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A neighbour just donated me 2 VGC twin 6' fittings complete with Phillips 75-85W tubes, While I have the slimline tubes & fittings in my garage, I could utilise these over my workbench. Should I just use as is .... or is there an adapter to use slimline Tri-Phosphor tubes, I can see an adapter...

Often instrument cases are made of wood , but have a black 'felt' coating over all the compartments to protect the instruments .. Typical (but old) such case in sample pic Is this 'sprayed on' or is it a glued on fabric ? .... need to make a few storage boxes and need to have them lined...

Project I would like to identify the state of 3 switches, sw 1, 2 & 3 and when power is supplied to a fan …… so 4 indicators – assume these would be LED. I.1 – I.4 Sketch is attached. The controller is self-contained controller providing Bluetooth, Wireless, time & temperature functions...

I use a wooden Pizza peel - birch ply - Does the job well, but handle is too small for comfort (for my size hands) I had some offcuts of 12 x 60 Ash , so cut a length glued on some short shoulders to give me a 'T' shape and routed out the shape of the existing handle and inset that and the...

While moving a very heavy frameless glass door, the corner got crunched on a tiled floor. So instead of arrised corner, it’s rounded off … The glass will close on top & side seals, so most of it is covered … but I should like to repair if only to keep seal as it should be. Anybody aware of...

Been badly let down by a tradesman Paid a deposit for 10mm toughened glass balustrade, the guy fitted end clamps & central post and never returned. So I have 4 clamps per piece of glass .... I can measure exact size between clamps, anybody know what tolerance I should allow .... for example on...

I have a 21mm PVC overflow pipe used to provide a condensate drain. when my boiler was replaced the guys ‘rotated’ pipe to add pipe insulation.. must have cracked/ stressed at the fitting and it has sheared off flush with the brick wall. To avoid chiseling away brick to use a standard coupler...

I have some machine screws I wish to replace - just not sure what they would be. It's off an American made item, so not metric ( and size conforms that) OD is 0.174" sort of assuming this is a 3/16" TPI is 24 Therefore my best guess is UNC #10-24 That seem right ?

Have a large panel … being used over a hot tub, which is 5mm Foamex sheet (pvc foam), with a glued on 70 x 16 softwood ‘frame/edge. Used a polyurethane glue, and also stapled through from Foamex onto wood. Just thinking if I should wrap the edges much like they do on double glazed units, to...

I have non-draining land .... I removed 250 mmm off the top and imported topsoil, but it still don't drain. It was a valley infilled in 50's to make a railway sidings ..... closed since 70's I tried drainage crates and french drains, initially fine, then they fill and takes weeks of no rain for...

Task to drill 400 holes. about 100 of them are 0.03" (~0.75mm) and another 100 are 0.04" (~1.0mm) My DeWalt cordless is a bit heavy to use for this task, and will not close down on 1-.0mm or lower. I thought to use a pin chuck .... tried 2 from Amazon, but they simply don't run true (they were...

I’m looking for a 2 part male & female locating pins. Have a 32mm panel that is sliding into a recess, and need some form of guide pins, that will locate into receivers. Found these … anybody know of anything better. I suppose if there was a slight taper or chamfer on leading edge of pin it...

Time to treat myself to a Low Angle block plan. I have seen plenty of new ‘Faithfull 6012’ models around £23 price point, which is pretty cheap are they any good ? or perhaps a RIDER NO. 60 1/2. But more than twice that price. either of these better ? Also see plenty of used Stanley’s 110’s but...

I have a wood T&G ceiling (3.3m x 3.3m) on outdoor structure. With a void in the middle of 1.5 x 2.0m Currently no lights, I had liked the idea someone posted here of a ‘starry sky’ effect using fibre optics. However, getting close to £800 to put that in place...

I have a De Walt DW718 305mm compound mitre saw. Just in front of the operating trigger / handle is a black dial .... numbered 1-5 Anybody know what that is for Not mentioned in the user manual.

I have some very old nail punches. Instead of a flat face, they have a half round ‘dimple, to allow them to fit on the head of a nail better. Are these still available, and if so do they have a particular name ?

Going to be assembling a new gravity smoker. (Think auto feed charcoal BBQ) Been suggested to use anti-seize compound on the various screws & bolts. They are typically M4 Steel black painted machine screws. Any suggestions for an anti-seize paste /thread dip.

Underway on a T&G ceiling cladding on 25mm wood. The wood has a V profile, (as per sketch) I could have clad in just straight runs .. but chose to have a bit more 'show' about it. Due to layout there are corner sections at 45 degree and horizontal runs to but against them. Sketch (rough) of...

I am cladding horizontal ceiling with t&g softwood. it has v-profile on both sides, so can be fitted either way up. The board will want to cup in the direction of downwards facing growth rings, so is it best to fit with growth rings upwards so edges pull tighter against the next board, or...

I have a job to clad an outdoor ceiling with T&G - PTG&V, I posted a Q yesterday on what nails to fix with - a separate Q arose when I came to order. I can get clear treated in 125 width (119 finished) or 100 width (95 finished) Is there any benefit to using 100 mm wide, compared to 125 wide...