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Crowbar, yeah. It was the pointy end of my 4ft bar that was great for digging around roots to find the meat of the root. Interesting that you should say that about using a drill. To start with I was sometimes using a long 22mm flat wood drill bit to put an 8" hole in the roots to be able to...

Thanks for your input all, none of you told me I was wasting my time, so I persevered and now it’s done. I couldn’t see myself getting hold of a cut off saw although it would have been interesting to use, so I got a Roughneck 17lb Post-Hole Digger – pretty much what scbk suggested. Holy cow...

scbk, thank you, that's talking turkey. I just can't see a way of relocating posts, but as you say it looks like I need to increase my armoury. I've got access to a Hilti TE 14 which is SDS, do you think that would help with a sharpened chisel bit? Thanks for the other sugestions they sound...

I know, not easy to get a good swing at the bar steward. It's probably got acid blood that would burn It's way though several floors of a deep space freighter ship too : - )

Cheers Pcaouolte, I thought a couple of people might say that.

Thanks foxhole. I did a recce to find an easier post spacing, but the whole fence line has roots/stumps from downed trees on it. Plan "A" was to nuke the stump with a grinder, but there's actually a BT phone multicore that the tree has grown round embedded in the stump. It's a heads you...

Hi all I took down a sycamore tree 6 years ago which left a stump (outlined in yellow in picture). The stump is elliptical, about 21" x 16" (so round equivalent, maybe 18 " diameter?). I need to dig a hole for a 4" timber fence post next to it, right where its lateral roots are. I've been...

Wise words.

Wow John, never considered horses etc. Yes with a human’s gate, you may not feel it, esp with rubber soles. It sounds terrifying either way. Here’s a thought, as we still haven’t fully ascertained the AC/DC aspect, meter range etc, what about this… If there was an accidental lack of connection...

Long shot but maybe an electrochemical reaction between the multimeter probes? I know this is a kind of science teacher answer (never earned any money dealing with leckie but can tell you all about it) but given the readings, well?? Longer shot, tiny electric eels? I hear they are good at...

Glad I got you all on the edge of your seats with this one : - ) In the end I swapped in a new relay (thermistor to be more accurate) and it still didn’t run. Reckoned it was a compressor issue given the above, or a control panel gone west. I’m too old to start the discipline of fridge guru...

Buy one where the seat mounting arrangement is well engineered, so that it doesn't slide about when/if the mounts are loose. Also, if you see one in a showroom, make sure all the rubber pads under the seat that meet the porcelain all contact the porcelain together. We had one where the two pads...

Is there anywhere on the hood that's out of site, perhaps the back that has the same gauge stainless to test on? If so I would get a set of cobalt bits from 2mm to 4mm in 1/2mm increments and try test holes with sizes governed by whatever dia self-tapper you use. So, start small and make the...

Hi all I defrosted the freezer and now it doesn’t run. It’s been holding -18° all its life without any temp issues. When I powered it up after defrosting, the Power light, Temp display and Alarm light, were all flashing at about once a second. It looked like it was trying to start but then...

Ah, gotcha. Brilliant, thanks for digging up that graphic, I'm crystal now. Good one Jake.

Hi Jake, thanks. When you say double up the headers, I take it that's what I've called the trimmers (one of which is Horizontal in my sketch and shaded). Maybe terminology depends on the application. Apologies, this isn't my field. If so, are you saying double brace, i.e. double up each...

Thanks a lot Woody, just what I wanted to hear and definately, yes, I'm not a big fan of nails although they have their place.

Seems like turps is a solvent so experimentation with wax/turps mix ratios maybe?

Sorry, just seen that SpecialK got there before me.

Heat the screw up and plunge it into the candle. Don't heat it up too much though, just enough that the wax sets on the screw as the steel cools. Done it before and it works.