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    General Aviation Flying and anything that flies

    Sorry but I am waiting for new hearing aid...... I mean specs. I find it easier to check spelling using caps. Merlin ? Never had one but we mustbe of an age to call that one I had. Javelin, Dart, Bantam, of Allbon/ D.C motors. Wen mac. 049 Cox 949 s 020. J.B. Atoms of that period. Also...
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    Any Air rifle shooters in here

    E.C.M.S COULD DO THAT SORT OF DAMAGE BUT I DOUBT IF A RADAR GUN COULD ACTUALLY HIT A SPEEDING JET At that range
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    Hard wood varnish

    [/url] ANY TWO PACK EPOXY OR A G00D PU VARNISH LIKE YACHT VARNISH AS ALREADY MENTIONED WATER BASED VARNISH IS USELESS FOR WEAR BEING BASICALLY WHITE GLUE AND COLOUR PIGMENT. CRAP IT CAN'T EVEN BE POLISHED LIKE A GOOD PROPER VARNISH CAN i DON'Y KNOW WHERE FINGER NAILS...
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    Always wanted to drive a motorbike

    Try a combo You do not drop them
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    Ukulele

    Gave mine away couldn't get my head round it............... guitar and piano the same. Sing tenor in opera , play a mean harmonica. plus brass/woodwind xylophone and drums but anything with strings hopeless beyond 3 chord tricks. Maddening
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    Humbrol thinners

    You are quite right the Enamel doesn't smell the same as cellulose paint as they are made with different solvents and pigments However oil based paints and enamels can be let down i.e. thinned , a little with cellulose thinners or acetone,amyl acetate. I have found this by testing many years...
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    General Aviation Flying and anything that flies

    BEEN FLYING AND MAKING PLANES ( AND BOATS ) SINCE I WAS 5( 1948 ) FLEW GLIDERS AND CHIPPIES IN CADET FORCE COULDN'T AFFORD A PPL SHOULD HAVE JOINED THE R.A.F. BUT FELL IN LOVE IT WAS WORTH IT THOUGH. I HAD AEROMODELLER AND MODEL AIRCRAFT MAGS BACK TO 1939 LEFT THEM IN MOTHERS...
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    rocking horse maker and general wood dabbler

    TRY THIS FOR A LAUGH M IX SAWDUST AND WHITE GLUE OR WHAT EVER TAKES YOUR FANCY AND MAKE INTO MISSHAPEN BALLS WHEN IT EVENTUALLY DRIES PAINT AS NEEDED AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING VERY RARE ROCKING HORSE POOH. MIGHT BE MARKET FOR IT AS A NOVELTY TO GO ALONG WITH THE HORSE. :lol: :oops:
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    Humbrol thinners

    TRY TURPS SUBSTITUTE. IT IS BETTER AS PAINT AND ENAMEL THINNER. PAINT THINNED WITH WHITE SPIRIT TAKES LONGER TO DRY . BUT DOES USUALLY CLEAN BRUSHES ARE YOU SURE YOU WEREN'T USING DENATURED WHITE SPIRIT LANGLOW FOR INSTANCE THAT CLEANS BRUSHES BUT DOES NOT THIN PAINT OR ENAMEL...
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    When there's not enough space for your drill.....

    Good for you it just shows what can be achieved with lower priced tools. i too have had good use from Lidl and Aldi tools. As long as you do not expect too much from them and don't overload them and just take things steady, Good luck .J.M.
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    whats the best fittings to use in breeze block

    Breeze block is generally a porous block of some material or other in sizes in multiples of brick sizes. The first ones were made of a sort of cindery type material made of power station waste mixed withe cement and usually very dark /black in colour Very brittle /crumbly texture Later types...
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    FIXING FOR BREEZE BLOCK

    Regards the use of glue type of materials for securing lugs ans Rawlplugs. Some plastic plugs still made by Rawlplugs. Using a glue and waiting over r night is not always possible. A couple of other ways are use a filler / spackle either the type you mix with water or a two part epoxy or...
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    Cutting holes in sheet metal - quest for metal 'spur drill'

    glad the step-cutter works for you but you might wish ----just for interests sake---at watch and clock makers tool suppliers as I think that you would find that they do a similar tool Good luck. j.m.(onetenor )
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    When there's not enough space for your drill.....

    You've got it .Slowly and with as little loading endwise as possible. flexi- drive should be as short and thick as possible (something like those sectioned appearing types found for some screwdriver kits) , with the drill held firmly --clamped if possible- and the bend of the flexi drive...
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    Parkside PEBS 900 SE Belt Sander

    I assume you have released the tensioner/s. This makes things a lot easier Better late than never .
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    Who makes Parkside Tools from Lidl,

    Parkside tools supplied , and presumably made by, Kompernas gmbh. But you canv go to www.kompernas.com and scan the lists They do much more than Parkside. You'd be surprised. ther is a quries and contact sevice .Hope this helps put his question to bed.The higher priced versions areI have...
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    Masking tape nightmare!

    If hubbies hands not staedy why don't you have a go . use as wide brusg as poss and use only bristlle tips. Or you cuold try one of the paint pad painting kits. There are a few different makes but do the same job . very little skill needed just a little practice. I have used them in the past...
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    STORING PAINT

    As someone has said already plastic tubs are better asd they don't rust. Additionally sore upside down then if a skin does form it is at the bottom of the can, the paint can then be decanted for stirrind so avoiding skin in the paint. smaller quantities can be stored in tubs that have contained...
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