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Hello people. I've been given an old 200L compressor, with 2stage ABAC B70(B60?) air pump. Its been sat for a while, fins are dirty, no intake air filter box, but other than that it got all the bits attached. Except motor, left it where it was stored as it weighed 3/4 of the compressor+tank...

I'm planning on building myself a 72x2" belt sander. It seems the standard is pretty much american. Where to i get belts of this size in UK ? 50x1830mm ? Ebay doesnt seem to have any good selection ? Looking for a starter kit with most common grit grades (80-400 ?).

I'm thinking on building a deck over my messy back garden. Grass is massacred by ten ton front loader wheels (dont ask). No point digging it out as there's clay right under. Hence the deck. However, we here get some severe winds and i'm not confident its not gonna fly away one day in november...

Oh. My. God. I nearly punched a wall just now. Typing this here just to calm down. I have a small hobby bandsaw, three wheeled. For the past hour i have been trying to replace the blade, put a new one. Not the first time but this time its just made me go berserk. I'm fairly hard to anger, but...

Hello folks. So, today my boiler decided to paint my house end black. Went in with a wrench, scooped out loads of rubbish, rust and whole lot what appears to be internal insulation. Boiler is completely rotten/rusted etc... Firebird Popular 90 and MonoFlame Minor 1BR ST burner. Took off...

I bought a commercial treadmill, as faulty. Paid peanuts for it. Hope to resurrect it to former glory. Is it considered an appliance ? :D (If it is) Its a LifeFitness 9500HR Next Generation (RT9500) commercial treadmill. When powered on i can hear hum of transformer, motherboard lights up...

I have one of them ride on car toys thats been sitting for a while, decided to try to revive it but cannot find a charger. It was just a phone charger sort of affair... Anyone can tell me how to recharge this battery ? Markings NJenne 3-FM-7(6v 7Ah/20HR) Constant voltage charge (25c)...

I came upon treasure trove of old(but modern) electric motors pulled out of washing machines and tumble dryers. Brought one of each, WM being 17000rpm brushed and more interesting to me tumble dryer motor which is induction type. Questions are as follows 1. Why it wont start on its own ...

I'm planning on re-finishing my oak dining table which is peeling off just by running my fingernails over it. However corners and some other spots are still ok and holds tight. Tried sanding - it completely clogs sandpaper, i dont have scraper or planer for more agressive approach. Nor do i...

Some 5 years ago i bought a tin of Ronseal DiamondHard floor varnish. Had it opened once, didnt quite seal well afterwards. Today i pull it off the shelf to see if its gone but its still liquid as it was before. Made a sample dip a piece of wood, now drying. So, original tin is rusty and...

A bit of a nightmare, this one... I'm looking for a detail hand plane not exceeding 100mm in length(4"). Detail/hand/thumb/squirreltail plane. Many names. However all i find in UK are some cheap and nasty pressed steel and plastic rubbish (stanley) or beautiful but unreasonably priced...

Well, tomorrow walls coming up, roof structure should be up in couple of days. Now i have to figure out how to waterproof osb decked flat roof AND install an aluminium framed (fixed) window and waterproof it as well. Any good tutorials on this ? Doing it myself, havent done anything like...

I'm being offered Wadkin AGS-250-300. As far as i know its three phase but easily converts to single phase (standard foot mounts?). Generally its in poor state, sat for a long time in open (but roofed) shed so table is rusty. At least. Tomorrow going to inspect it more thoroughly, today was...

I'm about to buy a sliding mitre saw. B&Q at the moment offer two JCB ones i'm interested in, mostly due to my budget: 255mm http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/power-tools/saws/mitre_saws/JCB-255mm-Sliding-Mitre-Saw-13168664?skuId=13649361 and 210mm...

I'm considering buying used BD339 saw, but it doesnt come with blade or manuals, so i dont know what length/width blade i should be looking for. Anyone here have one of these ?

Hello good folks of DiyNot. This is a challenge for me, a radical shift away from my normal trade - I.T./interior design/interior engineering/computer graphics/illustration. But as it was for the most part office based "engineering" i don't really have a clue of what i'm doing... As to safety...

I remember once i read something somewhere about clamping workpieces bigger than the chuck jaw fully open. Cant seem to find it again. Its a one off thing, but i still need it done. I have a steel rod of 25mm + a hair more. I need that "hair" bit gone so i could fit 25mm I.D. bearing on...

Where do you buy your green bars ? Purest Chromium III Oxide i find is in powder form and is not really convenient for tool polishing. Most of whats on ebay does not have descriptions of whats in the bar (most likely high content of Aluminium oxide). So, where do i get good quality polishing...

Where do i get a 93.5in x 1/4 and 93.5in x 1/2in bandsaw blades ? Cant seem to find the 1/4 one. Blades for woodworking, not metalwork... NONE of the local tool shops carry them. Been running between Dungannon/Armagh/Cookstown trying to find one - no one have these blades, half of visited...

Looking to buy some "knockdown screws". Its a screw with a very wide and shallow pan head with a hex drive in it. Cant seem to find anything like it. Not even ebay. Maybe because i dont know what theyre called in UK, source of the plans is Canada so i'm sure its all because of naming...