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My tip for growing from seed which also keeps the birds and cats off is something my father did when we moved to a new house. He used something that was new (at that time) polythene sheeting. He stuck posts around the lawn with a few sticks in the lawn itself over which he laid a large...

On a warm dry day, make sure the slabs are clean then pour water from a watering can along the joints. Leave it 30 minutes for the surface of the slabs to dry then brush a dry mix of sand and cement along the joints. The mortar mix will draw the water up from below and set. No cement stains...

Go to a barber and ask for his swept up hair. Foxes are put off by the smell of humans which will be in the hair. Raid your wifes drawer for her old stocking/tights and put a handfull of hair in them. Tie a knot and hang them on the fence about 6" above the ground. If you have plants in front...

Try a hairdrier and a putty knife. The heat should melt the adhesive.

I often get popups asking me to download one of these diallers. I click NO and another box popsup which stops me closing the webpage until I have clicked YES then the original page popsup again. This usually happens 3 times before I can continue surfing. Thank goodness for my cable which they...

You may have been the victim of someone phishing where spammers use your computer to send out their spam emails which makes it appear to be you sending them. Phishing has risen a lot since it became illegal for anyone in the EU to send spam mail unless someone 'opts in' to accept it. This...

A trojan is not a virus. A virus replicates itself while a trojan is used to infiltrate your system and allow its originator to take control of some functions. A Back Door trojan is designed to allow someone else to do anything they want on your computer from deleting files to installing...

I only use MDF for making router jigs and as far as woodworking is concerned I am still learning a lot having only started in 1955 by 1st making a puppet theatre followed by wooden swords and taught myself how to make half lap joints so the guards wouldn't be offset to the hilt. As to the other...

I imagine you have had no replies so far because you haven't said what you are making, how you will joint it etc. You also made me giggle with your 2nd sentence Since when was any kind of MDF a 'quality' product? It has its uses but 'quality'? NO.

The 1st thing to think of when joining a solid wood worktop is that the wood will expand and contract across the grain far more than along the grain so by joining at 90°, one will expand more than the other causing the joint to fail if glued. If the joint is cut at 45° then both should expand &...

And to cause some confusion. BOTH are Philips Posidrive were invented by Philips to replace the Philips screws.

I find sander dust much better with pva than sawdust. :wink:

Simple rule: - Anticlockwise on the outside of a workpiece. - Clockwise round an inside shape (sink hole etc) Hi big all, cant get away from eachother can we? lmao