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    Cashless society?

    When I came out of school I could do metal work and wood work in metal work we learnt to turn ,do scroll work in the forge ,rivet and use taps and dyes in wood work we learnt all basic joints to a high standard wood carving and turneryand furniture design, so you were ready to tackle owt but all...
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    newbie trying to fix coat hanger to wall

    You are getting mixed up with guage size and mm ,there are imperial size screws sold by guage No common sizes 6, 7, 8, 10, 12,metric screws common guage sizes are 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6.masonary bits are sold dia size in mm,plastic plugging is also sold in mm sizes
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    Door frames out of plumb

    OK Ozzie how did it turn out?
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    newbie trying to fix coat hanger to wall

    Your local DIY store will sell small lots No 10 screws will do the job Brown plugging 7mm sds bit Length of screw generaly done by trial and error but 2.5"is a good starting point
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    I think i know what i'm after but not the name!

    A couple of questions: Are the walls sound proofed or domestic Are the acusic panels general sound absorbing or bass traps
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    I think i know what i'm after but not the name!

    Acouple of questions: Are the studio walls domestic or sound proofed Are the Acoustic panels general sound absorbing panels or bass traps
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    Cashless society?

    People can't do things anymore, its not cool to grow stuff or keep chucks and pigs or go hunting fishing or build stuff and fix things all lost skills ,I guess if I came to aye lad's aye a lot would perish
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    I think i know what i'm after but not the name!

    Hard fixings will transmit sound to the walls !they need to float an absorb the energy !
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    Cashless society?

    I find most folks don't have much to offer, I lived in a housing Co-op quite a few years ago ,We refurbed 4 terraced houses for ourselves but very few of the membership had much to offer Its amazing how busy folks are when there is a skip to fill
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    Softwood or MDF Skirting Board

    You only do pre scribe mitre cut when using chop saw if your doeing it all by hand ,just offer up an off cut of skirting and draw the scribe cut from that, do any extenal mitre's with the skirting vertical it's easier and neater. A hand saw I would recomend ,would be a Spear and Jackson...
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    Floorboarding new to old over plumbing and wiring

    I have worked on job's where plumbers are not allowed to to touch woodwork for good reasons well known in the trade,electricians are not much of a problem as Fox has said they go through the joist centres if they start lying cables in old notched out pipe runs, it can cause problems.
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    Bitcoines

    dumb question: What is the silk road
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    Oak door casing attaching door stops?

    If you do a good job of filling the holes they won't show
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    What's the best way to attach skirting board to a wall

    theres lot of different school of thought on this site ,I am presuming this is a brick wall, if thats the case,I would plaster the gap ,rendering sand and cement would be fine ,berore rendering seal the wall with diluted unibond say 5:1 and then re fix with screws and plug's
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    Oak door casing attaching door stops?

    Fix the stops after the door is hung,I use an air nailer to fix stops but hand nailing is fine pre drilling would help,unless the stop's are thicker than 3/4" then screw and plug.
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    using the Erbauer ERB380ROU 2100W Router 230-240V

    The spindle lock is only used for tightening and slackening the collet nut when changing the cutter As big all say's the cutter will predict direction of router which will be left to right
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    Why is 4x2 no longer 4x2?

    Can just drop your false ceiling down a bit,I will make it easier to do Most timber sizes apply to sawn timber,most timber in regular timber yards is planed, your wood that is missing is chippings on the floor or probably at the bottom of a hamster cage
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    wages

    Are things this bad? http://www.thecareerengineer.com/job/948452/cambridgeshire/carpenter-joinery-installer?cmpid=aggregator_Jobrapido
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    Bitcoines

    virtual money ,apparently amazon has it,I don't know much about it I just saw it on newsnight and wondered If any of the folks on here had any?
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