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I've not tried this but I am wondering if this could be a good way to make a pair of good solid doors for my garage (workshop). I can get 1200 x 2400 external door blanks that can be cut down to any size. This would allow me to lip them and dress the up in any approved manner according to the...

Using Windows XP I have always clicked on web page links and they have opened at full width of the screen. As from the beginning of this week they all open at a reduced width. I can enlarge them, resize them, do whatever but if I close them and reopen them using the links again I get the...

This should be one for the PC technical guys amongst the forum members. I have been experiencing a problem with Windows (!!). I am using XP Pro. What happens is that Windows is fine until one day it starts to open programs very slowly and then stops opening them at all. If I do a system...

Just tried to do this for my wife's car and the DVLA website tells me it cannot trace any insurance for the thing. I am really hacked off now because exactly the same happened last year. The insurance is not due until September so none of their excuses for not being able to trace the insurance...

I'm looking for one of these to fit in the T track at the base of a glass bath shower screen. No idea of the original manufacturer but the T track needs a fin about 7-8mm wide at the top of the T, possibly less if it thick enough to make it stiff. The only ones I can find appear (on the net) to...

Looking at the belt for the blade rise and fall on my table saw I see I need a new one quickly. Any one got a clue as to the best source for the "timing" belt as Jet call it? Axminster might help but their website is useless for spares. The Jet site lists Brimarc which takes you straight back to...

One for Argee, I think. I have the big rTriton router sitting in my table. I used it this evening three or four times. It then failed to start up. I suspected a fuse but that was not the cause. I reckon the switch is broken. The red light stays on but I can't remember whether that is normal...

Today I was making some kitchen doors that all require hardwood lipping. The job involves the use of a lot of clamps and I found myself using three kinds of parallel jaw clamps on a single door. There were Bessey K Bodies, Bessey UniKlamps and some Axminster “K Body look-alikes”. The K Bodies...

Today I needed to break down a sheet of MDF. The only place I can do this is on the floor of the workshop. Got everything set up. Battens under the sheet to support it. Chalk line along the length of the sheet and the circular saw ready to go. Start the cut - going great. Finish the cut and...

Sorry , this was meant to be in "Jokes" SF The Coffin A man is walking home alone late one night when he hears a BUMP... BUMP.. BUMP... behind him Walking faster he looks back and can make out the image of an upright coffin banging its way down the middle of the street towards him...

I have recently finished a kitchen bin for SWMBO in white oak. It was just a copy of the previous bin which was made from some kind of softwood. The lid is a square of oak about 250mm by 255mm consisting of two pieces edge jointed together. The thickness is about 17mm and it just drops into...

This is not a good title really because I don't want this to be about performance testing of doors again. JFC asked me to find some information about how doors behave in a fire situation and why three hinges are normally specified etc. So I trawled through a great deal of stuff on the databases...

Or to be more specific - painted alloy wheels as opposed to bare aluminium. Do any of you have any tips for cleaning off baked on brake dust and tar etc? I know a lot of the cleaners on the market are acid based, which I find a bit scary, so I am wondering if anyone has a better method. I like...

This could be one for Argee. My Triton router is always mounted in my table, it's been there for about 4 years. Tonight the fine adjuster stopped working properly. It will wind down but will not wind up - it just appears to jam and if I try to "encourage" it a bit it clicks and jams again. I...

My wife's car is a 1993 Golf GL Auto, 4200 miles. Last week it was slightly damaged by a 4x4 that backed into it. The other driver's insurers have accepted liability but I am now being told that it is not economic to repair. Do any of you know what happens next because I don't feel inclined to...

Does anyone know where I can find DVD racking for a pull-out shelf? The DVDs need to be stored with the spines of the boxes horizontal so that the titles can be read easily. The boxes will need to be vertical and side by side if you see what I mean. This is not my project but I think the shelf...

A short while ago I exchanged all the rewirable fuses in my Wylex CU for plug-in MCBs. I discovered this week that the transformer that reduces the power for our treadmill has a high enough inrush current to trip the 20 amp MCB. It is on a very small circuit with a couple of fridges and the...

Last night a managed to snap the end of my smallest hinge centring drill, so I need a new bit for it. Trouble is the bit is (or at least it was) 65mm long. This is an odd length and I am wondering if anyone knows of a supplier for such a thing. The alternative seems to be to buy another set...

Anyone got any tips for removing tiles from a kitchen wall that is dry-lined? The last time I did this it wrecked the wall lining. I am actually tempted to tile over the original tiles. Help! SF