Recent content by connelsey

Thanks for all your idea's chaps, I'll consider them over the w/e. The object is just an abstract sculpture or will be once finished. Cheers.

Thanks John, I have already tried P of P and found it to be rather weak and ineffective for my needs. I might now try applying plaster directly to my model and see how that works. Cheers.

Thanks, but isn't latex only going to give me a thin skin, which would be very fluid once released. I would be hoping for a rigid cast of my model. Thanks again.

I am looking for a product that would coat a plaster-cine model, that I could then carefully cut free, once dry, and leave me with an impression of the plaster-cine model. This might be either a rubber or plastic product. All replies gratefully received. Thanks.

How is it possible to cut, using a band-saw, a straight line through an irregular shaped object? I can lay down a parallel fence to help matters, but my object is very irregular. thanks in advance.

Silly question I know - but, when an auger bit or a drill of any description is shown as 200mm in size, is that the total length 200mm - or is it only the cutting distance, with an extra distance in addition for chuck holding? making it possibly about 230mm in total? Cheers in advance

Please have a look at my photo and give me your opinion on what you think my ceiling is made from? Forget about the odd colour scheme - I imagine I'm a caveman!

This is a great reply - thanks very much. 1. I'm not sure about the building material used on my ceiling, but if it helps to identify it - it has a rather flaky skin and is slightly over 1 inch thick and muddy gray in colour. (the house is 140 years old, although converted into flats 25 years...

Thanks for your comment. As I will be doing the work myself and on a tight budget, my original plan would seem to be the easiest and cheapest option.

Thanks for your comments - by ceiling cap, all I meant was to forget about filling the hole but to place a lowered ceiling over the hole and make a feature of his element, like a bandage over a wound. Make any sense?

I have the top floor flat in an old Victorian house, a ceiling crack which I have lived with quite happily for 20 years has finally made a breakthrough and left me with a hole approx. 20x20cm square. with cracks spreading out a further 50cm in different directions at a point where the pitch of...

Thanks for your advice. - Is it vital for the boiler to be closed down whilst attempting this? - is removal of TRV(?) head easy? - Did you mean to say screwdriver head, rather than handle? cheers connelsey

Hi there A couple of my radiators come on when I only want one particular one on. Turning the thermostat around does nothing. So if the thermostats need replacing is this a job for a plumbing novice? And how do I set about this task? thanks in advance connelsey