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Sorry, I can’t get pictures of the holes in the tool, but I can say it’s twice the diameter of the holes in the hooks. I am using 4.8mm by 22mm but the depth of the bracket just won’t flare the rivet enough. I shall use the washers to see if that will do what I need.

Hello I an in the need to replace some hooks on a tools body, made from sheet steel, but the hooks I am using as a replacement is not flat, but square, so it needs to have depth to go through the hook and the sheet steel, all this is no problem, the rivet is the same size hole as the bracket...

For the bench grinder, I need to sharpen about 30 chisels, 1 plane blade, hoping for more second hand old ones in the future that may need sharpening, I don’t know if you can on all bench grinders or just the couple of YouTubers doing so, attaching belts for sanding or honing, polishing and wire...

Hello I am trying to get into woodworking, metal tinkering, soldering and repairing some computer equipment and parts, with some 3d printing in the future too. I have a small workshop, it’s not bigger than a bike shed to be honest, it’s 6ft 3” wide, and 36” deep, with my workbench being 600mm...

Okay, sorry. When I hold the angle Chuck, the driver bit stays where I need it. Photo one shows this at a 90° angle. As soon as I let go of the angle Chuck, it “drops” back downwards due to gravity. See pic 2. I don’t have the space to get my arm in behind the leg of a table, or pipes for...

Hello I don’t think I have seen an answer to this question yet, if I have read someone asking it. So I have a couple 90° driver attachments, I think one is 80° but anyway I hate the things but I need to use one. My problem is when I need to drive in say a screw at 90° from the floor, there...

Very true, but I now have those bits that made the old saw a death trap… in my opinion anyway… The SIP saw, that was the death trap, has been rebuilt and the mechanism, the motor and handles upgraded/replaced by the other saw that’s in good shape. The donor saw was rebuilt by a former engineer...

I know it’s a bit of a Frankenstein’s table saw, but it’s safe, it has been stripped down, cleaned, repaired or replaced parts. All I have done is unbolt the table top, removed it, put on the “death trap” top. I then just changed the front housing so the power supply is all correct and safe...

In theory I just need the flap section or just the actual switch. As long as the electrical connections are the same, I should be good, but Axminster wouldn’t sell me anything else as the Amp on the saw is 10, but they only had 15a plus. Technically… kind of… I brought a new saw (second hand)...

Hello A few months ago, maybe early December, I went up to a store called Axminster as it’s easier to try and show what I need replacements for, but they weren’t really that helpful, and they refused to sell me a replacement power switch (as their replacement has a higher amp), even though I...

Yeah, that is what I was originally going to do, however I have a brand new light switch, with the 16mm back box and extension bits from last week as someone came to do work on my stairlift and we was going to see if he would change the light switch, but we did it ourselves and realised we had...

Not wanting any extension leads, I am just trying to clean up some of the wires, so keeping the other sockets free, I have 7 sockets with Alexa, mitre saw and drill press taking one each. My thinking was if I put these lights on a switch, it would free up and allow me to charge the spare...

As the nights are getting darker, and will be for a few months, I plan to do some work in my little workshop, where popper is only switched on when I am using the shop. I have a clear roof, so it allows as much daylight as possible, but we are in the UK, and darkness is something we have to...

I really need to get myself organised better. Nearly a month later… sorry… Here are some pictures of the 4 1/2 in front plane.

Hello Sorry I wanted to get the part I need, and show what I am after. I have attached a picture and yes it’s the long bit that goes to the latch and allows me to use my old key for my work area.

So, when we moved into the house back in 1998, not too long after we got new windows and doors - I think.. the front door was hollow, every time it rained the water left the door due to the same technique a toilet works. To get a new door, the house people would come out an fix it, but they...

I just can’t seem to find the 2 missing parts, they are either way too expensive, or out of stock, I check maybe 4-6 websites weekly to see if they have any new stock, but as said here, buying second hand over the cheap goods made today is the main factor. Should I buy a new no.4 plane and use...

so I know I am missing 2 parts on each plane, but is there anything else I have missed? I was half being stupid on my first post, so I do have a sharpening station, I use it to help restore chisels. I do have a knife sharpening station, and I do have wet stones. I do also have a belt sander...

so, a couple years ago I believe, I brought 2 no.4 planes that were missing bits and I was wanting to “upgrade” other bits (the handles). I brought 5 blades, 3 were on clearance/sale, 2 were 10x the price I paid for the planes combined each minimum. I think it was about 15 months ago I brought a...

My plan was to get these clamps https://amzn.eu/d/ijV94WK if they don’t sell or produce any handle replacements that’s fine, I will just keep on the way I am now until the broken one fully breaks so it will be unusable and unrepairable. It’s a shame you can’t buy the simple bits to tools, so...