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My parents have a garden gate and the lock has become stuck. The key turns freely in it but it stops abruptly when engaging (I presume) the bolt. I've tried some liberal application of WD40 inside the key hole, on the key and on the bolt, what little of it I can see, but no joy. Does anyone...

Thanks for all the replies everyone. Lots to consider then. I've looked into the bumper repair side and JB WELD PlasticWeld might do the trick. I'm not sure if the casing is ABS, I'm just presuming it is. The strimmer is just an old BD one, around 7 years I'd say. @Burnerman I hadn't considered...

I have an old garden strimmer which works perfectly except for the fact that the head housing has cracked almost in half. It might be a goner but I'd like to see if I can make it useable again as the motor runs fine. Can anyone recommend a specific glue which would bond/weld the plastic...

As people have been pointing out, I think angle iron is the only way forward. Does anyone know where unequal sized angle iron can be purchased? Equal sized angle iron will substantially increase the table top thickness, so any saving I could make would be helpful. I've only seen unequal braces...

This seems to be a bit of a holy grail! I thought I’d found a glue which would perform this function in Loctite’s All Plastics glue. However it failed after several attempts. What is it with spectacle plastics? Do they purposely male then out of some non stick plastic?? Can anyone recommend a...

That’s again for the replies everyone. I’d prefer to not use metal due to its weight and aesthetic. Would another material not work? Like mdf or some marquetry thinkness planks?

Thanks again for all the advice everyone. Going by what @JobAndKnock says, the parquet is only marquetry thickness as it is 5mm. The planking it's attached to seems an unusual choice to me, but there you go. Given this I would presume that attempting to bend the board back into shape is the...

Thanks for the reply, @Burnerman Of course, stupid of me to not realise that!:oops: Yes that will definitely be why the bow is there. How much effect would bonding some other timber have to it though now at this stage? Would it have a fairly immediate effect of cancelling out the bow or only...

I'd like to repurpose an old kitchen top as a table top. It was made by my girlfriend’s carpenter grandfather so has sentimental value. Unfortunately, it's bowed (convex) a little, which I'd like to have made flat. It seems to be constructed from a pine plank base and bonded with (I suspect) a...

Ahh of course! Brilliant, thanks!

Thanks for the reply. How do those measurements relate to 2" though? So for instance how am I to know how big a square called 6IN is?? A combination square is certainly more versatile, but I just need a good, very accurate set square. Combination squares are by their nature prone to small...

I'm looking to buy a smallish engineers set square but I'm not sure how their size vs their measurement works. They all get listed as 3IN Square and 7IN Square etc. What side is that pertaining to though? The long side, the short side or even a diagonal between the two!? I ask because when I...

That's great, thanks a lot for that @JohnD :) Yep I've got washers already inbetween the wooden pieces. I've found some carriage bolts here that should fit what you suggest.

After stripping back an old step ladder it now needs to be reassembled. During the disassembly the bolts allowing the ladder to fold had to be cut off due to the one shot nature of their design. The inwards facing bolt ends were basically riveted over? I've got some threaded bolts which fit...

Okay, you've talked me into it! :)

The originals are 40mm so I think I should keep around that size. The oak has come up really well, but is showing a few signs of splits. So I'd like to keep as much material as possible and not tempt fate going deeper and things possibly splitting.

Righto, replacements it is then!

Thanks for all the replies everyone. Yes, I'd say the wood was oak, it's a good point because the previous screws rusting have definitely tainted the wood. I'm minded to replace them really, these look suitable. The only question mark is if the use of the twist nail is for any sort of...

@JohnD That's interesting. By slot do you mean the holes? Checking the insides, there doesn't seem to be any ridges at all. @Burnerman Ahh ok good to put a name to them. They did initially strike me as completely ineffective when I extracted them.

I'm fixing a broken folding step ladder and am coming to the point where I'm reassembling it. Looking at the screws that were used, the ones that were used to secure the step planks are of a type I'm unfamilar with. They are pan washer heads with a thread which looks extremely ineffective...