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This delay timer is used to control the lights in a communal hall, it’s triggered by various momentary contact rocker switches located along the hall. Can anyone help with the following questions? • How can I increase the delay? Is the component marked 1M a variable potentiometer? • Can anyone...

Great, now I want to buy a £35 bread knife (the first result in your link)! ;)

I've got a Stanley FatMax hand saw that came with a cardboard sleeve to cover / protect the saw blade and teeth. I've used that sleeve to cover the saw for years and of course it has now disintegrated. I'd hoped you could buy some kind of saw cover / guard but I've not managed to find anything...

I don’t mind screwing something to the back but I’d rather not have to create a slot in the backboard for the L angle to pass through. Like I say, that was my original idea and my fallback plan

For the French cleat and hook eye suggestion, it’s a solid / heavy piece of furniture so I’m not sure I’ll be able lift it onto the cleat / hook.

Thanks Harry, that’s my plan B but I’ve been asked not to damage the back of the drawers if at all possible…

For safety reasons I need a secure an old chest of drawers to a wall. The drawers have a back panel which I’d prefer not to damage and some solid wood at the top which I can fix to. I can’t work out how to fix something both to to this solid wood on the back of the drawers and the wall while not...

Sorry for not responding sooner but I did find a better solution and wanted to share it in case it helps someone finding this thread in the future. I used a “ASEC Round Rim Cupboard Lock” from Lock Shop Direct (...

I need to add a lock to a an Ikea Pax wardrobe in a short-term let (i.e. AirBnB etc) and am struggling to find a decent looking lock for the purpose. I'd bought a cabinet lock but it's very flimsy; the wardrobe doesn't need to be secured like fort Knox but I'd like it to withstand a stiff...

I have a pair of 1 gang backboxes in dot & dab plasterboard as per the photo below. The left box is where the telephone line enters the property, entering the box from below. The right box was a fused spur for an electric radiator in the past and the two cables enter from above. The cables are...

What would be the best way of achieving that in such a way that would be sturdy enough to withstand the lugs?

I’m replacing a dimming light switch with a regular rocker type switch and the orientation of the back box is causing a challenge. The lugs that secure the back box behind the plaster board are orientated at the top and bottom, apparently due to the plasterboard being undermined at the sides...

Following the removal of some Grippit fixings from some dot & dab plasterboard (party wall) in a 14 year old house, I need to fill some of the result 20mm diameter holes. Is there anything in particular I need to consider when doing so, such as maintaining separation from the masonry behind or...

What is the black piece of ironmongery in this photograph called? I need to source another and the internet isn't helping me! Thanks in anticipation

https://amzn.eu/d/jlvTEdq is the kind of thing that looks close to what I want. They look best suited to a table router where you can hold the template in place by hard on top of the piece. I’d need it to be secured somehow on the underside to use a flush trim cutter…

Apologies, it would be to round off the corners of an otherwise rectangular piece of 12mm MDF. I suspect a radius of 20 - 40mm will be suitable.

I’d like to accurately radius the corner of a piece of MDF. I have a Bosch POF 1200 AE plunge router and various edging / trimming cutters. I’ve only used it once before to do some flush trimming which was very successful. I assume I need a template and that I should fix this template to the...

I did think of that but this design is so substantial, I can't imagine they'll ever move that much...

I need to securely fix a substantial shelf to a wall and it's important that the shelf is horizontal. I purchased some sturdy brackets from a local hardware shop, I suspect they were the same that Screwfix sell at...

I'm looking at this shower enclosure and trying to work out if the door opening is too small? This is for my old flat that I intend to use for AirBnB etc. https://victoriaplum.com/product/orchard-6mm-pivot-hinged-rectangular-shower-enclosure-with-stone-tray-800-x-760?options=size|700_x_900 It's...