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    OK, it's only 10%

    For those of us (you) who can get out of bed in the morning, Toolstation stores nationwide are giving a 10% discount to customers who show up in person between 7am and 9am. I've seen comment that this will run for about 3 weeks and it doesn't stack with other discounts, but every little helps...
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    Recommended brands of epoxy grout

    I'm a fan of epoxy grout for tiling. I used it for a shower so long ago that I can't remember the brand I used and it has lasted far, far better than the standard powder or ready mixes. If anyone uses this regularly could you you please recommend your favorite brand. I only have a couple or...
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    Old Wolf Drill and Combination Machines

    I loved these adverts from old 1962/64 editions of Practical Householder Magazine Does anyone still have / remember tools like these ?
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    Woodworkers tool kit 1962-4 style

    I had something bought on ebay delivered last week wrapped in paper recycled from 1962 and 1964 editions of Practical Householder magazine. A couple of the adverts caught my eye. This is one of them : It's been a year since we had a good tool kit thread. What do you think ?
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    Woodworkers tool kit 1962-4 style

    I had something bought on ebay delivered last week wrapped in paper recycled from 1962 and 1964 editions of Practical Householder magazine. A couple of the adverts caught my eye. This is one of them : It's been a year since we had a good beginners tool kit thread. What do you think ?
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    In praise of an own brand - Screwfix copper pipe cutter

    As a DIYer I do my own plumbing. For the last 20 (?) years I've used a monument brand semi auto pipe cutter and love it. It's a simple compact thing that has worked reliably and well. It relies on the user tightening a screw knob to push the cutting wheel into the 15 or 22mm pipe. Recently I...
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    Help me find a new utility knife

    My google fu isn't up to this so I need help please. I need to replace a snap off blade utility knife with another having a very specific feature. The original is Chinese made and was bought in Asia. The brand Ningbo Assist isn't available in the UK as far as I can see so I can't just buy...
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    Old or Unusual Power Tools

    I needed to do a bit of demolition just now - dice up an old cold water storage tank to get it through the loft hatch. It happened that this was the easiest tool to do the job and make the least mess. Elu routers and power planes are justifiably well known to power tool enthusiasts but it...
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    Need advice - fixing a timber privacy fence on top of a brick wall

    The wall / fence is about 3m long to provide a little privacy between my house and a neighbour in a residential housing estate. The wall is only about 2ft high, double brick with concrete capping. On top of this is a 3 ft high "screen" of those patterened concrete blocks that were popular back...
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    Need to streamline my hand tools

    Since I'm interested in wood. metal, electronics, machinery, the whole works, I've ended up with tools coming out of my ears. A point brought home recently when I needed to clear enough space for some major plumbing alterations. It's spurred me to throw up this thread and ask your opinions on a...
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    Withdrawn Harrison L5 Lathe

    Offered for sale is my Harrison L5 metalworking lathe whose overhaul has been documented here on UKW. https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/harrison-l5-metalworking-lathe-1950-teardown-overhaul.134874/ It includes both 3 and 4 jaw Burnered chucks, a faceplate, fixed and travelling steadies and...
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    Milwaukee Packout Wheeled Base Unit

    I need a one off wheeled toolbox in the style of the Milwaukee one with big wheels that goes on the bottom of their stack. It's to regularly haul a mixture of kit that is too heavy for me to want to hand carry it, and will be rolled 100yds along a well battered carpark and alley way hence...
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    Experience of / Advice about : Foam insulation backed plasterboard

    I need to update and redecorate a small bedroom in a late 70's house. It's on the ground floor and one of the colder corners of the house. I won't get into the debate here - just take it as a given - the house has a narrow cavity and I don't intend to install cavity insulation. As the room's...
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    Experience of / Advice about : Retrofit underfloor heating

    I need to update and redecorate a small bedroom in a late 70's house. It's on the ground floor and one of the colder corners of the house. Being a small space and as I plan to improve the insulation of the room, this could be a good opportunity to DIY install a wet underfloor heating. I'd love...
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    Help me choose a domestic hot water tank

    This is an appeal to anyone who has worked in the heating and plumbing trade or has any specialist knowledge to help me select a new domestic hot water cylinder. I want to swap out our 40 year old copper cylinder for a larger modern one. 1. Because new tanks are far better insulated 2. To use...
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    Crazy humidity today

    It has been cold in our neck of the woods recently. Sub zero for pretty much a week on end and the snow on the garden and ice on the roads of our estate only just melted. My wife mentioned that it felt really warm out this morning. The front door sticking was a warning. I went into the workshop...
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    Benchtop Anvil

    Nothing fancy here, just sharing a couple of photos of cleaning up some old light gauge rail to use as a benchtop anvil for tin smithing. The metal is the point of interest. Dating back to the 1800's it is scrap rail from canal side coal yards. Wrought iron. Scrap pieces like this were commonly...
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    Small spraygun on ebay

    The Iwata LPH-80 is a very high quality small spraygun with low air pressure and airflow requirements. I use one when restoring old woodworking machines. There is a used (for 1 day) example listed on ebay at present for about half it's retail price. I have no connection with the seller except...
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    One family's solar story

    This is intended to be a fairly detailed run through my own domestic solar PV project in the UK. I'm a retired electrical engineer in my early 60's. I'm as concerned as everyone else about rising fuel costs We would like to be more "green". After travelling some 1.5 million miles in the...
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    Table and Mitre Saw Blade Quality

    I've just had the blade from my sliding mitre saw sharpened, and happened to have this and a spare blade in my hands at once. It got me thinking about the quality of blades and what makes them different. Photos always help so here for interest are some side by side photos comparing : A 10"...
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