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The bulb has gone on our oven and the manual says to replace it with: Osram 66275 AM, 230V, 25W, G9 but I can only find: Osram 66725 AM, 230V, 25W, G9 That is, all the same but with the "2" and the "7" transposed. The web is full of examples of the "66725" (and for a good price) but not the...

Cheers mate. Yes, I don't doubt it! My metal- and wood-work teachers used to have a little cabal in the stock room. I heard them talking about designing, making (at school) and selling all sorts of stuff.

Cheers blup. JobAndKnock: (y) you're absolutely right and will save me further embarrassment. :oops: I'll tri and get it right in future. ;)

OK cheers, I'll try to clean it. A non-square square would drive me bonkers!:mad:

Oh yeah, I see what you mean. No, it's not that the rust puts it out of square but that if I start rubbing surfaces with abrasives maybe I will put it out?

Cheers mate that's the sort of thing but the reviewer says it's 50mm outside measurement rather than 50mm inside. It's a poor description on their site.

I like to use a small (say, 50mm blade and handle - internal) engineer's square for squaring thin rails and so on. I tend to leave it out in the workshop and so my current one has become rusty. I can't really clean it without affecting the square so I would like a new one that is made from...

Excellent, thank you very much.

I need to hang two cupboard doors that will sit flush with the frame. I'd like to use decorative surface hinges so that they are a feature. The problem I have is that whenever I use hinges, once fixed, there is an inevitable sag as the hinge "relaxes" into position. Normally, this is not too...

Cheers. Yes, I bought the Proxxon in the end. Seems good.

My Dremel 4000 had finally died. It was never that good and when I opened it up I saw why. The mechanism for switching on and off was completely "Heath Robinson". The machine was over-complicated ant fussy - no wonder it broke. Does anyone have a recommendation for a clone that will fit the...

Thanks all. The wife's dad, who was an engineer, came round and bound it up with thick copper wire. Perfect!

Thank you. Will this work on this shingle roof where the shingles do not overlap the bargeboard?

Taking a new tack, could I ask what a good solution would be for the replacement of the rotting bargeboard and verge board on my shingle roof please (not the fascia - this is ok). The building is a "Dutch Barn" style shack that SWMBO uses as a summerhouse (see pic). I'd like to use PVC or some...

Thank you. I've seen some fascia boards by "Freefoam" that I thought I could use "upside down" with the return used to act like the capping board. Would this work, do you think?

OK, here's two, thanks.

I have a wooden "chalet" (posh shed) that has barge boards (140x18mm) that are rotting. It also has (I don't know what they're called) strips of wood (10x20mm) screwed to the top of the barge boards that are there to keep the edges of the shingles from blowing off - these are also rotting. I...

I am about to replace the felt on a shed roof and have been led a merry dance around the subject of lap adhesive. Some say that a "proper" adhesive that cures is best and others say that a mastic that never really dries is best. As I am using battens to secure it anyway (high winds here) I...

Yes, I see, thank you. No danger of electrocution?

Yes, that's it. The element is ok except that the clip to the support bar has come off. Can I just replace the clip?