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The saga to get a refund from B&Q for a non-delivery continues. In brief: 13th June I order a shed, am given a delivery date of 16th June 16th June I take a day off work to await delivery which does not occur, I cancel the order. 17th June I am told by customer services that...

For some reason I received the book below as a present today. I felt the sections on shopping and delivery really spoke to me. :D

Don't think I'll be getting any job offers as a signwriter but hopefully this conveys my message.

Well, I won’t be ordering from another supplier anytime soon. Despite being told yesterday (Friday) that they would be able to refund me today, I was told this morning (Saturday) that nothing can be done until Monday. I was told a long story about how my delivery date had been marked on the...

I ordered a small plastic shed from B&Q online on Tuesday 13th June The acknowledgement e-mail gave me a delivery date – today Friday 16th June Recent experience with delivery from other suppliers of large items, Curry and Argos, has been good. The delivery times were either quoted accurately...

Nobody has come back to say “Yes, we cut 52.5 angles all the time for.. “ so I think you’re right – it must have been a custom joint or moulding step by the one user who made a specialised tool to assist. Thanks Jim

The two stock Stanley cutters are ground at approx 37.5 which when bedded at 50 degrees in the plane gives a 45 degree chamfer. The home made cutter I'm asking about is ground at 45 which gives the 52.5 degree chamfer when bedded at 50 degrees in the plane. I'm sure anyone with the skills to...

Just out of curiosity I was wondering what application calls (or called) for a precise 52.5 degree chamfer. The reason I ask is that when I bought my 55 it came with a couple of extra bits. As well as the 40 and 41 Stanley blades which cut 45 degree chamfers it also had a user made blade which...

Anything with a wood stock can move depending on humidity. I've never had an all-metal square change except if I've dropped it or otherwise abused it. Are you using a marking knife against the edge of the square? Regards Jim

The Internet can be a confusing resource. Until you know enough to be able to evaluate a site it's easy to get muddled with many sources of conflicting advice. I'd suggest either of two books would be helpful The Essential Woodworker by Robert Wearing or Plane Basics by Sam Allen I took a...

Apologies to the mods and anyone who has treated this thread seriously. I put up what I thought was a clear example of absolutely awful editing and proof reading on the part of the book author to inject a brief moment of humour. I think the clear message here for all posters is “Never, ever...

Having followed some of the spirited discussions on this forum about sharpening I thought I’d let you know that all the views about ceramic, water, oil, diamond or slate media and hand versus honing guide are all wrong. The way to sharpen chisels, at least according to my DIY Manual, is to...

Reminds me of something used on car trims. A bit like this http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/LIS0/41080/N1693.oap?ck=Search_N1693_-1_-1&pt=N1693&ppt=C0063

I picked one up on Monday, surprisingly good for sharpening drill bits and household scissors etc. The Lidl manual was a bit hard to follow. I found the same unit online badged as a Clarke product, looks identical apart from the colour of the plastic case, at Machine mart...

B&Q are doing the Ryobi 1+ 18V impact driver for £80 at the moment. The supplied battery is only 1.3Ah and the charger is slow but I've had no problems with the driver, it's excellent. If you buy into more of the 1+ tools you'll soon find you either have enough batteries/ chargers or you can...

'Restoring' a Stanley cardboard box. The cardboard cover for my cutter box was pretty awful, falling to bits. Before After, the flash makes it appear brighter than it is. Actually a pretty good colour match to the original. The secret, Daffodil Yellow Paint (a good match to original...

Combination planes are like Marmite, enough people use them successfully (Google Jake Darvall and Cornish Workshop for starters) to show that they’re not total lemons, but other people can’t have them at all. I can see that such hand planes have no relevance for a professional working to time...

How many combination planes should I buy? Obviously if I were a collector the answer is lots. However for those buying as users then is the answer something like marking gauges, more than one so that you can leave a set-up unchanged during the course of a project. Reason I ask is that I was...

The saw didn’t come with clamps, no mention of them in the contents list so if it was supplied with clamps in the past then they’ve left them out to cut costs. A lot of comment online says that the rubber strips on the tracks are sufficient to keep a track saw from shifting. The current #255...

Picked up this track saw last week. I couldn’t justify a premium price saw but for £69.99 with 2 x 700mm tracks this is worth a try. I’ve made saw guides (just a base and a straight edge) for an old Skil saw and a Ryobi cordless circular saw. First impressions are this is much better. Only...