Recent content by 88v8

This you may recall.

Yes, I have a Titan... but not much oomph at low speed.

I need one for a job. One job. You'd think it would be easy... high-torque low-speed drill, down to 150rpm, 240V, impact not required, half-inch chuck. Seems to be a unicorn. Easier in 110V, but I'm in line for a new hip, can't be lugging one of those transformers around. Any recommendations...

Having read some alarming posts elsewhere about the difficulty of drilling green wood, the fibres tearing out and clogging the drill, I thought I'd better make a couple of trial holes. One with an 18V drill/Lewis auger, one with a Jennings bit in a 10" brace. I don't have a 16mm auger, yet, so I...

I need to drill the tree to put in some stainless tie bars as the trunk is splitting. Augers can be de-chipped, if one reverses enough to disengage the lead screw then one can pull it out, and indeed one will have to do that frequently otherwise it will jam. The problem with live wood is that...

Ahh, there's a local boat restorer who can do that. I think the 400mm extension has foundered, from what I read on another site the od may be 22mm. Hmmm.

Gosh, would have thought it would twist like a banana at that length. Can only get at one side of the wood... it's a tree on a slope.... UK Tools came up with the 16mm Famag Lewis 1000mm auger and a 400mm extension - neither on their website, I had to ask. Then I wanted an auger file for...

I need to drill some 16mm holes a little over 4ft long. Oak cross-grain. I can see some 39" auger bits, but am struggling to find extensions. I've asked Timberfixings, UKtools, Famag, but no useful replies. It would surely be simple enough to go into the warehouse, get hold of an auger and see...

It won't fall off but neither will it last. And whoever does the next repaint will curse it, as they will have to sand off the non-adhering oil. No. No negative effect. Some painters routinely add driers to oils, given how the climate stuff has reduced the chemicals that used to make them dry...

Depends how much the customer matters to you. Waterbase will not bind well to oil, even if abraded and sugar soaped. It won't come off tomorrow, but it won't last. Terebene driers will accelerate the drying of oil, and by the time you've got one oil undercoat on there and two tops - my fave is...

Joint separators are cheap enough. In 50+ years of maintaining my cars I've never found it a good idea to mess around without the right tools. Nylocs can be reused three times. The thread must project through the nut two and a half turns. If you have to knock a threaded part by hitting it with...

Drop some of the mortar into vinegar. If it fizzes, it's lime. Lime is not meant to last forever. In time, all lime pointing will need redoing. But it's kind to the bricks or stone, as it's softer. Use NHL 2.0 and a sharp sand.

Occasionally water comes into our cellar. We already have a sump pump and perforated collecting pipe down there which works fine, but in recent years it has started coming in at the opposite corner. The specialist who did the sump pump 14 years ago proposes to deal with it by running another...

It's not ideal. It was probably cheap. now it's showing its age, here and in the hall. I found that Sadolin do a two-pack stainable filler. Not clear whether you add the stain whilst mixing, or stain it after its set. That would be a way of filling in the missing veneer so I'll give it a try...

Previous owner had a veneered cherry floor put down in the shower room about 30 years ago. Some of the veneer has come off. Three patches, about 6 square inches in all. The veneer is of uneven thickness, and some of the the underboard has damp damage so it's wavy. I've glued down the loose...