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On a recent visit to Aldi I came across (and bought) this set of matching left-hand and right-hand twist drill bits along with a hand-held bit-holder. It was purely an "impulse buy" and (like so many other tools I have) I had no particular need for them, but at £6 or so ......... and I...

The decorator has spilt some Sadolin Classic wood stain on the facing brickwork of our house. He wiped it off immediately with white spirit, but it can still be seen. We have tried pressure washing but it hasn't moved. We have also tried acetone and paint remover (on some test bricks I have...

I recently joined a wood turning club which owns quite a few Forstner bits, all of which are blunt. I hate blunt tools, so I'd like to "do my bit" and sharpen them. I have have visited the "Hobbyists Oracle" (YouTube) and some say to sharpen what I'll call the face cutting edge (at 90 degrees...

I have just had to cancel my credit card to stop the purchase of a universal grinder on drillpresssales.com going through. I believe this to be a scam site. The site claims to be selling Warco products (a genuine UK company selling machine tools - I have one, so I know them) but the header...

I have some ides for filling routed pockets in wood blanks with coloured resin before turning them on the lathe. The pockets are 6-8mm deep and the bottom would be removed in the turning to make the resin visible from top and bottom. For my first attempt I have used a polyester casting resin...

I am refurbishing a pair of built-in cupboard doors from a house build sometime in the 19th century. As you can imagine, there were many coats of paint of unknown manufacture be removed with my plumbing blow-torch and scraper. I'm sure that at least one layer will have been lead based. I also...

I'm decorating my kitchen and decided to replace the GU10 downlights with integrated LED units, as they had gone a bit brown from the heat of the incandescent bulbs originally installed. When I removed the GU10 units I found this with 6 of them:- We live in a rural location and mice...

Can we please have a thread called "Joke Thread Car Park" so that those who feel the need can discuss their grievances outside, without smashing up the furniture. Mod edit: You get to start the new Joke thread.

I am in the process of manufacturing some Iroko decking and have to decide what finish I'm going to use and when to apply it. Unless I want to change the colour of the Iroko (which I don't), some sort of oil looks to be the generally accepted wisdom. There are quite a few products available...

I'm gonna tell you a story ..... Last Friday I posted a heavy-duty tube bender for sale on Gumtree and within a couple of hours I received a message from a "Melissa" saying that her auntie was looking for one and would I email her at ******@gmail.com. Assuming that her auntie didn't have...

I bought this in May 2021 when I discovered how heavy 150mm x 150mm green oak is! I have quite sizeable bench, crosscut and panel saws, but two of us could barely lift a 3m green oak beam, so I thought I had better take the tool to the wood. With a 101mm depth of cut (270mm blade) and around...

I bought this in January when I couldn't find anybody local who could bend some pipe for me. Although I only had 4 pieces to bend, it was holding up a project that SWMBO was waiting for. I did look at the cheaper ones, but I chose this model because the 2 lower rollers do the driving, linked by...

My wife's car (BMW i3) picked up a puncture and since I've never known a tyre shop be willing to repair one, I went onto the web to get a new tyre fitted. Wow! I had no idea that even specifying the brand, name and size there were still a huge number of variants. Why a manufacturer would...

I am starting a project to build a pergola (from scratch - not a kit) using green oak, which I've not used before. The timber has arrived and going through it I have determined that the dimensions of the 4.8m lengths I ordered at 150 x 75 actually vary between 69mm and 81mm on the width and...

Hi I asked for, and was given, a cheap (Chinese) mini-welder for Christmas and am currently installing a 30 Amp socket to run it. The next thing will be welding rods and although I have decided to start with 6013 2.5mm rods, there is a huge range of these available at and equally huge cost...