Home DIY

Is that all? ....
Lawnmower people do that all the time ;)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ORANGE-CONNECTOR-LAWNMOWER-CATALOGUE-MERCURY/dp/B01L4P0J64

Yeah - I was going to do that but the cut is in exactly the sort of place where a plug bodge would catch on table tops or whatever I was cutting as I move along the cut - so I thought I'd better get a new cable put on. Am I over thinking it? I contemplated buying a cable and fitting it myself but it's a brand new saw, I don't want to end up with a lap full of springs and mini screws and - you know - fast spinning cutty things are scary.

It's likely to be made so that replacing the cable is easy enough to do. Depends on your level of competence which is obviously in doubt at the moment as you cut the cable of your CS in the first place :)

CPC do cheap cables.

What model is it? Is there an exploded diagram?

Replacing a light fitting. The new ceiling rose doesn't have a terminal for the loop wires. Can I just connect these all together with a terminal block?

vey fair and astonishingly accurate observation.

There is an exploded diagram and yeah it's crossed my mind. My skill has never extended to much beyond basic home electrics so I guess I'm a bit nervous about ending up with a lapful of now redundant spring clips.

https://www.partshopdirect.co.uk/makita-5008mg-spare-parts-s10081/

Pegboard.
I have two cupboards I'd like to use it in.

One has a crumbly old plasterboard wall, so I was planning on those self fixing things. And maybe grab adhesive.

The other is and MDF side, a brick back, and an mdf or ply sheet over plaster board (crumbly probably).

I should just spray grab adhesive everywhere right? Seriously though, wall fixings on the back wall and grab adhesive on the other sides?

I was going to use 3mm MDF board as it's probs easier to get cut to size somewhere.

Usually all the cable action is happening between part 36 and 45 on your map. Probably only requires that part to be removed, it contains the trigger (44) but that should be a sealed unit. 39, 40 & 41 are all you need, just use the shorter cable you have and follow all the colours in the current one. This kind of thing gets done on site all the time. Mind you on site they'd probably just pinch some Wagos from an electrician and cover it in electrical tape. Maybe you're a good candidate for battery tools :)

Have a look at AvE on you tube, it's much more fun watching someone else taking things apart.

You can use terminal block if it’s done sensibly. Why doesn’t the new rose have a connection for the loop? Have you bought a “work lamp” type fitting with only three terminals?

Yes, probably should use the modern spring type (Wago etc) but you don't need to.

Cheers. No idea why the light didn't have them in place. I assume it was because it was some fashionable but fiddly bloody thing.

I have now been inspired to buy some Wago connectors.

More like "Who the fuck puts knifes on the magnet strip pointing up ?!?"

ftfy

Always pointy end up. That way when you reach for and grab a knife it is ready to use straight away, rather than being all weird and upside down in your grip.

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Home Gamers, got this in my inbox this morning, thought of you all :-

https://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+power-tools-machinery-bench-saws-table-saw-with-extension-table-and-stand-rutlands+xt2300

£99 table saw, will probably suffer a bit on accuracy and a high quality blade would improve it but if you want to get away from designing everything in standard sizes a table saw is the answer. Don't imagine you'll be ripping 8'x4' sheets on this though, that's what a track saw is for.

Always pointy end up.

The cooks I know seem to disagree.

For what reason? I'm interested.

Because it's safer I guess.

In what way?

Sorry for seeming obtuse; I just don't get it.

I’m going in!

And yes. Batteries are my general go to but not on the big cutty stuff.

Accuracy is down to the set up, isn't it?

What's the best non-bank-breaking nice off white matte wall paint du jour?

Something like Little Greene Linen Wash, but Leyland prices. Can Leyland copy whites with good results? Does this contradict my stance on intellectual property?

I'm sure @Airhead knows...

edit: Looks like Linen Wash is almost RAL9010, which I use to powdercoat furniture all the time.

Any suggestions for a decent stud/wiring detector? My current one is shit. Also, preferably something where I don't have to look up the instruction manual each time I use it (which is generally months apart). Cheers

There is a bosch one that had really good reviews, but very pricey.

I’ve got box after box like this:

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It’s all going in the bin unless people want it- mostly unused.