Soldato
Attempted to install an exterior tap. Completely burnt my drill motor out when drilling my final hole through a solid brick wall. Note to self, use manlier tools next time..
What "man jobs" have you done today?
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Was it a cheap drill, I did that when I used a "challenge" sds drill.
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It was my dad's old black and decker powered drill with hammer action, although not technically an SDS. Probably doesn't help that the diameter of the hole I'm drilling is 22mm..
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I'm waiting for a reason to buy myself a cheap sds drill. Drilling a 22mm hole through an exterior wall would be a perfect excuse
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Considering a small wildlife pond somewhere in the garden. There aren’t many free spots, but I miss not having a pond and we have loads of frogs and the like in the garden that would no doubt enjoy it.
Soldato
In my job I had to drill big holes and found it easier if you drill a small one first -say 6mm then work up especially if it's a long hole.
Also never try with a ordinary drill -SDS at minimum. I have a Lidl cheapo and it certainly does the job -also have a 4kg SDS but that is hard work due to weight but prefect 22mm hole borer. Remember slow and steady.
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Also pilot drill first. Even if I'm going to end at 6 or 8mm, I start at 5mm
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My Mrs has taken the kids shopping for holiday clothes and had the perfect excuse to stay home, cut the grass and do a bit of weeding (going with them shopping is my idea of hell)
Grass cut
The weather then brightened up so decided to sit on the front porch and have a celebratory coffee
Grass cut
The weather then brightened up so decided to sit on the front porch and have a celebratory coffee
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Cheers
Associate
Reinforced the front of the summerhouse roof with 2x1 before fitting new bargeboards. Chunks of it are rotten and I should strip back further, but this will get it through another year or two.
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Nice garden! I am jealous of the amount of space you have there. I've crammed a veg bed into 3x3m and can't walk across it now without stepping on some blasted plant. I'll enlarge it for next year but the wife isn't keen on losing too much lawn...
Soldato
Thanks 
It's the Mrs giving me jobs to do and her upkeep of the beds and borders - it certainly wouldn't look like this if it was just left to me
It's the Mrs giving me jobs to do and her upkeep of the beds and borders - it certainly wouldn't look like this if it was just left to me
Soldato
One drill later and the plumbing is complete. Plumbing's just water Lego, ain't it!
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A bit of drivel to start with.
Found another project - Got a mate who had a call from one of his mates wife who asked if he would like to clear out her deceased husbands garage.
People of our age love doing that because there is always something they have kept for a rainy day and it might be usefull - So he bought it home and it sat in his garage for a while so he asked me if I wanted it (Them) Turned out to be three pipe wrenches (Stilsons)
I gave one to the post man as he came when I was having a clear out so he also had a toolbox -screwdrivers and one of the wrenches.
One wrench was near brand new but the other was a bit rusty and tatty.Quite big at 18" -Its also sat in my garage for a year or so -
I have now started to refurbish it and cleaned it up a bit - It has a name of Wraforge stamped on handle and also patent pending so after a load of googling I found out they no longer exist as that name but did find they had also put in for a Patent on these wrenches and they called them Stilsons -
They also went to the 1950 Industrial show and thats where I lost the name - I can only assume they were taken over - Their factory was not far from where I used to live - I was in Quinton (Brum) and the factory was on industrial site down Mucklows Hill near Halesowen.
This isn't going to be a posh refurb - just going to paint them black with the name recesses red ( I have both colours in Hammerite and don't want to spend a lot of money. The only thing I have to replace is the rivet holding it together - might just use a nut and bolt. I can find some stainless steel ones - they will stick out a bit but can change it if something else turns up.
Found another project - Got a mate who had a call from one of his mates wife who asked if he would like to clear out her deceased husbands garage.
People of our age love doing that because there is always something they have kept for a rainy day and it might be usefull - So he bought it home and it sat in his garage for a while so he asked me if I wanted it (Them) Turned out to be three pipe wrenches (Stilsons)
I gave one to the post man as he came when I was having a clear out so he also had a toolbox -screwdrivers and one of the wrenches.
One wrench was near brand new but the other was a bit rusty and tatty.Quite big at 18" -Its also sat in my garage for a year or so -
I have now started to refurbish it and cleaned it up a bit - It has a name of Wraforge stamped on handle and also patent pending so after a load of googling I found out they no longer exist as that name but did find they had also put in for a Patent on these wrenches and they called them Stilsons -
They also went to the 1950 Industrial show and thats where I lost the name - I can only assume they were taken over - Their factory was not far from where I used to live - I was in Quinton (Brum) and the factory was on industrial site down Mucklows Hill near Halesowen.
This isn't going to be a posh refurb - just going to paint them black with the name recesses red ( I have both colours in Hammerite and don't want to spend a lot of money. The only thing I have to replace is the rivet holding it together - might just use a nut and bolt. I can find some stainless steel ones - they will stick out a bit but can change it if something else turns up.
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Nut and bolt deffo easiest (I'd go nylon if that route), I assume the normals "rivets" they use are just thin bits of bar with the ends piened over (not sure on that spelling tbh), if so could do that but not sure it will make much difference other than being flatter.A bit of drivel to start with.
Found another project - Got a mate who had a call from one of his mates wife who asked if he would like to clear out her deceased husbands garage.
People of our age love doing that because there is always something they have kept for a rainy day and it might be usefull - So he bought it home and it sat in his garage for a while so he asked me if I wanted it (Them) Turned out to be three pipe wrenches (Stilsons)
I gave one to the post man as he came when I was having a clear out so he also had a toolbox -screwdrivers and one of the wrenches.
One wrench was near brand new but the other was a bit rusty and tatty.Quite big at 18" -Its also sat in my garage for a year or so -
I have now started to refurbish it and cleaned it up a bit - It has a name of Wraforge stamped on handle and also patent pending so after a load of googling I found out they no longer exist as that name but did find they had also put in for a Patent on these wrenches and they called them Stilsons -
They also went to the 1950 Industrial show and thats where I lost the name - I can only assume they were taken over - Their factory was not far from where I used to live - I was in Quinton (Brum) and the factory was on industrial site down Mucklows Hill near Halesowen.
This isn't going to be a posh refurb - just going to paint them black with the name recesses red ( I have both colours in Hammerite and don't want to spend a lot of money. The only thing I have to replace is the rivet holding it together - might just use a nut and bolt. I can find some stainless steel ones - they will stick out a bit but can change it if something else turns up.
Soldato
Looks like a great project
Soldato
The rivet hole is 9.5mm and will have to drill it out to 10mm because of slight wear and tear.
It has also bought on another man job. -I have a Machine Mart bench grinder that is years old and noisy but also have the FIL Bosch grinder I had when he died -A lot smaller but takes same size discs but then there isn't the room under the disk to be of much use - So found a thick piece of wood and cut it to size and screwed it to the wooden base I have it on.
Bit more wiggle room - Also it is remarkably quiet - just hum's - such a joy to use.
It has also bought on another man job. -I have a Machine Mart bench grinder that is years old and noisy but also have the FIL Bosch grinder I had when he died -A lot smaller but takes same size discs but then there isn't the room under the disk to be of much use - So found a thick piece of wood and cut it to size and screwed it to the wooden base I have it on.
Bit more wiggle room - Also it is remarkably quiet - just hum's - such a joy to use.
Nice work! Did you hammer in any of the panels or just use glue?
Is it a shelf at the top of it? Where did you get the panelling from?
I've been meaning to do our living room and bedroom for ages.