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  1. wcndave

    Angle Grinder Direction of Rotation

    When cutting steel bar for example, I have always had the disc rotating away from me and down, with the sparks going behind me. I think this is how I always see others doing it too. I recently found my 9" white label Axminster getting a bit heavy and my 115 Axminster a bit noisy and vibrating a...
  2. wcndave

    Wine Barrel Restoration: Looking for Plumbing Tips

    I've been restoring a really old wine barrel, for some months now, and finally got it into a decent shape. I want to use it for a water barrel on a downpipe, and as the original was not watertight, put a plastic barrel inside. I wanted to make as much use as possible of the space, and the...
  3. wcndave

    Does this screw centre go inside this set of jaws?

    I can't remember where I got this drive centre from, if it came with the sorby Jaws. If I do mount like this, quite a bit of the screw length is lost. Does it just go in the chuck without the Jaws, or some other method?
  4. wcndave

    Lubricating Table Saw Inner Parts

    I have a Harvey cabinet saw, and finally got around to cleaning the innards. It's a bit like this without the router table: Despite having excellent dust collection, I pulled out an entire wheely bin of dust and debris, and am ready to clean and maintain the moving parts. They always come...
  5. wcndave

    Using Melamine Chipboard as a Whiteboard

    I have a large piece (2m x 2m) of Egger faced chipboard, white with a slight texture. I notice that most whiteboards are really smooth and shiny. Anyone got any experience using left over chipboard for a whiteboard?
  6. wcndave

    Blum Movento with Tip-on that isn't built into the runner?

    Question for anyone who is a Blum expert I think. I have some drawers that use movento with blumotion. So they are soft close I am replacing the fronts, and don't want to put handles on, and was wondering if the "tip-on" inserts that you put into the cabinet frame would work? I've not seen any...
  7. wcndave

    Jet Chip Extractor and Household Power Supply - Tripping

    I have a Jet DC1100A Extractor which is hooked up to workshop power supply, which has a separate fuseboard from rest of the house, although they then go to a common outside fuse box. My power supply is 6kw (which is double the standard amount here in Italy....) When I have been working, say on...
  8. wcndave

    Contact Adhesive for Kids Bedroom

    Planning to create 3m x 1m pin boards with cork and plywood substrate, and planning to use this to bond them. https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/661 ... hesive.pdf It is water based, however on the label it says it may cause damage through prolonged exposure... something not written on the...
  9. wcndave

    Caulking Question - Uneven gap

    Just finishing off some bathroom units, and doing the silicon now, which I hate as I never practice enough to be any good. Anyway, I did the first bits which look ok-ish, however the sink has a large gap at the back, and it gets smaller until there is no gap at the front middle. I tend to use...
  10. wcndave

    Soldering Woes

    Back in the old days, early 90's, I was fairly decent at soldering. More recently, I had an old 40w iron with only one tip, and was struggling to do some finer work, and to even for example tin wires with it, as the solder beaded on the top, and was impossible to tin. I got a 75w soldering...
  11. wcndave

    Rutlands Covering Tracks

    I gave up on Rutlands a while back when I realised after posting about 5 product reviews on their site, that only the ones with a 4 or 5 rating ever made it onto the review page. I contacted them about it at the time, however they refused to talk to me about it. But I still get emails, as...
  12. wcndave

    Silicon on plastered wall

    I am putting my upstands in my utility room, and have a plastered concrete wall around the back. I do the bead, spray some soapy water on, then use one of those plastic scrapers to create the seal. When doing the corner where the laminate joins, it's easy, the rubber scraper works great...
  13. wcndave

    Making use of washing machine motor

    I have an old Siemens washing machine motor, and would like to make something with it. Either a slack belt sander, or I might get ambitious and make the Stumpy drum sander... I watched a complex video by a German guy who was trying all sorts of things, and I noticed two points. 1. how do I...
  14. wcndave

    Bracket capacity & Ironmongery Direct Customer Service

    Got these 50cm brackets. Intending to store wood on them. Wondering what the max load will be. The wood is heavy. Any engineers out there who might know? My discipline was electronics so not much use! I currently intend to put 4 up and store 8 x 6cm maple planks, each 20cm wide and 3m long...
  15. wcndave

    Glue for Stairs

    So I have these raw wooden construction wood stairs - like 25cm plywood. I need to attach 3cm oak boards, and I think something like construction adhesive would be required. They are not perfectly flat (the sub material) and I need time to move/ settle them into position - so i was thinking a...
  16. wcndave

    What would I do without a table saw?

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  17. wcndave

    Le-matic / Co-matic Edgebander BR300

    Hi folks, I've taken delivery of an edgebander, and the instructions leave something to be desired as normal, so a couple of quick questions for anyone who owns / uses one. The instructions state that the machine should be kept clean at all times. However it seems to have a half full glue...
  18. wcndave

    First Premier Project for Steve's Workshop?

    http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160406 ... y-heirloom I'd certainly pay to watch him build that!
  19. wcndave

    Stripping Copper Cable

    I've got 60m of threaded stranded twisted speaker cable I'd like to strip. I have tried using a knife blade to skim and then pull out the wire, however it catches the wire and that makes it go all knotty. That seems to be the technique most YT videos show, however they are all for scrappers...
  20. wcndave

    Axminster again, and alternate Rutlands

    Had a delivery of a nice Festool router from UK to Italy. (For some reason routers seem like clamps, I think that's 6 now). Axminster dispatched within about 10 minutes of order on Monday, goes via DPD, and is "out for delivery" on Thursday in Italy. I'll take Friday off and really crack on...
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