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To my horror, TLOML has just bought a Southampton FC shirt to give to our 14 year old grandson at Christmas. £40 for the shirt, £18 for Barclay's badges on the sleeves and Lambert's name and number on the back - total £58! As if that isn't enough of a rip-off they have the bloody gall to add...

Could anyone help please? I've just had my utility area floor tiled. The tilers removed a sliding door for obvious reasons but when they re-hung it they did not re-fit the little nylon widget that acts as a bottom guide for the door and allows the door to "drop" into place when the door is...

I Had my last car given the full Supagard treatment when I bought it at two years old and it was brilliant. Made the need for cleaning, inside and out, far less frequent and much easier. The treatment though was expensive - about £300 as I recall including the after-care kit. I'm just about to...

A few weeks ago I fitted cornice, 6" wide oak skirting (Taurus I think) and plaster architrave to a mate's lounge. It is an L shaped room converted from two rooms. There are the external angles of two chimney breasts and two alcoves plus the angle of the L - nine externals in all and not one...

I know some of you out there love old tools and equipment so I thought you might be interested even though it's not a wood turning lathe. This ad. is in the classifieds of my local rag today: "Old Drummond lathe 1906 £60. Buyer collect antique 01889 507330" That dial code is for Uttoxeter in...

The thicknesser drive roller on my Kity 635 has suddenly started quite seriously marking the wood on one side only. I know there are pressure springs and a means to adjust them. They seem to be adjusted to minimum pressure anyway. I am reluctant to touch them as the problem arrived suddenly -...

Can you help me please? Those dished spring washer type of things that have sort of gripper teeth round the inner edge. Used to hold wheels onto axles of toys etc. What are they called? I want a few but don't know what to Google! Richard

No..........nothing to do with hydraulics! There are a number of vacuum cleaners and dust extractors with power take-off switches built in. This enables you to plug a power tool into the extractor and when you switch it on, the extractor starts automatically and then runs on for a few seconds...

Just received a newsletter from Nikki Sinclaire - MEP for West Midlands. In it she says "A Burden on Small Business A Commission proposal that could stifle British entrepreneurship was amended and passed by the European Parliament this week. The proposal will require anybody seeking to...

I would like some advice please. I want a decent wood cutting blade for my SIP sliding mitre saw (255mm X16mm). I realise I will probably need a bushing to get down to 16mm bore. I currently have a 36 tooth blade but anticipate getting a 60 tooth, or even 80 tooth and preferably a thinner...

It is often said that the only accurate try squares are engineers squares. If that is so then why do they make and sell carpenters squares? Richard

My PC seems to have died and any help would be gratefully received :( We had a couple of powercuts last night. After the second I shut the PC down and went to the pub. This morning it wouldn't start up. There is power and the opening Phillips screen appears (It is a Phillips PC) as normal...

I am looking for a Hard Disk Drive TV recorder. Does anyone have one that they can recommend? I have tried the Philips HDR3700/05 - a totally bad experience with the machine and the supplier - Comet. I bought it yesterday morning after being assured by the salesman that it had been reduced by...

In the absence of good old Red Lead, what do you use to proof and prime new timber for outdoor applications? I am thinking particularly of garden gates and posts that I have to make. The ones that I am replacing are pitch pine (I think), over 50 years old and still completely rot free. They are...