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Hello I have a good handful of ultrafire 18650 batteries for my torch, problem is I go through about 6 batteries every 30 minutes. They are really poor. My torch takes both 18650 batteries and 21700, which should I go for? Can you recommend a battery?

Hello I was given a router about 7 years ago, before I got into DIY. The man who gave me the router somehow had this router connected to a badly built router table. It was made up with scrap wood, some completely rotted, some bits were from an old fence panel. The router in question is a...

Hello Can you recommend a precision screw driver set, that has extra long depth, with as many driver bits as possible. I am after extra long precision driver bits (or as extra precision screw drivers in the common types) and some regular driver bits that has as many bits as possible, it must...

Hello I have a drill press, works great except I broke the original Chuck. I have replaced it with a cheap Chuck, but it’s about 50% bigger than the one that was on there before. So, my question, as I now have a smaller drill press, would it be possible to get a new column that is a bit...

Hello. This is more of a question of fire pits over the artificial grass. So, I live on a cutout of a hill, and this cutout has been there for some 1000 years or 2000 depending on who you ask. It was either the romans or the Normans. Anyway they didn’t cut the wedge flat, there are bits that...

Hello Quick history I am autistic and disabled, spinal damage, to ankles with broken, trapped and bone slicing through my nerves, ligaments and tendons. I have cats, quite a few to be honest, and I leave my door open, with a few bowls of dry and water, so I don’t have to keep getting up, going...

Hello So, I don’t know if you have come across the marxman, a tool that helps mark holes for where to drill that pencils, pens etc can’t reach. My workshop is small, smaller than bike sheds just taller, and I have a clear roof, so I can make use out of the sun. Problem is this acts like a...

Hello So, I am autistic and I am disabled. So, please note that with being heavily medicated with multiple medications including morphine, my brain has these bits in time where I can’t workout the simple tasks. So please forgive my lack of explanation or too much info not required here. So, I...

Hello So, screw fix in my area deliver via the sprint delivery 60mins, however my home is over looked, and I don’t think I can get it delivered as they call it out of town. My home is the last house on the outskirts of the city, and its military things further out, but you can’t access the road...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I am not sure if what I am putting into a search engine is the correct term as I am not getting anything close to what I am after. I have some okay clamps cheap but do what I need them to. I think due to them being cheap, I have broken one of the handles but it’s useable as I have drilled and...

Hello I am trying to keep my posts shorter as when I have had my heavy pain killers medication, and tiredness I do over share… Actual post I brought some LED light strips, for the stairs at night so if you go down stairs you don’t fall over a cat. I do need to go and get a second one...

First thing, I have taken heavy painkillers, I am tired, and I am autistic, I may and often do blabber on. I will try hard not to. Okay. I have watched many YouTube videos about all aspects of the trades, I have even used, or seen people do in real life, but I have always wanted to know, when...

Really basic The torque setting on my drill driver is missing a leaf spring, so when using less torque for the job, (the drill sounds like an impact driver) it vibrates the torque to a lower setting. So do I replace the spring or not. I am starting to save up for a new drill driver. I am...