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Why is there an apostrophe in: Alway's

And the mine boggles as to why I might want to wrap solder around the end of a pencil.

(I gave up at that point)

tim

NT

Why would you want to boggle a mine? :-)

"mine" not mind? Very DIY U R!!

Go away please!

I NOW live here, you lot post crap!

And I can eat you all (RE: DIY).

No problem!

A gift link it was?

You missed a good one: 'for security screws drill out the cross after driving'. You'll need quite a drill for modern wood screws...

=A0 London SW

Clever? You think?

Hang around you will I'm sure.

To stop you from chewing it. Plus, you always know where you can find a bit of solder when you need it.

Regards,

=A0 London SW

An example, ever tried dry-wall screws? Does it not LOOK like a cross from above once home??

AND if you drilled off the cross - would it be impossible to remove?

Hence, cheap security (screw)?

You can go away also!

A gift link it was?

Wishful thinking. And as to the "drilling of screw heads", this is as old as Barry Bucknell. You can also guarantee that minutes after drilling, you will want to remove the screws yourself.

Then wy drill? However......

Please let:-

Dave Plowman (News)

Know? Ta.

If you wish to remove a screw 'with no head', what you do?

I of course know, and for you lot to work out and probably tell the World (nice one)? GOOD move I say!

whats that meant to do?

what do you mean?

NT

Simpler answers:

chewing the pencil - just don't do it finding solder - it's where you left it

Most people don't have any problem with those things, AFAIK.

Well, the one thing that 'BrainsHere' can be certain about is that he won't ever be taken seriously. He can also be pretty certain that he'll quickly finish up in quite a few KFs.

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The point being made is that many modern screws are made from hardened steel, which will destroy the drill tip first.

Colin Bignell.

Its actually quite a useful technique, but you would be forgiven for not understanding what was meant from the rather cryptic explanation given there.

Say you want to divide a 10" board into three equal segments. Rather than work out 10/3 and then mark off 3.3" sections, you pick some nice round number points on your tape - say 4, 8, & 12". Now measure diagonally across the board such that the start of the tape is on one edge, and the 12" point is on the other edge. Your 4" and 8" markings will now be indicating the exact thirds points.

In technical terms you are simply marking points on the hypotenuse rather than the straight across line, the points will be in the same position across the board, but you get to choose the length of the hypotenuse by varying the angle, and hence can pick easy to divide numbers.

Indeed. Should have been obvious to lack of brains if he'd ever tried any of his 'tips'.