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Hi all, I used some super glue (bloc brand) to glue a small plastic trophy that had broken (about the size of a hand). Just a small tube (size of pinky finger) or so, and left the tube and the plastic trophy in the shed to dry (trophy for a day, the half/mostly-used tube still there for...

I am wondering if there is any danger to having pressure-treated wood indoors in my home. I built a floating shelf with three different types of wood (see pics): - the skeleton frame to hold the shelf that gets mounted on the wall was from C16/24 pressure-treated 2x4s - the top and bottom of...

So I recently built a couple of raised sleeper beds with a pathway in between for our garden. They are 2.4m in length and 1.2m in width and 3 sleepers high, meaning 60cm high. I used 50cm 4" x 4" (100mm x 100mm) posts on each inside corner to fix it all together (with 16 150mm screws in each)...

I recently made a floating shelf, roughly 2m long. It is a hollow box mounted on a timber bracket with 5 crossbars and attached to 4 studs via 10 x 100mm coach screws with washers. This means that 50mm of the coach screw goes through the 2x4 bracket and then 50mm goes back into the wall. I have...

I was able to pick up a Makita LS1018LN for 40 quid the other day since it has a couple problems, but I thought I would try my hand at fixing it to see if I could make it usable again. There are two main problems: 1) When you rotate the table, it does not lock in place in the indents. And it...

If I want to make a floating bookshelf around 7-8 feet long (i.e., has to carry a real heavy load), what would be the best method between these two ... 1) 2x4 skeleton and put plywood or plank box over: 2) Buy iron rod brackets...

I am new to this forum and just wanted to get advice regarding the best way to install a bookshelf. I haven't purchased any materials yet, so I am completely open to various methods and different materials. I have a roughly 300cm wall in my home office/guest room. Instead of putting a bookshelf...