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Hello I have a custom made desk, made out of I believe MDF, and the desk has some key features. Its built in, in away that its attached to the wall and can't be moved and has just 1 leg - side that is a leg... anyway, this was built some 10 years ago - I want to say more like 13 years ago, but...

we couldn’t understand why the paint bonded so well in parts but didn’t in others. It looked liked more like camouflage than anything. Found the combination of, using bartoline tx10 paint remover, a large Makita steel wire cup brush, thick, medium and thin steel wire balls, with more paint...

Hello, so I have a floor fitting crowbar type tool, about 30% of paint has fallen off and unsure what type of paint it was. This has been fully stripped now. The second tool, was found about a year ago, I can’t remember when but we have had our fence panels replaced a lot over the last 25...

Hello i have a few items that are/were in need of paint removal, my sister got some paint stripper she said was really good, so this past week, I have been using paint stripper, but it wasn’t really doing anything, so I got some other paint stripper that was recommended by a man in the shop...

Oh, just like down the side of the house, I was hoping to have a clear open roof, as the area I plan to build this has extremely sun shine hours compared to rest of the west facing garden, and didn’t want it blocked off when doing diy.

It will be storage for woodworking mostly, with a small bit for wood burning to keep dry for my sister, I am talking of a 5 gallon bucket with wood that I can’t use again. I plan to make a wood storage stand on wheels for sheet wood that is full size, for down the side of the house, it will be...

Hello, not sure if there is a rule not written with length of titles to threads, sorry if there is. so, I currently store wood, my saw horses and a few other things down the side of our house, it’s kept dry with a roof that’s connected to the side wall and fence, but I live on the last house in...

Yeah, prices for the multi use bits are too much to have as backup assortment sets. I have given my sister a cheap wickes set of bits, drill, screw and I think others too, but can’t remember… why? She is forever loosing bits from our sets, if bits break, fine… but to just loose 3-4 bits at a...

Cannibalism… I was thinking of any brand replacement if no parkside regarding the screw bits. Also, I am wanting to upgrade as such the foldable work bench top, to maybe metal… or a good quality top, but not sure where I can get one, that will fit mine, I mean i have made a cheap work surface...

Hello so, I have a few bits from Lidl parkside tool range, I am happy how they work for me, except human error has resulted is a few issues. I have made posts similar here. But starting again so all confusion is removed. now, I don’t ”need” the same brand, replacements, but having the same...

I have… well my mum has a ton of screwdriver sets. I like to keep a few tools upstairs and downstairs with the good bulk tools outside in the shed. I am disabled and needing a screw driver upstairs just to do small jobs saves me going downstairs, outside get the tool, come inside, get upstairs...

I have this type of plug, https://www.acadaptorsrus.co.uk/replacement-for-12v-2a-coming-data-ac-dc-adapter-cp1220-power-supply-uk-plug/ it’s for a lamp* I am unable to be changed it over to a regular plug as it has functions in the plug itself. Super annoying… I have some cable caps so the...

Hello i have broken another screwdriver, I am not good at getting a good screwdriver that will last a year. 1st didn’t have any magnetic element, so it wouldn‘t hold a screw bit, not alone anything else. 2nd the ratchet kept skipping out 3rd handle fell off 4th no strength in the ratchet...

All good now guys, managed to keep the cable “shortened” and “coming out via left side”. I have kept the cable coming out via the right, with the cable tightly but safely tucked away by using hot glue, this has solved all the issues I had with this extension lead. Thank you for your advice and...

She is already ahead of me, look what she got from the shed for me.

Yeah, just noticed that myself… Hey, I listen… lol nah all honesty as it’s spot welded on I am going to try and reroute the cable. What do you mean? I am always happy to learn here… There are several things of my “bright ideas” that I have, that turn out to be infeasible. My mum was in a...

Okay, so let me try and word it as best as I can with pictures. I have a 4 way extension cable of 1m coming out of the extension block of sockets via the right side. I need the cable to come out of the left side, why? Limited space where this will be mounted, it can’t go upside down as the...

Hello so, I brought a simple power extension cable, 1m where I only need half this, so I plan to make it smaller, if I don’t it would cause a trip hazar. Now here is the bit i need advice for, the actual socket section has the cable entering on the right, but I need it from the left side. I...

Looked it up on my phone‘s open tab, as I often have to explain (especially since covid-19) why I can’t use the hand sanitisers and many other things as I am often in the hospital, anyway it’s called Dyshidrosis, where anything other than my body wash soap will set off another “episode“ the...

It’s not ocd regarding paint on my hands, it’s more of the fact that My hands are extremely sensitive, to the point I get a rash type thing on my hands, then my hands rip open and take weeks to heal. This happens with gloves too, but not as extreme. not only that my autism makes my hands… well I...