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As far as I know you can only get baby oil from babies. and even then you need a huge press just to get a few drops out of a whole heap of them.

Hmmm. yes. I know about this, I got white finger from using an air powered lettering chisel on stone for too long. It comes and goes, worst when the weather gets cold. It gets really anoying, it is similar to when you get a dead leg from sitting badly, only on your fingers. I eventually bought...

turn the thermostat up enough and you could steam clean your bum.

Me and some friends were helping to move all the stuff from an illustrators studio, loads of plan chests and paper work, nothing too heavy nothing too dangerous, but loads of stairs. This bloke Jim, was one of those people that liked to make even the easiest job seem hard, so he decided to...

A friend of mine who has been using chainsaws for years in forestry, and was wearing ALL the gear. Lowered the saw one day and the tip of the blade caught his toe, the steel toe-cap led the cut behind it, right across the instep of his foot, as good as cutting through a couple of bones...

masona. seems like an ok plan - only thing is, from what ive been reading on the subject I get the impression that because the felt would be on the cold side of the roof you will be just as likely to get condensation on the underside of that, which will be trapped in the wood and cause rot...

I have seen this done several times in different ways that might suit, although you'll need to make sure that the installation is safe. put a narrow beam low voltage dichroic halogen light (the sort you get in flush ceiling lights) so that it shines onto a shallow bowl of water. the effect is...

Ive noticed that the insulation posts get mixed responses so I thought I'd throw this one in... I am building a large shed/workshop with a pitched roof that i want to be as dry as possible inside. I have also inherited :wink: a load of building materials that I want to use, particularly...

I used to work in a place where miles of the stuff was put on every day, they eventually bought a machine to put it on quickly. It worked by directing the hot air jet of a paint stripping gun at the adhesive side of the strip just before the strip was pressed onto the edge by a big (cold) ball...

I hope it was all done by a reputable plumber, not some diy cowboy.

I wouldnt bother with the pva. most masonry paints these days are pva based anyway (water based ones anyway) so you'd only be doubling up, besides the paint is more likely to hold on the small stones as it is more viscous. I'd have thought it was doubtful wether pva has the mechanical strength...

very interesting post paul. I had never thought of corgi that way, but what you say makes sense. The pretext that the legislation is all about safety isn't quite true is it, it is at least partly about industry protectionism, even if it has only become so at the realisation that there is...

I hate to be a misery but there isnt much point in slapping any waterproofing on the boards you have. the reason is that the moisture content of the air alone is like to cause the ply to delaminate and the mdf to swell. So even if you cut away the bits that have already got wet you will probably...

interesting link oilman. I used to work for a woodworm treatment company (years ago) and it was well known that the whole process was largely a waste of money, praying on the fears of people for thier property. The thinking went something like this: At best the solvent based chemicals only...

If you want to work out the stresses etc then Dr Beam and Dr truss are quite good and available as demo http://www.drsoftware-home.com/ If you have a mac try and get hold of 'vectorworks' by nemetschek. it is a cad program that will automatically design any type of roof down to the last...

when I moved into my current house a few years ago I had some left over solid ash boards that I decided to use as a temporary worksurface in the kitchen. to begin with the kitchen consisted of a butler sink on a workmate and boards resting across the fridge & freezer tops. now three years later...

thanks for the concise answer ban all.

Dunno. thats why I was asking. like the uk 220 to 240 perhaps the us is 110 to 120? dunno what frequency the us uses. for that matter is UK power 50Hz? just a vaguely remembered guess on my part. someone said that the voltage is always dropped at a local substation from the generated...

well i suppose that that is my question securespark. The frequency is set for the national grid isn't it? at around 50 Hz? (the transformers that I have bought dont have anything other than windings, so no frequency change there). The voltage is stepped down to 110v from 240v and the rated...

Years ago I used to use an elu saw with one of them - not exactly what youd expect to be using for a business making boardroom tables and audio visual suites - but it did the trick for about five years - till the management invested in a real saw. thing was that once you got used to its funny...