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Hi, I need to cut largish quantities of sheet card that is used to back picture mounts. It is smooth surface ,1.5 mm thick . I would like to cut say ten sheets thickness at a time into 12 X10 pieces. I have designed a jig for this but need to know what tooth blade you feel would be best for...

Hi, I have recently purchased a cordless circular saw that I'm very happy with. I have used power tools for a long time but just had a question please. If I am cutting sheet of say 10mm board I have been setting the blade ( as I usually would do ) at about 1/4 inch deeper than the wood being...

Hello, When the weather gets better I will be working on our house's windows. Generally they are in good condition but I know there will be a few places that I might have to sand back to the bare wood. If so do I use primer just on the wood or does it matter if it overlaps/ goes onto the...

Hello, I am replacing the wall mounted 2 KW bathroom fan heater with another one that is same size and specifications. The cable to it runs from a fused switch box in the loft. Just checking what fuse should be in that switch box please. At the moment it is 5amp. Is that correct size ? Thanks

Hello, We have a Turboflush macerator at the moment that is constantly getting blocked and not emptying the chamber. I want to replace it with a Saniflow Sanibest one that is more powerful and efficient. On the the Turboflush one there is no vent pipe fitted but according to articles the...

Hello, I have a pneumatic bench top press that I use to press picture hangers into frame backing board. It works really well but in an ideal world I would like to increase the speed of the piston stroke as at the moment overall down and back takes about 5 seconds. I am attaching photos of the...

Hello. I'm buying a small bench top pneumatic press for my workshop It comes with a foot pedal to operate it but want to connect a two hand button control so that both buttons have to be pressed together to make sure that both hands are out of the way of danger. Is it possible to buy these for...

Hello, We have had an area of external render repaired and I will need to paint it. I have put two coats of stabilizer onto it. Normally I know that it would be necessary to put a diluted first coat of paint on first to soak into the pores but as I have stabilised it is this still necessary...

Hi, I posted a message regarding how to replace a cable in machine I have . Got some helpful advice. I'm posting this under new heading because I didn't want to confuse the issue and hopefully reach out to more people. I am going to replace the old cable and fitting on the end with a new one of...

Hello, I have a framing machine that uses two micro switches buttons that have to be pushed at same time to operate. This keeps hands out of way of blades. They are faulty and I need to replace. I have located where the two wires from each micro switch go and these look like push in connectors ...

Hello, I have a shipping container that I use as a workshop. I based it on solid 1m3 concrete blocks on each corner for extra stability. Up to about a month ago the door closed fine but now it won't and there is a wider gap at bottom on opposite side of hinges than at the top. Basically it seems...

Hello, I'm looking to buy a woodworking machine that comes in both three phase and single phase The one I am looking at is three phase ( secondhand) and comes with large converter box as per photo. I don't want such a a large unit , is it possible to run this machine using another method ? My...

Hello, I am in the process of buying some threaded steel pipe from ebay. The 3/4" pipe is advertised as 26.9mm of( outside dimension) but surely should be 19.05 mm.I thought this might be a mistake but their other measurement seem to not tally as well and other sellers have the same thing. What...

Hello we have wooden double glazed doors ( internal) that have these hinges on them. Each hinge has a threaded screw going into the door as shown in photo and two going into frame. The left hand door is rubbing at the bottom and I want to raise it a few mm. Is it possible to adjust these hinges...

Hi, I want to fit a shallow incline roof onto my shipping container worshop. I am going to fit joists about every foot spacing going back to the back edge from the front. These will be gradually reducing thickness to achieve the sIlope . I need to fix these to the roof and had thought of using...

Hello, Earlier on today we had a delivery and lorry wheel broke through driveway surface/ hidden concrete cover. I have removed all the broken concrete (about 4 inches thick) and shovelled out loads of sludge from the chamber and am left with what is in attached photos. There is as seen an inlet...

Hello, We have a toilet in upstairs bathroom but it constantly gets blocked. I think that the cistern in photo is about 6 litres ? The waste pipe on outside wall is not at a great angle in fact hardly any angle at all. As seen in second photo the waste pipe is above the front door and not by...

Hello, I am fitting some coving on our landing ceiling but as you can see from photo here there is one spot where the ceiling dips down for a very short length .( It is solid over a beam) From experience would it be best to let the coving follow that dip around or cut away the coving so that is...

Hi. I have a ride on mower with a Briggs and Stratton engine. With a fully charged battery and plenty of fuel when I try and start using the starter motor it turns over strongly but won't kick into life. After doing this I can then do one or two pulls manually and it starts. Has anyone got an...

Hi when siting a container do the supporting blocks have to be directly under the corner feet or can they be under the outside "girders" that stretch the length of the container. I ideally want to put them under these girders just inside of the feet. One in each corner just inside feet Thanks