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Forum: HINTS & TIPS

This forum is open to all comers with hints and tips on anything at all to do with renovating and allied crafts, trades, skills, techniques, etc.

  1. Angry Sticky Thread Sticky: Please Read This

    Started by Neil, 24th August 2003 02:15 AM
    administrators, agree, bit, board, bulletin, business, button, clicking, denigrate, eye, fight, forums, information, law, material, message, messages, moderators, odd, owner, person, post, posts, prepared, read, register, slander, spirit, time, woodwork
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 8,946
    Neil
    24th August 2003, 02:15 AM Go to last post

  1. Tape measure clip

    Started by bpj1968, 12th September 2008 02:41 PM
    ago, akward, belt, budge, clip, clips, credit, flat, ladder, magazine, measure, measures, metal, mobile, phone, removed, replaced, stay, tape
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 2,568
    Claw Hama
    12th September 2008, 03:26 PM Go to last post

  2. hanging sheet sandpaper storage

    Started by fletty, 31st August 2008 11:16 AM
    bags, bottom, brilliant, confirm, day, edge, flat, fletty, hanging, larger, noticed, plastic, rivers, sandpaper, sealed, shed, sheet, shirts, slightly, sorts, storage, zipper
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 2,921
    Woodwould
    31st August 2008, 11:51 AM Go to last post

  3. Good Ideas Document

    Started by David L, 13th June 2008 06:18 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    2tsup, address, bookmarks, cutting, document, file.wink, folders, forum, found, good, idea, ideas, list, lot, paper, pasting, people, print, processor, save, starting, title, url, word
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 5,872
    David L
    1st July 2008, 06:07 PM Go to last post

  4. Handy tip for removing tapered bearing cups

    Started by Woodlee, 30th June 2008 06:45 PM
    ,as, ,grabbed, arc, bead, bearing, bearings, cools, cup, cups, cussing, dragged, fall, gear, grabbed, handy, inside, lincoln, losing, metal, mig, pinion, pulley, removing, rod, run, shrink, tapered, tip, weld, welder, welders
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 5,079
    Woodlee
    1st July 2008, 11:32 AM Go to last post

  5. Sanding Belt Storage

    Started by jmk89, 27th June 2008 11:47 AM
    100mm, 12mm, belt, belts, books, carrying, convenient, current, dowels, finer, hang, helps, ideas, job, lie, lot, sanding, sandpaper, search, series, sheet, shopnotes, sticking, storage, store, storing, takes, wall, wasp, wwf
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 3,475
    Claw Hama
    27th June 2008, 10:27 PM Go to last post

  6. Wheres Niki???? Thats Niki our Polish tip man!

    Started by Wild Dingo, 21st May 2008 10:58 PM
    2tsup, cheers, creating, enforced, guy, happened, increadibly, man, nicknacks, niki, polish, posts, sabbatical, shane, shed, talented, tip, tips
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 3,768
    Wild Dingo
    26th May 2008, 04:36 PM Go to last post

  7. useful thing

    Started by sumu, 16th May 2008 07:17 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    called, chewed, commercial, conditions, dropped, easily, fights, finger, fits, gravity, greased, lee, magnet, model, nag, perfectly, pocket, prefer, splitted, squeezed, stored, sumu, tape, thing, totally, usefulness, valley, version, wrench, wrinkled
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 5,608
    Wild Dingo
    21st May 2008, 10:54 PM Go to last post

  8. link as a tip

    Started by sumu, 20th May 2008 05:25 AM
    animations, applets, assisting, bad, checking, found, geometrics, greatly, helpful, index, information, inspiration, java, link, machining, occasionally, possess, possibilities, requests, run, sketching, solve, source, step-by-step, sumu, tip, toolbox, web, wondering, woodworking
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 2,393
    chrisb691
    20th May 2008, 08:30 AM Go to last post

  9. Glueing Polypropylene

    Started by John G, 26th June 2005 10:19 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    adhere, adhesives, bet, bits, bought, cheap, cut, exclude, fasteners, glue, glueing, glues, jig, melt, physical, pieces, plastic, polyethylene, polypropylene, properly, thermoplastic, tub
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 41,785
    echnidna
    17th May 2008, 10:52 AM Go to last post

  10. Silly Tip

    Started by littlebuddha, 12th May 2008 12:27 AM
    arthritus, boy, day2tsup, easier, epoxy, fantastic, grab, handle, hanging, holding, hunt, makes, pain, pencil, roof, sharpener, sharpeners, shop, silly, superglue, thick, times, tip, todayu, wellies
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 3,556
    littlebuddha
    12th May 2008, 11:24 PM Go to last post

  11. Titebond buggered bottle

    Started by Iain, 17th June 2007 08:29 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    350ml, add, base, bbq, bit, bottle, bring, buggered, coles, contents, couple, days, glad, half, house, intact, nozzle, poifect, proudly, rampage, red, remember, rolleyes, sauce, solution, titebond, tomato, transfer, twist, wrap
    • Replies: 26
    • Views: 8,249
    billym
    28th April 2008, 09:03 AM Go to last post

  12. Important advice

    Started by underfoot, 14th April 2008 06:29 PM
    5 Pages •
    1 2 3 4 5
    advice, air, belt, check, cranky, drops, filter, girl, helmet, hint, hit, hose, huntsman, huuuge, important, makes, mask, pack, plate, power, powered, respirators, spiders, squeal, tip
    • Replies: 64
    • Views: 11,010
    madrat
    22nd April 2008, 07:42 PM Go to last post

  13. Caked on dust

    Started by zelk, 1st April 2008 01:23 PM
    accumulates, bag, caked, cakes, dealing, due, dust, dusty, filter, grounding, housing, inside, metal, resolve, separating, static, waste, zelk
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 2,818
    BobL
    8th April 2008, 10:58 AM Go to last post

  14. Smelly table

    Started by MICKYG, 31st March 2008 05:09 PM
    care, contemporary, couple, days, develops, finish, friend, gunk, locked, lots, metholated, mike, offer, opinion, polish, similiar, smell, smelly, soluble, spirit, strong, table, timber, turpentine, turps
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 2,009
    echnidna
    31st March 2008, 06:23 PM Go to last post

  15. Red face Vertical blinds

    Started by MICKYG, 5th November 2007 04:35 PM
    advance, blinds, clean, clue, easily, grime, household, mike-, tnx, vertical, windows
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 3,667
    pitbull
    29th March 2008, 06:03 AM Go to last post

  16. Do you know

    Started by wheelinround, 28th January 2008 04:45 PM
    alka-seltzer, apply, bacteria, boil, cats, cup, cure, dab, day, dog, drop, drops, glue, hair, healing, honey, infections, instantly, kills, listerine, mix, oil, pain, relief, rust, skin, splinter, tract, urinary, vinegar
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 3,341
    DavidG
    10th March 2008, 08:57 PM Go to last post

  17. favourite tool belt style

    Started by mic-d, 17th February 2005 10:27 PM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    bag, belt, bit, bucket, cheers, daily, fasteners, favourite, hammer, hand, hold, larger, leather, pockets, pouch, requirements, reverting, setup, sick, simple, storage, style, system, tape, thinking, tired, tool, tool/fastener, type, varies
    • Replies: 39
    • Views: 18,594
    MAKA.
    9th March 2008, 03:01 PM Go to last post

  18. Try this

    Started by Wongo, 26th February 2008 11:03 AM
    000, amount, bandsaw, blade, brush, cut, direction, disconnect, handy, hold, jar, jointer, opposite, positive, power, pretty, remove, results, rotate, rotations, router, shop, stain, steel, table, teeth, try.2tsup, turpentine, weeks, wool
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 3,108
    niki
    28th February 2008, 09:15 AM Go to last post

  19. New trick for this old dog

    Started by Bob38S, 25th February 2008 10:11 AM
    antenna, antennas, bits, bob, boxes, checking, couple, cupboard, diagonals, dog, drawers, dug, extend, handy, head, idea, including, inside, lengths, managed, measure, measurements, pieces, retract, ruler, sorts, transferred, trick, uncle, varying
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 3,110
    rsser
    26th February 2008, 01:38 PM Go to last post

  20. Structural engineer wanted

    Started by Bleedin Thumb, 12th February 2008 02:05 PM
    certificate, check, design, engineer, folks, guess, issue, play, preferably, structural, structure, sydney, wanted, wooden
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 2,894
    Gingermick
    16th February 2008, 07:40 PM Go to last post

  21. Drill press pulley V Belts

    Started by zelk, 6th February 2008 11:29 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    belts, buy, drill, located, press, pulley, quality, sydney, west, zelk
    • Replies: 20
    • Views: 20,231
    Woodlee
    12th February 2008, 12:24 AM Go to last post

  22. Draw knife bandit,

    Started by Zarguld, 1st February 2008 07:35 PM
    ,but, advantage, bandit, bit, blade, careful, charley, day, draw, feel, gloves, hate, hurts, knife, learn, lesson, logs, mine, ouch, peeling, pull, steel, sticking, surgical, thumb, tip, wear, wearing, wood
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 2,456
    Zarguld
    1st February 2008, 07:35 PM Go to last post

  23. Turning Tools

    Started by Barry_White, 6th January 2004 11:18 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    7ft, ago, apprentice, bazza, brand, brass, buy, cheap, chisels, concrete, dia, ferrals, files, gouge, handles, hard, jobs, lot, patterns, pipes, purchased, scout, socket, spiggot, splitting, stop, tool, tools, turning, wages
    • Replies: 21
    • Views: 9,837
    Harry72
    21st January 2008, 08:03 AM Go to last post

  24. 90ac covered in camphor--any advice??

    Started by Mathuranatha, 2nd January 2008 11:20 AM
    500-600, 90%], 90ac, advice, ago], appreciated, blade, blocks, bought, buying, camphor, camphor--any, camphorany, chains, circular, covered, cutting, determine, diameter, forum, greatly, joined, matu, mill, save, saws, swing, till, trees, type
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 2,550
    wheelinround
    2nd January 2008, 03:00 PM Go to last post

  25. Put in some fluoro's......

    Started by Iain, 25th August 2007 06:48 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    $23.00, $35.00, amps, boom, buggered, buy, cable, electrical, extension, fluoro, fluoros, hardware, hell, home, leads, link, local, mere, metre, plugs, question, quicksnip, saving, section, shifty, spy, strip, time, walking, wire
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 5,377
    hughie
    5th November 2007, 10:04 PM Go to last post

  26. Tools & Spares Storage

    Started by wheelinround, 3rd November 2007 10:43 AM
    bits, books, bottle, box, boxes, canisters, containers, daughters, easy, film, key, loml, lug, original, oxy/acytelen, pieces, plastic, power, save, school, screw, screws, seperated, spares, storage, tearing, throwing, time, tools, top
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 2,552
    Wild Dingo
    5th November 2007, 01:34 AM Go to last post

  27. Emergency Thread Repair

    Started by Black Ned, 1st November 2007 03:04 PM
    adjustable, bolt, clean, completely, cut, damaged, emergency, hacksaw, inside, jobs, length, note, nut, pass, refresh, repair, replaced, run, slice, slit, spanner, split, thread, threads, time, times
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 2,314
    wheelinround
    1st November 2007, 06:16 PM Go to last post

  28. calculator for everything

    Started by horse, 28th October 2007 08:48 AM
    calculator, can’t, covers, david, http://www.blocklayer.com, stuff
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 2,939
    Just Joe
    29th October 2007, 07:28 PM Go to last post

  29. dirt catcher for rainwater tank & reusing PVC

    Started by journeyman Mick, 11th October 2004 09:59 PM
    bend, bit, burning, cap, catcher, cement, cut, deg, dirt, dust, easier, finished, fitting, fittings, flames, glue, glued, handy, joiner, method, piece, pipe, pvc, rain, rainwater, reusing, roof, solvent, split, tank
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 7,346
    Fuzzie
    12th October 2007, 07:10 PM Go to last post

  30. Allsorts

    Started by rsser, 24th September 2007 10:33 AM
    afternoon, allsorts, box, rainy, reading
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 2,078
    munruben
    10th October 2007, 07:53 PM Go to last post

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