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How to grow a pillar drill

by cheb » Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:11 pm
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First, prepare the ground:
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Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:34 pm
Torque wrench testing services

by cheb » Sun Jun 28, 2020 1:31 pm

Reasonable rates, certificates issued on request. :thumbup:

Anyway, my 35 year old torque wrench tested and found still to be accurate. Which was...

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Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:33 pm
What tools for working at Harleys?

by Bigjawa » Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:01 pm
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Eldest has managed to blow up his GPz550, which is impressive as even I have never managed to blow up a kwak 550. Anyway, for reasons best known to...
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Last post by demographic
Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:52 pm
Filling PCP Air rifle

by Reburner » Sat Jun 13, 2020 1:52 pm

I have a PCP air rifle which I fill from a dive cylinder type bottle. How do I know when this bottle needs refilling?

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Last post by Ant
Wed Jul 01, 2020 5:50 pm
In the Shed's Boat Shed.

by Yambo » Wed Apr 01, 2020 4:10 pm
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Most of the shed stuff I do nowadays is boat related, I live 2 minutes walk from the beach and the Mediterranean so boats win out. :thumbup:

I...
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Last post by Yambo
Sat Jun 27, 2020 10:48 am
Correct size screwdriver for pilot jets

by Julian_Boolean » Wed Jun 24, 2020 10:39 am

What's the correct size screwdriver for Mikuni pilot jets as I don't want to chew them up removing them.
And what's a good make for screwdrivers...

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Wed Jun 24, 2020 1:09 pm
DH Gipsy engine 1/4 scale

by kendo57 » Wed Apr 08, 2020 8:05 pm
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Bought these castings from an internet site , they were made a few years ago and probably
been sat under a bench . They came with a set plans which...
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Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:22 pm
Efficiency of heating hot water?

by Silly Car » Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:22 pm

Just musing st the moment...

Large household with 5 adults all showering daily has led to a number of occasions where I have ended up with a cold...

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Thu Jun 18, 2020 11:24 am
Pizza oven build

by go_slow » Fri May 15, 2020 10:27 am
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I've wanted a pizza oven for a while but at £500 for just the oven I had a hard time justifying it. Then this appeared down the road from me for...
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Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:04 am
Bike ramp into cellar (planning...)

by Dutchman » Sun Apr 12, 2020 5:30 pm
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I keep my bike in an box. It's great but there's only room for one bike, no room to work on it etc. I have however also got a cellar - you can see...
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Last post by Horse
Tue Jun 02, 2020 11:54 am
Bodge of the day....

by iansoady » Sat Apr 18, 2020 12:22 pm

... or creative solution.

I have a couple of fins broken on the cast iron head of my 1952 Norton ES2. My brother kindly supplied a couple he'd...

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Sun May 31, 2020 10:04 pm
Bothering at a Perrin jig borer

by cheb » Tue May 19, 2020 9:08 pm
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It looked like this in the advert:

It's been partly disassembled into biggish lumps for transporting. Biggish meaning just liftable by one...
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Last post by cheb
Sat May 23, 2020 7:45 pm
Tickly cough I should say so ..

by rodbargee » Mon May 18, 2020 8:22 pm

what else can you do with a t54 tank engine....

It has subtitles you can turn on too

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Last post by hilldweller
Tue May 19, 2020 12:03 pm
Alan Millyards amazing builds

by rodbargee » Mon May 18, 2020 11:58 am

Check out Alan Millyards youtube channel where he builds amongst other things a superb KAwasaki Z1 six cyl and test rides it and in one vid shows how...

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Last post by G.P
Mon May 18, 2020 5:02 pm
Paint stripping

by cheb » Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:40 pm

The paint has to come off this aluminium swing arm;

Doing it manually will be tedious, so out with the chemicals. MEK to be precise, which I'm...

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Last post by cheb
Sat May 16, 2020 4:04 pm
Hydrangea a bit of help please

by WelshDragon » Thu May 07, 2020 8:21 am

It’s the first time I have ever had a Hydrangea in my garden. I bought it last year and it was around a foot high and buds were fully developed. As...

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Last post by Dodgy knees
Tue May 12, 2020 9:44 pm
Peonies from pods?

by WelshDragon » Fri May 08, 2020 7:23 pm

Posted on TRC as well so apologies for the repeat but has anyone ever grown peonies from the seed pods that the flower produces? I have a lot of them...

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Sat May 09, 2020 7:12 am
Oak tabletop for my granddaughter.

by demographic » Sun Mar 29, 2020 9:14 pm
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I've been pestered into making my granddaughter a tabletop to go onto a Singer sewing machine cast iron base.
The brief was, Just get something she...
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Last post by demographic
Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:41 pm
Staple guns - recommendations?

by WelshDragon » Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:41 pm

Hi I’m looking for a staple gun that’ll last but isn’t too expensive. It’ll only be used for things like attaching liners to garden planters rather...

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Last post by Skub
Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:44 pm
Pressure washer what one

by formula400 » Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:18 pm

Couldn’t decide if this was the right forum.

I might be after a pressure washer, just for the bikes and cycles. Maybe the paving in the garden....

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Last post by David
Tue Apr 28, 2020 12:31 pm
Garage essentials

by YoKaiser » Tue Apr 21, 2020 2:39 pm
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What's your favourite bits of kit/tools for the garage?
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Fri Apr 24, 2020 4:33 pm
Shed/workshop related Youtube channels What you got?

by demographic » Thu Apr 02, 2020 10:20 am

Yeah, I know its been done before but not on here it hasnt.

This Old Tony, mostly about machining but its very well edited with a few pisstakes...

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Last post by derek badger
Mon Apr 06, 2020 10:09 pm
MDF Sharpening Wheel

by GuzziPaul » Sun Mar 29, 2020 3:52 pm

Anyone use and MDF sharpening wheel? I have multiple stones and a leather strop and a couple of different compounds. I also have a bench grinder and...

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Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:28 pm
Show us your sheds

by cheb » Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:44 pm

The grubby room inside one of mine:

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Last post by rodbargee
Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:58 pm
What's this?

by cheb » Thu Mar 26, 2020 9:36 pm

Smells of creosote and Erinmore Flake.

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Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:51 pm

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