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    Ghetto Vacuum Clamping

    I've been cleaning up a shed-load of teak finger-parquet blocks for a project, and thought the jig I came up with might be useful to others. It's an offcut of 2"x6" with a shallow mortise the size of a single parquet block chiselled into the top face. A hole suiting my 35mm vacuum hose was...
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    Any window folks recognise this seal?

    I'm trying to find a suitable seal to replace this one, fitted to a tilt and turn window in a dormer of a clients attic bedroom. It gets a lot of weather as it's high up and very exposed, and with the wind in the right direction rain is driven past the seal. It's 20 years old, so I guess...
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    Restoring an Edwardian Front door

    I started with a length of accoya which at 2.4m should have been ample, but ended up being *just* enough. A cautionary tale to inspect the timber more carefully when selecting, as there was a huge split/shake which cost me half a metre at one end. I dimensioned my components with the bandsaw...
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    Bay window repair, exterior sill

    I have a job to repair a rotten sill nose on a 1930s bay window. The central section (parallel to the front wall of the building) has extensive rot, and has been previously filled extensively, so I'm going to cut it away and glue on a new section with Lumberjack 5 min polyurethane...
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    FTAGH 3 x Plastic tool caddies

    I've been tripping over these for too many years. Dusty but in good (near mint) condition. Based in Barnet, North London.
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    Herringbone veneered cabinet top - glue suggestions

    I am planning to make a run of built in cabinets 3 metres long. I am hoping to make the cabinet top from teak/iroko finger parquet which used to be the flooring in my hall. The plan is an 18mm MR MDF ground, veneered with the parquet ripped to circa 3mm, in a herringbone pattern. I'm after...
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    Screwfix website not accessible

    Is anyone else unable to see the screwfix website? I get what seems to be a DNS error when I try to go there, both by following links or manually entering the URL. My wife has the same issue on her phone. It's been nearly a week now, and I find it inconceivable that a large retailer could...
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    Getting paid to work on your own home

    I am a self employed carpenter/ handyman, and live with my wife and two children. I have been renovating my bathroom over the last couple of years, doing work sporadically around customer jobs, childcare needs etc. Recently my wife decided (not unreasonably) that this had been going on long...
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    What are these? Stanley Scraper blades

    I have just rediscovered these in a box in my garage: Purchased about 12 years ago, from a now defunct tool shop by Archway station, these were labelled 'Scraper blades' and I bought them to chop up into mini plane irons. Any idea what they were for? Googling the various Stanley scraper...
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    Chair repair (Sgian Dubh? Custard?)

    I've been asked to repair some rather nice dining chairs, which were presented to the client's father on his retirement in the 1950's. They're 50s reproductions, so probably not too valuable financially, but of enormous sentimental value. I am, in the words of the client "the only chap I'd...
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    ABS worktop edging

    I'm trying to find a source for a small quantity of ABS worktop edging, after my previous supplier went out of business. It's to match Omega Bushboard Maryland Fonce M003 worktop, Lawcris stock it, but it seems they only want to sell it in 70 metre rolls, which is rather more than I need to...
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    Sticking down celotex/Kingspan

    I have recently installed Polypipe Overlay UFH throughout the ground floor of my house, as part of works including adding an extension. It's 12mm pipe in 18mm rigid polyeurethane board, and currently it's glued down in the kitchen and rear extension, with 10mm Bamboo flooring floated on top...
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    What's this? (Railway related?)

    Anyone know what this thing is? I dig it up in my garden a few years back. I'm next to a railway line, and I've previously dug up half a railway sleeper with a spike in it, so I speculate it might be railway related - possibly something to do with the riding of the overhead powerlines?
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    Long alcove shelves - design question.

    I have a customer enquiring about some alcove shelves to fit a 1.9m wide alcove. They will probably be used as book shelves, at least in part, so potentially quite heavy loading. The design they have suggested is a fairly conventional looking alcove shelf, which I would normal build as an...
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    Dowel.co.uk - Anybody used them?

    Does anybody have any experience buying from Dowel.co.uk? They have a keen price on some bits I need for a customer job, and I think I've heard folks mention them before on here, but the website causes a security warning pop-up on my browser, and has a number of broken links and the like which...
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    Boot prints in Felt roof

    My builder (lovely chap, careful, tidy worker etc) has just had to add a lead flashing to my extension roof, as local BC weren't satisfied with the felt flashing his roofer installed. Unfortunately, in working on a boiling hot day, in the midday sun, he's left some pretty hefty boot prints in...
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    Anyone done a glass stair/balustrade? (new: Stain/finish)

    I have an two open tread staircases in my house, and a 16 week old baby who is threatening to get mobile soon, so I need to address the 1st floor balustrade as a matter of urgency. At the moment is just a slightly flimsy handrail, and an open drop onto the staircase, closed (mostly) by a sofa...
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    Paintable edging tape

    I'm making some alcove shelves, torsion box construction using 9mm MR MDF faces and 20mm softwood frame, so the final thickness is 38mm. I'm trying to decide on the best edge treatment, and I'm leaning towards iron on paintable tape. Does anyone know if I can apply it over the MDF/softwood/MDF...
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    Saw Doctor in North London

    My Makita plunge saw blade needs sharpening, and at 48 teeth I'm not inclined to try myself. Does anyone have a recommendation for a saw Doctor in or around Barnet, North London? PS: Anyone interested in a short (700mm) rail for a Makita SP600? I want one for jobs where the 1400 rails are...
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    Cement plinths & damp courses

    I'm doing some work for a friend, and one of the jobs to tackle is the cement plinth around the base of the house. I don't belive it is an original feature, certainly not at it's present height, where it bridges the damp course. The original plan was to point the cracks between walls and...
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