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27th December 2023, 06:50 PM
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The spacing is 1500. The custom orb is just as...
The spacing is 1500. The custom orb is just as ugly so I wouldn’t use that.
I was expecting that glue/silicone wouldn’t work but I was hoping someone may have had some other solution.
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27th December 2023, 04:40 PM
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Gluing Fibre Cement to underside of steel roof
I have an existing carport with a trimdek roof. I’d like to retrofit some villaboard as a ceiling rather than have the metal showing.
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19th November 2023, 10:11 PM
Thread: Retrofit wind uplift prevention
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Retrofit wind uplift prevention
I recently found a copy of the original Structural Engineer's calculation for a renovation I did 35 years ago! Simple double garage with roof. Nothing special. All approved by Council.
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21st August 2009, 10:49 PM
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Well we are still here and didn't die. To remove...
Well we are still here and didn't die.
To remove the ash from the fire, I got dressed up in disposable overalls and a particulate P3 gas mask and used a commercial vacuum with HEPA filter to remove... -
17th July 2009, 02:25 PM
Thread: drill press and hairrrr
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I have to admit that in my youth I too did...
I have to admit that in my youth I too did something really stupid with drills and hair.
As I was young and financially hard-up in the early 1970’s with shoulder length unkempt hair I had to do... -
16th July 2009, 09:00 PM
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Preservative in 1980's Fascia in fire!!!!!
My wife has accidentally burned some finger-jointed pine fascia from the about 1980 in our slow combustion fire. It's still on!
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29th March 2009, 08:46 AM
Thread: DeWalt V Bosch V Ryobi SCMS
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:) You have low expectations! I would hope that...
:) You have low expectations! I would hope that they last longer than that.
I have started buying older name brand machines e.g. Dewalt, Makita, Metabo and refurbishing them as needed rather than... -
28th March 2009, 08:20 AM
Thread: DeWalt V Bosch V Ryobi SCMS
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I think the adage "You get what you pay for"...
I think the adage "You get what you pay for" still applies with tools.
I doubt you will get a definitive answer about which of DeWalt, Makita, Bosch is the best, as forum members will all have... -
27th March 2009, 11:35 AM
Thread: Rule of thumb
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I reckon its not something that I would be doing...
I reckon its not something that I would be doing in a munitions factory.
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25th March 2009, 08:06 PM
Thread: Watch where you put your hands
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I can attest to the damage done by white-tip...
I can attest to the damage done by white-tip spiders.
My daughter sat on the ground and was bitten on her thigh by a white-tip in Hornsby Heights. Identified because she killed it.
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25th March 2009, 07:28 PM
Thread: Rule of thumb
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The grip used with the thumb on the same side as...
The grip used with the thumb on the same side as the fingers, used by masons (as was told to me by an old bricklayer when I was quite young) was called the "Sculptor's Grip" or something very much...
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24th March 2009, 05:03 PM
Thread: Carbatec tsc-10sc
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Carbatec tsc-10sc
I have acquired a 12 year old Carbatec contractor saw TSC-10SC. It is in almost new condition, so I think it is a bargain. I have searched the web, but no information on it. It looks similar to a...
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14th February 2009, 10:11 PM
Thread: Paradise Lost - Paradise Found
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Thanks for all the encouragement, especially from...
Thanks for all the encouragement, especially from those of you just a tad born before me.
I guess most of you are like Penfolds Grange Hermitage. You seem to get better with age.
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14th February 2009, 11:48 AM
Thread: Paradise Lost - Paradise Found
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Paradise Lost - Paradise Found
Hello all.
I have always been a handyman, have built things, like cars and working with my hands. Built parts of my own house and generally pretty good with anything to do with my hands.
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11th January 2009, 07:34 PM
Thread: Planer blades for Wolf Planer
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Planer blades for Wolf Planer
I have a very good Wolf Electric Tools London, electric planer in need of new blades.
Wolf went out of business a long time ago, so not sure where I can get them.
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16th July 2008, 11:55 PM
Thread: Basic Lathe Course - Sydney
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Basic Lathe Course - Sydney
When I was a kid at high school, my dad (being a carpenter) wouldn't let me do both woodwork and metalwork at school. Now in my mid 50's and a mad tinkerer, I would like to buy a metal lathe and...
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16th July 2008, 11:25 PM
Thread: Aluminum purchase (where?)
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You must be under 50(?). The use of zeds was...
You must be under 50(?). The use of zeds was commonplace in English parlance in Australia when I was going to school. I think the use of esses has come about since the invention of spell check, where...
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16th July 2008, 11:10 PM
Thread: Cheap drills
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I like to watch...but this is my first thread. ...
I like to watch...but this is my first thread.
Scare the pants off the so and so's and mention to them a small piece of legislation called the Trade Practices Act. This act required the vendor...