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The box on the antenna mast may not be an amplifier at all, Kingray also have diplexers which are a non-powered gadget to combine separate VHF and UHF antennas into one downlead to the TV.

However...

I have the GMC and I am happy with it. I get VERY accurate cuts but it took a bit of setting up. I am on my second saw, the first one seized solid just a few days short of its 2 year warrany...

Wildman
"can't you just cut it off or crimp it down?"

no, they are too smart for that.

If the cold water supply is cut, the valve blocks altogether.

I went through this whole excercise...

Moens phone number is in the phone book...03 9728 3799

They make up thicknesses to suit, minimum air gap is 6mm and two sheets of 3mm glass gives 12mm total minimum. Bigger air gap is better.
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I have made my own windows with double glazing, I bought the double glazed inserts and put them into my own timber frames.

Using a dessicant is standard in all double glazed windows, it is inside...

It may be the supply voltage. Complain to your electricity supplier, ask them to put a voltage recorder on the line for a while. It may be a battle to get them to agree. A friend of mine had constant...

Hi wildman

JP Hardware have an office in Thomastown too if that is more convenient to you. I have dealt with both offices and got better discounts from Thomastown.

Truth casement hinges -...

I used it for some of my windows when they were installed but not yet oiled with the final product. It leaves a slightly waxy surface. It definitely slowed the greying off of the timber, as I didn't...

Hi Wildman

I made my own casements and am very happy with them. I had little prevoius woodworking experience, bought a triton workbench and a few other tools for the job. Saved about $15000 for...

I have smoothed off the base of a power planer before. Reason I did it was because the two sole plates (the front one and the rear one) were not aligned so that if you set the blade aligned to the...

I think you will find double glazing is MUCH cheaper than that low-E glass. I compared about a year ago and the low e glass was astronomical yet didn't perform as well as double glazing.

I made my...

the price of glass varies enormously.
I have made my own double glazed windows for my house which was a big undertaking to say the least.
Due to doing it wrong, I broke the first double glazed...

This is probably a really dumb question, but...
for an internal doorway in a new stud frame wall, do you fit the door jambs first then fit plasterboard up to them, or plaster first then fit the door...

Try Plyboard Distributors in Dandenong. They are in Princes Highway next door to Kleenmaid. I bought my kit kitchen form them, they were very helpful.

Chris.

Tim

You will get a better adjustment if you fit the Dewalt part. The bolt is different, the GMC one is alright but the thread is too fine, you will probably find that if you adjust the lever with...

I've got one of these in my Triton and it's fine. I have made up all window joinery for my house with it, it has done the job beautifully. Not without some teething problems, though, including one...

Though I don't have either the GMC or Ryobi machine, I found out with other tools that GMC have a REPLACEMENT warranty but Ryobi only have a REPAIR warranty, that is you wait for weeks while the...

A Hand Plane is a power tool used for removing small chunks of flesh from the hand or fingers. I have one and the scar to prove it.
Chris.

Put me down as another happy Jonsered owner - bought second hand about eight years ago, still going strong. I get it serviced about once a year. Just after getting it serviced this year a neighbour...

Provans Timber in Collingwood and A. Lewis Timber in Jasper Road Ormond both have a good range of mouldings, Lewis's in particular. See www.alewistimber.com.au

Chris.

a few years ago I had a steel screen door sandblasted and re-powdercoated. It was black, made it white. I can't remember the cost but it was way less than the cost of a new door.

Chris

Hi Rob

I have two planers, a Dewalt $250 number and an Ozito $50 machine. I use the Ozito most of the time because it is lighter and the two sole plates are in better alignment. The Dewalt is now...

GMC 235mm platinum (trade quality) has to be the bargain of the year, now it's $99. (previously only Bunnings, now seems to be $99 everywhere.) I've got one (paid $199 "on special" about 18 months...

Reminds me of the Fawlty Towers episode of O'Reilly vs. Stubbs.
Sybil wants Basil to use Stubbs the builder for a doorway job but Basil wants to use the cheaper O'Reilly. Sybil is to be away whilst...

Hi Kiwi

Just a reminder - it is 30 days satisfaction guarantee, but after 30 days you get a replacement if it breaks, you don't get the option of getting a refund and buying another saw. (I've...

I have a Hitachi 7" saw the GMC platinum 9" saw. The Hitachi is a lovely little saw, really impressive. The big GMC does all the hard work and I am very happy with it. There is a LOT of variation...

***Blush!***

Chris.

Hi Steve

yeah, scrounging is the way to go. I am hopelessly addicted to it. My current rough tally:
Current TV and VCR from recycle centre, $15 each. TV had lots of bad solder joints, causing...

Hi Robert

AS posted elsewhere I just bought the GMC Platinum 18v drill for $119 at Bunnies Waurn Ponds (Geelong). They are the trade model you mentioned normally sells for $370. The new version at...

Three options:

Try a gas spare parts place. There are independent gas spare parts places not associated with the manufacturers. Modern Maid parts are still available, their stock was bought by...

Yesterday I went in to Bunnies Geelong after reading the thread on the discount GMC bench grinder. Someone said they were putting prices on a mountain of GMC stuff at very cheap prices.

They had...

Hi Danster

I also got the GMC 235mm platinum saw. (back when they were $199 - sob!)I am generally very happy with it, I find I get very accurate cuts. It is a very close copy of the Dewalt,...

outback
there's no need to sneer.
I also suggested a better sander.

I went to a "proper doctor" with my CTS, his treatment gave me a distressing new ailment which will be with me for the rest of...

By the way, if vibration is causing you pain, get a better tool. Although I was treated very successfully, CTS can be very unpleasant and it's not someting you want to invite.

I haven't used a...

I had carpal tunnel syndrome about six years ago.
I saw a GP about it, he suggested an operation but thought anti inflammatory drugs might be worth a try. I reacted to the medication and got...

well.....
Normal practise is to attach bolt a bearer (ledger?) to the building.
BUT
In Vic at least if your project is under $5000 and doesn't affect the structure of the house, you don't need a...

In 1978 I had a part time job after school at the local Mitre 10.

We were still selling AC sheet with asbestos warning stickers on it. So I'd guess it was still being installed by 1980...
Chris.

biting midge

Which catalogues claim that halogens use 25% power for the same light output?
This is just plain wrong.
Halogens use fractionally less power for the same light output as a...

Cass

15 lights at 50 watts each is 750 watts. That is three quarters as much power, and heat, as a single bar radiator. that is a LOT of heat to dissipate. It is also a real lot of wasted energy....

I have used Agnews water putty on weatherboards before (not floors ) and it was a pain. It sets very hard but is totally inflexible, so that after a couple of years normal movement of the timber, the...

How are you going to cut the tiles and mortar in line with the front of the benches? It sounds almost impossible.

If you can do it, don't worry about the higher benches. When I did the kitchen in...

Thanks folks.

I had been thinking of making separate windows and putting them in between the posts (which the architect called "load bearing mullions") so I guess that's what I will do.

Chris.

I am building a mudbrick house with post/beam frame. The windows use load bearing mullions at the sides which are in place already, now I need to fit sills. I want to cut a housing ( or is it a...

I recently had a phone call from a local old dear whose gutters were blocked, so no rain was getting to her tanks. When the rain eased to merely torrential I got up to clean them out. They were old...

It is OK according to my Timber Framing Manual. You have to comply with the required nail spacing.

The minimum nail diameter is 2.8mm.

You nail at spacings equivalent to twice the depth of the...

I have been very happy with doust valves - replaced the housefull about three years ago. No problems at all despite my partner always winding the kitchen hot water tap off so hard I find it difficult...

Hi Tony.

I am also a left hander, and apart from minor irritant value I don't have much trouble with right handed tools. Some are worse than others, but I generally use my circular saw right...

I second that suggestion of rechargeables.
I use Jaycar's Ni-MH batteries, the 1600 and 1800 mah ones. (by comparison most older Ni-Cd ones were under 500 mah) They are great, even for battery...

Hi Riffi.
That GMC is a copy of a Dewalt. I have the GMC and I'm pretty happy with it. At $99 I'd be rapt.
I have had a problem with it - the depth of cut adjustment is not as good as the...

DavidW
You mentioned you wanted to get the GMC pressure cleaner.

I bought one of these, and took it back after a day. It comes with a very short high pressure hose (2m from memory) and has a...