've set the inside length of the wall to be 7320mm long so that it will accommodate six 1220*2440 sheet material osb panels as the inside covering. I've then added the upright studs to my sketchup plan at...

Hi All, can anyone point me in the direction of Cup Square Bolts M5 X 80 (or longer) Toolstation, Screwfix and Google have failed me :cry:

You know the organiser boxes like this? http://www.stanleyworks.co.uk/Tool+Storage/Organisers/Deep+Pro+Organizer/SkuDetail.ctlg?ObjectID=92-749# Well, I have a stack of them and have got fed up with lifting out the top 4 to get to the 5th one down as the one I want to get a single screw from...

I can remember reading in one of the mags about a Hot Melt Filler that has come out and was rated highly. Google has failed me and I can't find the mag in the house :( Does anyone know the name of it?

I was asked a DIY question in work today, "When drilling for a fixing into a brick wall, should you drill into the brick or the mortar?" I always try to drill into the brick where possible, reasoning that mortar is more likely to crumble or allow a raw plug to rotate. A quick google however...

Hi all, I'm nailing TGV boards to a frame for my garage doors, I know that I should clench the nails and am wondering if there is a special technique, in my head I've got: 1) Hammer in nail, bend protruding point over something (bigger nail??) and hammer back into the frame. 2) Hammer in nail...

I need to get some softwood to make skirtingboards (using a custom profile on the spindle molder) and to avoid going to the timber supplier and looking like a know nothing numpty, can anyone recommend a grade or something I should ask for to ensure I get something that won't try and turn into a...

The door in my new garage will be sliding and will be made up of four leaves. The leaves are hinged together and hang from the top onto a metal rail, apart from the fourth leaf which does not hang from the rail and is only supported by the hinge to the leaf beside it. (a diagram would help but...

I became the proud owner of a Combination machine yesterday but it needs lots of TLC. I'm missing the manual and a few bits - mainly the crank handle for adjusting the blade height, angle and thicknesser height. The fence for the planer, a spindle block and the sliding table top (there is an...

I bought the above to do a specific sanding job, removing plaster sealer prior to tiling (don't ask :x ). I ran it for 20 minutes on Friday, and about 2 hours today, 45ish minutes stints with a 20 minute break inbetween. 60 grit at full speed on the coarse 6mm setting. The sanding pad sheared...

Wise Ones I need to make a mitre block (like the one Steve was using for his mantle) to allow accurate trimming with a chisel. I was planning on cutting a handy lump of hardwood on a SCMS, trueing it with a block plane until it's spot on 45deg' and then routing a rebate in the bottom so it...

I was looking though a door book and noticed a pic of how skirting boards used to be mounted on two battens - Ding! :o I shall be fitting skirting boards to our new extension soon and the gap between the battens looks perfect for running speaker cables though [-o< and it would be even more...

My first bandsawn box, the size was constrained by the free blocks of Oak, handles are Beech. Finish is Liberon Oak wax click on image for larger view 10p coin on top for scale, first go a curves using the blade that came with the saw - room for improvement Is that a glue line or a...

Hi, As a new member to this friendly looking forum I thought I'd better introduce myself. I'm an enthusiastic reader of woodworking magazines and books, purchaser of tools and occasional user of same. The wood bug bit a few years ago when I signed up for an evening course that taught me tenon...

Hello everyone, This is my first post and a question rather than an introduction (sorry), I'll do one of those later on the General forum. I have an Electra Beckum BAS316 and the lower blade guide assembly has fallen apart (unsurprisingly). A straight replacement is £10 but to upgrade to the...