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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: 8,868
    Neil
    24th August 2003, 02:15 AM Go to last post

  1. water level

    Started by rat52, 7th September 2007 08:57 PM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    accuracy, blowing, blue, bubble, clamp, corners, datum, devices, eye, hang, height, incorrect, level, mark, mixed, pencil, readings, reservoir, sanitizedcool, staining, stick, stop, tape, taps, thisrolleyes, toilet, top, tube, vacuum, water
    • Replies: 33
    • Views: 7,963
    forunna
    14th September 2007, 01:48 AM Go to last post

  2. Sash clamps versus Bessey K series clamps

    Started by zelk, 6th September 2007 11:58 AM
    1100, 2000mm, 30mm, bessey, blackwood, clamps, glueing, normal, sash, series, table, tassie, thick, top, versus, zelk
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 5,977
    zelk
    6th September 2007, 10:24 PM Go to last post

  3. Epoxy filler powder- DIY tricks (red colour)

    Started by hansp77, 24th August 2007 08:17 PM
    10x, bench, bit, colour, colour-, cured, deep, diy, epoxy, failed, filler, final, fine, flour, hans, heard, immediatly, match, nice, nicely, powder, powdered, red, stain, suprised, talc, tricks, turmeric, woody, yellow
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 4,084
    hansp77
    24th August 2007, 08:54 PM Go to last post

  4. Paper storage

    Started by wheelinround, 4th August 2007 02:26 PM
    antislip, arthitis, block, cares, chipboard, cut, fed, glued, grip, hated, inside, intend, jar, knob/handle, matting, paper, paticular, plastic, round, sand, sanding, situation, size, slip, storage, straight, througheasy, time, top, unravles
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 2,495
    wheelinround
    9th August 2007, 12:45 PM Go to last post

  5. Competitive Plywood Prices?

    Started by zelk, 3rd July 2007 01:25 PM
    boards, cheers, competitive, competitively, furniture, grade, marine, ply, plywood, priced, prices, sydney, zelk
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 10,378
    Ozartisan
    29th July 2007, 02:20 AM Go to last post

  6. Problems using # 2 Phillips head screws

    Started by lateral, 22nd July 2007 10:50 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    18volt, appreciated, bit, bits, bog, breaking, chipboard, correct, difficulty, drill, fill, flooring, greatly, greg, guys, head, joists, laid, laying, level, paint, phillips, plywood, problems, process, sand, screw, screws, tips, top
    • Replies: 21
    • Views: 5,396
    Ramps
    26th July 2007, 12:43 AM Go to last post

  7. Loo roll dispenser.

    Started by Alastair, 24th July 2007 06:28 PM
    8year, base, cardboard, centre, core, couple, cut, daughter, dispenser, electrical, feed, fit, fron, height, inside, lasted, loo, paper, pull, push, remove, roll, school, secure, simple, slits, solves, tape, top, wrap
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 2,044
    RufflyRustic
    25th July 2007, 09:42 AM Go to last post

  8. Workshop tips show and tell.

    Started by Wongo, 9th June 2007 05:07 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    3mmx3mm, block, blow, broken, cheap, corner, cross-cut, damaging, don’t, drop, dust, easy, edges, extension, floor, knee, kneel, laugh, lead, leave, pencil, picture, rebate, rubber, sharpener, sled, stop, times, tips, workshop
    • Replies: 26
    • Views: 7,655
    wheelinround
    19th July 2007, 06:21 PM Go to last post

  9. Hanging doors

    Started by Jedo_03, 16th June 2007 10:32 PM
    cheers, chisel-out, door, doors, hanging, hinges, jedo, novices, yur
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 3,722
    martrix
    19th June 2007, 09:25 PM Go to last post

  10. Empty Berocca tubes

    Started by Black Ned, 12th April 2007 09:48 AM
    advance, berocca, blades, compartment, empty, fretsaw, liner, pot, quantity, secret, shame, stick, storing, suggestions, throw, tubes, walking, weed
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 9,738
    MrFixIt
    1st June 2007, 08:15 PM Go to last post

  11. Dead TV

    Started by masoth, 10th April 2007 08:16 AM
    bird, bits, box, cistern, collect, correctly, dead, decrepit, died, frame, giant, hmmm, isolating, magnets, mail, metal, nesting, opportunities, plant, planter-box, recycle, replaced, roller, set, single, soth, spacers, strips, ther, usable
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 2,807
    DavidG
    1st June 2007, 01:32 PM Go to last post

  12. Organizing your woodwork tips and info

    Started by Wongo, 27th September 2006 05:10 PM
    buying, cell, characters, choose, click, column, data, enter, entering, entry, excel, fine, hope, ideas, info, list….”, organizing, quick, recall, records, report, router, row, search, simple, specific, tips, tune, woodwork, “pick
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 4,330
    NCArcher
    25th May 2007, 12:45 PM Go to last post

  13. Cellar flooring

    Started by Brasso, 15th May 2007 01:05 AM
    begun, cellar, cheap, crushed, digging, flooring, granite, house, ideas, option, possibly, simple, thinking, workshop/storage/wine
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 2,302
    rhancock
    22nd May 2007, 08:52 AM Go to last post

  14. Smile A novel source of T-track

    Started by Knurl, 20th April 2007 03:32 PM
    70s-vintage, blinds, closely, collection, council, curtain, easily, fences, free, noticed, people, recent, recycled, router, source, t-track, table, throw, tracks, ttrack, venetian, workbench
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 3,740
    watson
    1st May 2007, 09:01 PM Go to last post

  15. Creation of resin-impregnated, compacted cloth layers (aka "Micarta") - WIP kinda...

    Started by CameronPotter, 21st March 2006 09:47 PM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    aka, bit, clamps, cloth, compacted, cotton, creation, darker, grip, kinda, layers, lot, metal, micarta, nice, people, pieces, plate, plates, remember, resin, resinimpregnated, result, soaked, stick, stuff, takes, thick, wet, wip
    • Replies: 39
    • Views: 17,626
    CameronPotter
    7th February 2007, 05:24 PM Go to last post

  16. Unhappy Removal of sandy composition

    Started by MICKYG, 7th February 2007 04:51 PM
    accomadate, board, building, carpet, chip, clean, composition, discovered, floor, flooring, floors, glue, glued, idea, ideas, intend, laid, layer, leave, masonite, mike, nice, process, removal, renovation, sandy, shop, suggestion, type, wink
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,396
    MICKYG
    7th February 2007, 04:51 PM Go to last post

  17. Electrolysis - removing rust from ferrous tools

    Started by Shedhand, 16th January 2006 08:44 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    abuse, aim, and/or, antique, appearance, article, character, cleaning, collectors, desirable, easy, effects, electrolysis, electrolytic, ferrous, form, htpaa, iron, method, moving, neglect, outline, oxide, removal, removing, restoration, rust, surface, tool, tools
    • Replies: 26
    • Views: 14,960
    Shedhand
    7th February 2007, 03:58 PM Go to last post

  18. Exclamation Scroll Saw Blades Help !!!!!

    Started by harts, 11th January 2007 11:34 PM
    blades, confusing, direct, explains, harts, scroll, site, system, tpi, understand
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 2,412
    harts
    12th January 2007, 04:56 PM Go to last post

  19. I need some hints and tips!!!

    Started by Wild Dingo, 17th December 2006 01:34 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    acre, beds, bloody, cheers, clue, converting, creek, eek, free, garden, gardens, generator, gotta, heard, heavy, highness, hints, kids, liftin, nope, planted, pump, set, sort, stuff, supply, time, tips, water
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 5,555
    soundman
    11th January 2007, 12:33 PM Go to last post

  20. Thumbs up Layout Optimization and Cost Estimating Software

    Started by Roberto Perez F, 17th June 2005 09:53 AM
    actual, calculate, centimeters, cost, cutting, demission, diagrams, dimension, estimating, foot, generate, hardware, layout, list, lists, lumber, materials, metric, nominal, optimization, plywood, project, quickly, requirements, software, switch, system, thickness, version, wood
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 4,015
    NASAMarine
    22nd December 2006, 06:41 AM Go to last post

  21. Installing a Compressor

    Started by Chris Parks, 25th November 2006 08:28 PM
    bit, collects, compressor, condensate, drain, floor, forget, harm, install, installing, means, pipe, preserve, remove, screw, tank, tip, valve
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,408
    Chris Parks
    19th December 2006, 11:55 PM Go to last post

  22. Replacing Ni-Cads

    Started by Malibu, 4th December 2006 02:21 PM
    article, chip, cordless, dead, description, drills, magazine, months, ni-cads, nicads, replacing, silicon
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 3,118
    Malibu
    18th December 2006, 03:18 PM Go to last post

  23. Barrel Hinge Markers

    Started by watson, 13th December 2006 03:14 PM
    5.2mm, 5mm, 6mm, barrel, bastard, bit, breath, centre, chuck, dowell, file, finally, fit, helpful, hinge, hinges, holding, hole, hope, lathe, markers, mounted, noel, positions, set, tested, transfer, usual, whilst, wood
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 3,315
    Shedhand
    15th December 2006, 12:42 PM Go to last post

  24. Lightbulb Powersander vibration dampening

    Started by Harry R, 28th November 2006 04:52 PM
    bike, bought, cycling, dampening, days, eventually, fall, feeling, gloves, hands, handyrolleyes, key, light, metabo, mine, mmmm, obvious, pads, palms, power, powersander, reasons, riding, road, sander, thicker, tingling, treatd, undamaged, vibration
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,950
    chrise
    8th December 2006, 11:40 AM Go to last post

  25. nailing fence palings

    Started by mic-d, 3rd December 2006 05:16 PM
    bent, bottom, cheers, continuing, faster, fence, fiddling, flat, ground, howver, ladder, ledger, line, lot, nail, nailed, nailing, nice, paling, palings, plumb, plumbed, rail, repeat, retaining, stayed, straight, suspect, wall, wobbly
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 5,778
    joe greiner
    3rd December 2006, 10:37 PM Go to last post

  26. Measuring blade angles

    Started by BobL, 1st December 2006 02:37 AM
    0.25, angle, angles, atan, bevel, blade, blades, calculate, consistent, degree, determine, diagram, distances, edge, excel, inverse, marked, maximize, measure, measurement, measuring, picture, ratio, read, repeat, shown, square, straight, tangent, x/y
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 2,639
    BobL
    1st December 2006, 02:37 AM Go to last post

  27. PVC static woahs: be gone!

    Started by Malibu, 19th November 2006 09:28 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    additives, alternatively, bag, basically, blessing, bottle, chemicals, clothes, cuddly, ducting, dust, eek, extraction, helps, hope, inlet, outlet, pipe, port, pvc, rag, sachet, soaked, squirty, static, tip, washing, wipe, wipe/spray, woahs
    • Replies: 24
    • Views: 5,167
    Gumby
    24th November 2006, 12:24 PM Go to last post

  28. Post WD 40 and its extra uses.

    Started by Bluegum, 23rd August 2006 12:59 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    brew, car, chemical, clean, cleans, company, distinctive, door, doors, easier, extra, favourite, finish, home, lipstick, lubricates, marks, removes, restores, rust, slide, smoothly, spots, spray, sprayed, stains, tape, vehicles, water, wd-40
    • Replies: 28
    • Views: 8,757
    Rossluck
    18th November 2006, 06:48 AM Go to last post

  29. Saw Blade Channel tune-up

    Started by Bob38S, 9th November 2006 10:41 AM
    blade, bob, channel, channels, chop, comment, considered, drop, filler, groove, idea, inset, modified, months, night, pass, plan, plastibond, plates, recut, reinforced], saws, septone, slide, table, technique, tuneup, type, untill, [not
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 3,032
    Stuart
    9th November 2006, 11:33 AM Go to last post

  30. Thumbs up Sharing your childhood with your children

    Started by Wongo, 11th October 2006 10:34 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    bit, buy, child, childhood, children, day, emily.o, flight, fly, forward, fun, handy, impress, jasmin, kite, left, park, quickly, real, releasing, retrieving, roller, sharing, shop, spent, string, test, time, tricks, trouble
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 4,246
    Wild Dingo
    13th October 2006, 03:24 AM Go to last post

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