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That drill guide looks like a must-have in it's own right, thanks :) I've not dealt with Axminster stuff directly, but some of their kits I've seen looks ok, the rest looks a bit cheap - Not seen their pillar drills though.

Hi all, hope you've had a productive bank-holiday weekend.. I'd quite like a pillar drill, it's one of the tools I think would make a simpler job of many a tasks, and as I'm pretty hopeless at drilling holes square, it would hopefully reduce the hash-up element of what I do undertake. I'm...

On first look it does, I assume the hook element is to discourage prising the gate away from the frame. What I like is the long throw of the latch, which would help mitigate the effect of expansion/contraction of the frame.

Think I've almost found a solution, though it will involve having to chisel out a mortise: I'll still need to find a handle and cylinder for it, but that shouldn't be too challenging. Has anyone had any experience with Locinox hardware?

If the number order was important then it would be 1,235,520 permutations using only 6 of the 13 characters (for the maths geeks that's 13!/7!) - the fact they are advertising 8000 combinations says to me that number order isn't important. thus it's a combination of 8! / 5 which is 8064...

20mm sounds reasonable - I work on a movement of up to 10% of the crossgrain distance, and given the timber had a thorough soaking over the past couple of weeks, and is now half-dry (at a guess), I've got a 10-15mm gap, so I reckon I'm about in the money - it's not sticking, but it will be...

Thanks, looking forward to getting it painted and finished properly now (just need some dry weather). I'd prefer not to use a lever lock, as I've got a Euro cylinder on the front, and will have on the back (when I get around to it) so I reckon I can get a euro profile long through deadbolt, so...

I've built a 6ft double gate for my drive, it's fully clad (pic below, still needs paint). I need to find a suitable catch/latch/lock. ideally I want a self engaging catch/latch to hold the gate shut, with the option to lock/unlock from both the "outside" and "inside". One issue is the...

I've inherited an old, yet functional DeWalt radial arm saw, which I'm gotten working to some good degree, it's 95% complete (the only major part I can't find is the Riving knife, and the slide bearings are a little lumpy), But it has a decent Router bracket, spare blades, and the motor sounds...

Laying Geotextile.

7 bags of gravel down, another 3 to go .

Type 3 for permeable.

Sorry, long shots don't really show the details. Below is what I was talking about: Things growing in my garden #1 by Ouch77 posted 8 Mar 2019 at 9:00 AM Things growing in my garden #1 by Ouch77 posted 8 Mar 2019 at 9:00 AM Things growing in my garden #1 by Ouch77 posted 8 Mar 2019 at 9:00 AM...

Thanks, since this photo I've dug out the stumps and remaining plants on the right, and removed the 'mound' in the middle. Hopefully I'll be rotivating and leveling this weekend, then I can get some textile down, as green shoots are starting to re-appear already.

Wow. I wasn't getting email updates on this thread, so I've only just caught up on all this spirited discussion :) I appreciate the sentiment that chemicals are not necessarily the complete solution, and my problems can be fairly effectively divided into front and rear, where the scenarios...