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Is it every day you post "I found ... in the loft"?Taipan wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 7:54 pm I have a Dremel 3000 which I found in the loft. It's brand new in the box and I've no idea where, or who, it came from?
Today I found i brand new tap and die set, a pair of weiss trousers and my old motorola brick phone. Tis a veritable treasure chest my loft!
I got rid of my hedges instead, just have a few trunks left to take to the tip. All to be replaced by bamboo because each stem only needs trimming once and I can do that by bending them over, no more wobbling on top of 3m ladders as the mountain will come to Mohammed. All I need to do now is make a dozen more large planters and order a truck load of plants.gremlin wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:00 pm Fear me, hedges and undergrowth!!!
https://www.screwfix.com/p/makita-duh52 ... bare/7852x
Having slowing reduced the cord on my old trimmer over the years, unintentionally, I figured cordless was the sensible option. Being as I have a few Makita tools made sense to carry on the collection and share batteries.
I'm having a similar experience now I'm sorting the garage, today I found spring compressors and a hub puller I haven't seen for 20 years. Also a set of unused stud extractors and lots of partially used boxes of screws, the unused tap and die set turned up last week.Taipan wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:36 pmToday I found i brand new tap and die set, a pair of weiss trousers and my old motorola brick phone. Tis a veritable treasure chest my loft!
I have lots of bamboo in my garden. Black and gold. Some over 20ft tall. Don't underestimate the work it needs to keep it in trim.Mussels wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:37 pmI got rid of my hedges instead, just have a few trunks left to take to the tip. All to be replaced by bamboo because each stem only needs trimming once and I can do that by bending them over, no more wobbling on top of 3m ladders as the mountain will come to Mohammed. All I need to do now is make a dozen more large planters and order a truck load of plants.gremlin wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:00 pm Fear me, hedges and undergrowth!!!
https://www.screwfix.com/p/makita-duh52 ... bare/7852x
Having slowing reduced the cord on my old trimmer over the years, unintentionally, I figured cordless was the sensible option. Being as I have a few Makita tools made sense to carry on the collection and share batteries.
It's a lot of hard work removing old Leylandii.
Today I found a Panegale in the loftTaipan wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:36 pmToday I found i brand new tap and die set, a pair of weiss trousers and my old motorola brick phone. Tis a veritable treasure chest my loft!
Pah! Buell footpegs and i've never owned a Buell!
ANd soem things for a paddock stand, I think?
I'd be very wary of letting bamboo anywhere near your garden. It propagates very rapidly, has an extensive root system and will spread anywhere it feels like. Your neighbours may not be very happy at all about this.Mussels wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:37 pm I got rid of my hedges instead, just have a few trunks left to take to the tip. All to be replaced by bamboo because each stem only needs trimming once and I can do that by bending them over, no more wobbling on top of 3m ladders as the mountain will come to Mohammed.
Bloke I was working with a couple of years ago had that Parf Guide system, he loved it.Silly Car wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:17 pm I’ve got a UJK parf guide system in my click and collect ready for collection by close of play tomorrow but I suspect I may be pushing it this month in terms of new tools...
https://www.axminstertools.com/ujk-tech ... tem-102278 based on Pythagorus formula for us brits or 3,4,5 for the mercans
It is possible to get varieties that spread very slowly, my neighbour has a very old clump that had hardly spread. I'm going for the fast growing versions but they will all be contained in planters.mangocrazy wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:06 pmI'd be very wary of letting bamboo anywhere near your garden. It propagates very rapidly, has an extensive root system and will spread anywhere it feels like. Your neighbours may not be very happy at all about this.Mussels wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:37 pm I got rid of my hedges instead, just have a few trunks left to take to the tip. All to be replaced by bamboo because each stem only needs trimming once and I can do that by bending them over, no more wobbling on top of 3m ladders as the mountain will come to Mohammed.
A friend of mine has a neighbour who planted bamboo in her garden, which spread rapidly to my friend's garden, spreading under the decking and then causing my friend to have her decking ripped up so she could get at the bamboo to eradicate it. It's like playing a game of whack-a-mole. You think you've got rid of it and it pops up somewhere else.
I wouldn't let the stuff anywhere near any land I owned.
Ok, that puts a different complexion on it. Should be OK in planters. It's causing my friend all sorts of stress, and I know how invasive it was in my parent's garden.Mussels wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:46 pmIt is possible to get varieties that spread very slowly, my neighbour has a very old clump that had hardly spread. I'm going for the fast growing versions but they will all be contained in planters.mangocrazy wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:06 pmI'd be very wary of letting bamboo anywhere near your garden. It propagates very rapidly, has an extensive root system and will spread anywhere it feels like. Your neighbours may not be very happy at all about this.Mussels wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:37 pm I got rid of my hedges instead, just have a few trunks left to take to the tip. All to be replaced by bamboo because each stem only needs trimming once and I can do that by bending them over, no more wobbling on top of 3m ladders as the mountain will come to Mohammed.
A friend of mine has a neighbour who planted bamboo in her garden, which spread rapidly to my friend's garden, spreading under the decking and then causing my friend to have her decking ripped up so she could get at the bamboo to eradicate it. It's like playing a game of whack-a-mole. You think you've got rid of it and it pops up somewhere else.
I wouldn't let the stuff anywhere near any land I owned.
The click and collect expired as I just ran out of time yesterday and I’m still cogitating about the cost of the system. My local store has the MK1 system at £140 rather than the MK2 at £200 which is somewhat less painful on the wallet.demographic wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:38 pmBloke I was working with a couple of years ago had that Parf Guide system, he loved it.Silly Car wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:17 pm I’ve got a UJK parf guide system in my click and collect ready for collection by close of play tomorrow but I suspect I may be pushing it this month in terms of new tools...
https://www.axminstertools.com/ujk-tech ... tem-102278 based on Pythagoras formula for us brits or 3,4,5 for the mercans
He used it to make up 3/4" mdf tabletops which in conjunction with his Festool rail and TS55 railsaw was great for longish square cuts.
I just bought a multifunction slab to use with my TS55 and rail, cheaper in the short term but the Parf Guide system is a lot better long term.
That’s pretty much what set up is, with a 8x2 slab of chipboard flooring as the deck. The MFT MDF top would replace the chipboard.demographic wrote: Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:22 am I just have two wooden sawhorses/stools with two lengths of eight foot long 2x2 across them lengthways then 4 bits of 2x2 at about a meter long across them and the slab over them.
That stops it all sagging and whatever.
Then I have four Veritas large Parf dogs to square up the workpiece and cut.
I can't remember who made my multi function slab but when I got it I Danish Oiled the whole thing twice but to be fair I've not used it much, the crosscut guiderail on my Festool HKC is good enough for most of my cuts currently.