Home DIY

I enjoy 99% of the diy youtube community but something about that guy grates on me but I can't put my finger on it. I watched his workbench videos and it's pretty much what I was planning I think except my sawhorses requires less faff as the wood just slots in without cutting angles in it.

our gazebo is in a box in the summerhouse waiting to be assembled but I dont want to put it up until i've resealed the decking and i'm on week 7 of not being able to do so due to the fucking rain not stopping long enough to dry it out enough to get it done. though I just got some spare joist boards delivered along with the ply for the workbench that I'm going to cut into strips to batten between the joists at the attachment points where the gazebo is going to be fixed. the gazebo is only 75kg but want to make sure it's well anchored. annoyingly I need to assemble it before I can tell where those points will be.

They look good!

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Went to replace an old 2 gang 2 way switch thinking, like for like, that'll be easy. New switch has a completely different layout on the back. Sorted eventually with many photographs and labelling wires but shit like that is really fucking annoying.

every fucking ceiling rose in this house. i've changed them tons of times in the past easy peezy but it seems to be a dark art sorting these ones out.

Yeah bro. I also learned today about the existence of intermediary switches.

New lighter colours (magnolia instead of sandstone for the main colour, anthracite instead of black for the bottom) are much better, even after one coat. I just need about three times as many hours in the day, and a proper ladder, to get it all done.

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Any thoughts on this bench top pillar drill? There is one near me for ~£150.

3-16mm strikes me as a good range of hole sizes. And I assume 300 to 2250rpm covers most materials.

Is 30kg heavy as these things go?

Cheers.
https://www.clarketooling.co.uk/product/cdp152b-bench-drill-press-230v/

Chuck Capacity 3-16mm (spindle taper B16) / Includes drilling depth gauge
12 Speeds from 300 to 2250rpm
230V 450W induction motor
203x195mm table size with +/- 45O tilting angle
Table can be swivelled a full 360O allowing the base to be used as a work support.
Chuck to table: 11-355mm, Chuck to column: 130mm, Chuck to base: 460mm
Dimensions (LxWxH): 515mm x 292mm x 830mm, Weight: 27.6kg

They're a bit of a disappointment, I can't see the travel distance in that!

Big, cumbersome, annoying to change belts to get different speeds so you probably won't bother. I got the Bosch PBD 40 and it's been awesome. Aldi/Ferrex also do a direct drive/digital one too. My Bosch was about £180 on a Black Friday deal.

Bosch PBD 40

+1 from me too.

Cheers.

I've put the Bosch one in my basket so many times. But the mixed reviews put me off.

The whole belts thing has always struck me as a pain, but that's how most of them seem to roll.

I feel like my use will be similar as you guys.

I'm not sure if I would have bought it had I not seen the deal, but once I did I was very happy with it.

it's on my list of workshop things too. looking at camelcamelcamel it has dropped to 190 every black friday in last 3 or 4 years so I'll be hoping i have some spare cash when that rolls around again.

Granular speed control with a dial, locking keyless chuck, laser, light, depth reading. All good things you won't get with the Clarke or other cheap belt driven drills.

^ I'm also having a look at the Lidl one which I believe is a scheppach pd60. But given that there is absolutely no space in my work area at the moment and I can't see it changing in the next 2 months I'll allow it for now and hope black Friday Delivers.

^^cheers I was just about to do that. Various forum chats indicate £180 was the lowest.

Quickly partially sanded down a garden beach before a training course.

How did I not buy an sander earlier? 90% done in under 15min including fucking around getting all the bits out and swapping grits.

sawhorse worktop worked out pretty well. made cutting the insulation board much easier (though it's still a shit job that I am heavily procrastinating over finishing).

once that's done I have to finish scraping that adhesive so these two rooms can be overboarded.

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I have the Scheppach one. It's great for the price. Seems to be almost the same as the Bosch. Of course it's not an expensive nice professional machine, some stuff needs loctite and so on, but it works. And its way nicer than a cheap one with belt.

Cheers.

Forgot to take a before pic. But have included the other bench which was similar - a bit more brown varnish, a bit less grey.

First coat of no nonsense outdoor furniture oil. For some reason I thought a mini roller would be a good idea. Definitely brushing future coats.

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Had a go at filling in some of the cracks with wood filler mixed with the saw dust. I never have much luck with this as it's too light. It always goes off so quick too.

Does anyone have any tips?

It was recently pointed out that our indoor floor tiles are filled with black filler. Now I'm thinking about it for the outdoors, having black filler would probably be a good idea and remove the multiple attempts at colour matching.

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Have a patch of wall that’s getting a bit of mold and damp looking so took off the paint and some of the plaster to investigate.

It’s on an external wall but nothing on the exterior would suggest a reason for the damp. Gutters are fine etc.

Does this look like gypsum skim coat over lime plaster? Could the moisture just be trapped behind and coming through at this point? (notice there is a crack in the plaster here too where it could slowly come through)

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Old gas or water pipe coming from under the slab? Or a wall tie that's bonded to the exterior wall with cracked grouting with moisture migrating?

What’s the forum approved wax/oil for Victorian sanded floorboards? We’re about to sand back our floors and are keen for a subtle finish that will be as close to the original colour of the pine as possible