@ cougar & Retro..its not porn I’m talking about here and I’d be a fool to think he hasn’t seen any. Naive I’m certainly not, and I’m sure watching a ‘ terrorist with a chainsaw decapitation tick ‘ is only the action of an inquisitive mind….I just don’t want it

@ soobalias. That’s constructive!

@ jam bo. That would end in a confrontation that I’d rather avoid..

I’d like to block sites at the router if that’s possible.

No, but heard good things about them in everying but mud.
There are a few reviews on this forum.

What about the On-One Chunky Monkey/ Smogasbord combo? £30 for front and rear.

Sorry to hear that Oldgit..had to laugh though! :D

Where abouts are you as Greens norton is just up the road from me ( more or less )..I can’t/ don’t do lycra though..Baggies only.

That should be fine around the house. Probably not gonna dill any re-enforced concrete like pre-fab but for general duties it’ll be ok. Hitachi, Dewalt, makita et al will all do similar spec ( batteries 1.3Ah etc ) drills around the same price. I’ve never been a fan of makita though. How much, and what sort of use is it gonna get? How long do you want it to last?

I’ve always found the plastic ‘ jacobs Chuck ‘ to be problematic and would choose a Keyless metal-chuck every time.

Without spending silly money for the new ‘ brushless ‘ tech the best combi-drill on the market today with the highest torque by far in its class is This!

Ladies have ‘ contemplation rooms ‘.

Who was it said ” I think therefore I am “

Who is it believes ” I have a man-cave therefore I’m a man ” and do they put a sign on the door ‘ no girls allowed ‘ :D

Personally I don’t need a room to sit in to be!

Hi Slack

What do you mean re. seasoned peg + green timber = good or bad. Kayak has already had stock split without having any pegs in.

Tim.

I’ve not any real world experience in using seasoned pegs to hold green stock. My logic says if you put the finished piece out in the ‘ Summer ‘ the green timber will want to dry/ shrink around a peg thats not shrinking/ drying. I’d hate this to split the stock. Why can’t you use a green peg out of the same material as the stock at least this way any thermal or moisture affect will cause the peg to shrink/ expand at the same rate as the stock..

As before, just thinking out loud.

Ford F150 lightning! Thread closed.

Glad to see everything is ‘ coming along nicely ‘. There is some good advice above. Slackalices’s joint looks spot on as it would stop the joint ‘ opening up ‘ ie. the two pieces of stock moving away from each other.
I asked previously as to where the tentacles start as I’m think you need to minimise the gravitational/ cantilever effects on the joint. I’m gonna think out loud for a minute…Longevity…I take it you’ld like this to last as long as possible. Standing water will kill this quicker than you would want so locking 12 pieces tightly together won’t be ideal and a small gap should be left longitudinally vertically and horizontally between each piece. Sanding a slight cuvature into the top face on each will aid water run-off and machining a drip-edge on the underneath of each piece would stop water creeping along underneath and staying damp. The principal being rain would run off the top piece, drip onto the underneath piece, then run off etc etc. The complete piece should be raised off the ground….so dig a rectangular hole into the forest floor ( I know…you might get dirty ) 3.5m long x 0.7 m wide 0.6 m deep and stand/ support 4 rows of 3 posts each, 160mm apart in the width, 100 mm x 100 mm x 650 mm long so that 100 mm protrudes ground level. The posts need to be at 0.5 m, 1,75 m and 3.5 m from the beginning of the piece. You’re gonna have to be pretty accurate with the placing of the posts and direction of the tenons ( explained later ). Fill the void with a anguler type gravel/ stone ( Type 1 works fine and locks together and compacts really well ) This is the drainage you require. A top each post that you have buried is a tenon 20mm wide 50mm long 70mm high. in the center of the tenon is a hole to take a peg. The bottom row of your 150mm posts need to morticed 20mm wide, 50mm long running along the center of the piece at 0.5 m, 1.75 m and 3.5 m ( the 3.5 m mortice is after the join in the tentacle piece thus supporting it ). The mortice needs to run all the way through the piece. Two holes are drilled into the piece one being the same height as the peg hole in the tennon ( the second hole to take a second peg later see *** )The bottom 2 center pieces 6 meters long can now be fixed into place. Place the mortices of the center two pieces onto the tenons of the middle two rows of buried posts and peg.

Second Row….Again cut 12 pieces of stock 100 mm x 100mm x 150 mm long and cut a tenon as above ( 70 mm high 50 wide ) from either end ( this leaves a 10mm collar ) drill the center of each tenon to take a peg and place this connection piece into the mortices in the bottom middle two rows of your bench ( *** this is where the second hole comes in ) the 70 mm tenon sits above the other 70 mm high tenon ( with a 1 cm gap in the middle of the stock ) Peg. Now fit the two bottom ‘ outside edge ‘ pieces onto the tenons and peg.

…and repeat, connection pieces as above, 3rd middle row then second outside row then the third and final outside row. Please note all four pieces of the top row only need to be morticed 70mm deep so that the tenons ( tenii ? ) can’t be seen . the only visible fixing methods to be seen are the ends of three pegs on the outside three rows.

I hope you can follow this…it’s only a suggestion and i do tend to over think things but it has to work or there’s no point.. I just need to work out how to stop the top 4 pieces moving apart. this will then tie-in the whole bench…

I’ve a headache..

sleep….

sleep…..

That tarmac looks 5 foot thick in places.

300mm would be enough. They would be used for general clamping of sheet material when cutting with circular saw, clamping guides, fences, posts, sleepers, doors etc. When sawing, routing, chiseling nailing, screwing etc.

And sods law you buy 300mm you’re gonna need 450.

That one-handed opening function a la Wolfcraft seems to be something I’ve missed on other clamps. I’m liking the Bessey kliklamp[/url]
I had some years back but can’t remember what they’re like.

Bahco seem to have the sort of thing I’m looking for Here

but are probably gonna be around the £60 each.

A clamp that doesn’t have an explosive release would be good too.

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What questions for the STW forum please?

Hey OP..aren’t you glad you decided to share.

I personally wouldnt use blocks or concrete if I had a choice. The environmental shadow of cement is 1:1. There fore 1 25kg bag cement = 25kg carbon emissions. No point in having a bike.

Use wood. Its renewable and possible to build strong enough to give a would be thief a hard time. I’ve built partition walls deviding shops with a security mesh in the partition. I’ve built security ceilings in missile development labs, 18mm ply, security mesh, ply, mesh, ply,mesh,ply then plasterboard. Anything’s possible. If you wanna go down the wood route I can give you some pointers. Use security screws…do up don’t undo..etc.

Have fun.

What do you want your tyres to do, on what & in what weather?

I have the same forks, ata valve failed twice. Windwave converted them to a coil free of charge. You’ll still be able to use the but not have the tuning possibilities of air. travel adjust will be about 15mm after and only a max of 25Psi in the lower leg.

6’2″ & 76kgs…wtf that’s like one of my legs!

Think we both have an eating disorder…..

Haven’t read it all but I’d be taking the head to one side and have a quiet threatening word with him/ her.I have 5 kids, 1 left school and working, one at college – Aboriculture, three, 15, 13 & 11 still at school. I’ve heard alot from teachers over the years about various incidents and asked my children for their part in the tale..somewhere down the middle is the truth. I’ve always told my kids that they are allowed to defend themselves ( and if they get punished for it I’ll be at the school ) but never bully and they never have! It so often transpires that there is a bully or a bit of over-enthusiastic playing where the ‘ bully ‘ is having a great time ‘ playing ‘ until someone lashes out back at them when they’ve had enough of being on the receiving end as in your childs case OP. The ‘ bully ‘ then runs and grasses to the teachers that so and so has hit them.

Report the head. Did anyone else see this? ( your word against the heads ). You have to report it maybe other parents have done the same. No child should be made to endure any sort of physical or psychological abuse of any kind.

Lasagne?

You are going to have to treat regularly anyway if you are going to have any sort of lifespan out of your investment. British larch is a very strong and hard-wearing wood. When tested, it has proved to be up to 50% harder than common pine. The most beneficial characteristic of British larch is its natural durability, which results from its extremely high resin content.. The Larch will start silvering/ going grey in the first sun if untreated. I’d recommend a environmentally friendly, breathable natural oil for the Larch to bring out its natural colours. Also Larch is more stable than pine meaning it will handle getting wet & drying out better. It’ll look 1000 times better than the pine.
The treated pine, although treated, will still need a treating every two years at least IMO if you want it to last.
Hope this helps.

If you had asked me to sort your shed out I would of flattened it.. :oops:

…and they’re not cheap…Result. All happy then.

It is difficult as one man’s understanding of tidy my garden up is different to the next man’s as is one man’s idea of a weed…

What did you ask him to do?

If it does transpire that the neighbor’s given him the brief to free his greenhouse up I’d plant something even bigger.. :D

Are you sure its the same bird?

For the last 6 mths I’ve been using a Milwaukee 18v Lithium with 2x1Ah and 1x4Ah batteries. Seems ok so far. If I had had the money at the time I would of bought the Hitachi DV18DSDL. Metal chuck and the highest torque in its class. Milwaukee and Maura are now using Brushless motor technology but these are quite expensive.

Hi Kayak23,
Where abouts will this be located after it’s finished..forest floor, concrete courtyard etc?
Do the tentacles start immediately after the joint or is there a ‘ run-on ‘ of a meter or so before the tentacles start to narrow?

What money are you after spending?

Hang it from the porch upside-down and draw a semi-circle out of salt on the floor, paint a pentagram on the door. This should keep out any evil forces that the sacrifice might have attracted in the first place. Turn any glasses upside down and turn all mirrors towards the wall.

The Fresh Prince of Bel Air..what a pile of croc. In your face predictable, not clever = not funny.

Cut the stump higher and you won’t have to bend so far thus saving back or if wet save wet trouser knees. Cut stump down low with sharpened chain.

The original ‘ theoretical ‘ question seems to of been mis-read some of the STWers. I know he gets driven everywhere. Q was..what would…?

Wonder if you could do a Cycling specific one. When I stopped racing BMX to buy a MTB I’d get the Mick ripped out of me because I was going to join the ‘ queers with gears ‘ :D . If I’m out on the bike with the bouncy bit on the front the lycra boys don’t wanna say hello ha ha. You gotta laugh. So for the cycling equialent you could have a gearing obsessed Bmxer, a singlespeeder, 29er fan with a Fat-bike in his Quiver and a weight obsessed, lycra clad, drop-bar loving racing snake.

Oh, and Penny..yes I would. She also plays the part she’s been given very well. I don’t think the show would be the same without Penny or Sheldon.

+1 here for Superstar.

Looking forward to receiving someones dropper-post soon. :D

Whats blue and smells like red paint?

blue paint.

How about a rugged 4 incher?

A Hard-Working Smartphone for the Toughest Environments: The Cat B15

You mean cracks!

Can you fit an angle-set to the Slackline? and yes…a 30.9+ seat-tube would bring the bike up to date.

The Slacklines c-stays are 414mm which is ‘ uber-geil ‘ but the Head angle is 68. I’m after a slack front, short rear and low bottom. Simples. I was wondering if anything else came into considerataion. Pipedream are prototyping a ‘ Moxie. See Here[/url] might be a bitch to point uphill though with the slack seat-angle. What do you reckon?

I’m loving the look of the Shan but that’s a lot of money…