Building a bespoke shed from tongue and groove

Something in the pound shop for less than a pound. Supermarket prices for tea and loo roll are silly. Owain
Posted by Owain in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 14 years ago 
OT: Relensing glasses

Huge pretended : Unless there is something special about the lenses, why not try a pair of glasses from a pound shop for DIY/spare glasses?
Posted by Harry Bloomfield in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 13 years ago 
Gluing perspex - hint

I bought from a local model-shop a bottle of cement which claimed to stick several plastics including perspex. It said it contained methylene chloride.
Posted by Dave W in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 13 years ago 
OT: Texting.

take it to a phone shop in the high street - there are enough of them! they may try to sell you a new contract. [g]
Posted by george [dicegeorge] in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 15 years ago 
OT - getting my website back online

for free hosting set up a dropbox account and host the site there free here is my wife's old website, badly needs updating. www.siarart.co.uk the domain is hosted at easily.co.uk and is redirected to the dropbox file at easily. ...
Posted by misterroy in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 13 years ago 
A word to the wise, Beware the "Gadget Helpline"

In message , DerekG writes Also beware something similar on the Airparks site. Having given your bank details to secure the parking, the website changes to an application for a FairFX currency card using the details you have just given.
Posted by Tim Lamb in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 13 years ago 
Cutting Toughend glass

If you plan to have this waterjet cut, be sure to find a shop that has experience with working with glass, and equipment that has low pressure piercing capability.
Posted by Carl Olsen in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 22 years ago 
Re: My personal review

The tools for a good upholstery are just as expensive as a good woodworking shop. Plus the knowledge in the care and feeding of these machines. Trying to "train" your customer base. No weekends, evenings are off limits.
Posted by bentcajungirl in Woodworking Forum 23 years ago 
Miscellaneous ~~~ Selling a house with a shop

Prepping my garage shop-room, for the telescope, I had a corner shop cabine t to remove (making space). I built the cabinet (salvaged ply) 26 yrs ago, after building the garage. I had thought to offer it, on Craigslist, for free.
Posted by Sonny in Woodworking Forum 9 years ago 
Fluorescent Lighting For Cold Conditions

FWIW, I just finished installing the lighting in my new shop/garage and used 8' Lithonia 2-lamp fixtures with T-12 lamps.These were the cold weather type from Home Depot. There are 2 switched sections of 3 fixtures (main) and 2 fixtures (auto section) for a total of 1100 watts of lighting.
Posted by Joe in Home Repair 19 years ago