danski
"vibey"
Can you take a closer pic of the mirror, front and back?
Basic DIY questions?
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Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
Sure, never realised it had loops behind as I had previously hung it portrait style.
Hanging it landscape might be a challenge due to the fence layout
danski
"vibey"
Well, a quick and not pretty way to do it would be to use 4x M6 penny washers with a 2"x8 wood screw and, providing the post is wide enough, fix it at the points shown to kind of jam it in place.
If the post isn't quite wide enough, you may be able to screw in at an angle although not too much as the washers won't sit flat
Obviously fix top and bottom, hence 4 washers
If the post isn't quite wide enough, you may be able to screw in at an angle although not too much as the washers won't sit flat
Obviously fix top and bottom, hence 4 washers
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Looks like the backing is made out of MDF so it will completely disintegrate once it's been rained on a few times. Additionally, if that's a metal framework, it won't have been designed for external use and will start to go all rusty after a few weeks/months.
Therefore, don't hang it outside is my opinion.
Therefore, don't hang it outside is my opinion.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
Or paint the back and frame with exterior grade paint.
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
Well that’s done. Just the job.
It’s only a cheap mirror with a few scratches on, but my Mum gave it me - no idea where she got it from - and I don’t have much of her stuff, and it would be a shame not to find a place for it in the garden as there’s no room indoors
Edit - seen posts above, maybe I’ll get some exterior paint then
It’s only a cheap mirror with a few scratches on, but my Mum gave it me - no idea where she got it from - and I don’t have much of her stuff, and it would be a shame not to find a place for it in the garden as there’s no room indoors
Edit - seen posts above, maybe I’ll get some exterior paint then
But then you have to repeatedly do that. So taking it down again, rinse and repeat.Or paint the back and frame with exterior grade paint.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
But you'd have to do that with any external wood / metal work.
Yes. But would he?
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Not really, something properly designed to be used outside won't just rely on a thin layer of paint as its sole defence against the elements.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
Fences?
muscovyduck
Good IT skills and food hygiene competent
Whats the name of that little machine you can use to send electrical current through things? Like it's got two wires with clips you can use to attach it to say a fuse or something to test it
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Multimeter
You need one that can do a continuity test.
muscovyduck
Good IT skills and food hygiene competent
Thanks
Need to buy a power saw for making stuff like new polytunnel door frames and a chicken house. I probably want a mitre saw, right?
Any other advice gratefully received, I know nothing about power tools due to mostly avoiding them on account of being a clumsy cackhanded twat
Any other advice gratefully received, I know nothing about power tools due to mostly avoiding them on account of being a clumsy cackhanded twat
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Need to buy a power saw for making stuff like new polytunnel door frames and a chicken house. I probably want a mitre saw, right?
Any other advice gratefully received, I know nothing about power tools due to mostly avoiding them on account of being a clumsy cackhanded twat
My advice about power tools is to avoid them if you're a clumsy cackhanded twat (speaking as one myself!)
danski
"vibey"
Yeah, mitre saw sounds right. You can get safer, manual ones. Not as quick obviously but you might keep your fingers.
Electric ones are definitely not to be trifled with. Scared myself when I wasn’t really paying attention. Grabbed the small piece I’d just cut, without fully lifting the blade and scraped the back/top(?) of my thumbnail. It just went through only in a tiny spot, thankfully. Could’ve been so much worse.
Electric ones are definitely not to be trifled with. Scared myself when I wasn’t really paying attention. Grabbed the small piece I’d just cut, without fully lifting the blade and scraped the back/top(?) of my thumbnail. It just went through only in a tiny spot, thankfully. Could’ve been so much worse.
heinous seamus
Perfect in an empty room
Need to buy a power saw for making stuff like new polytunnel door frames and a chicken house. I probably want a mitre saw, right?
Any other advice gratefully received, I know nothing about power tools due to mostly avoiding them on account of being a clumsy cackhanded twat
The stands are quite handy. You can get by without them, but you need to have the saw screwed down to something or it'll try to jump about. An old black and decker workbench would do.
The 'sliding' mitre saws can cut wider pieces of wood. A compound saw would probably do for what you're doing, but there's a high possibility that one day you'll go to cut a wider piece of wood and wish you'd bought a sliding saw instead
I'd recommend you watch a YouTube tutorial or two on how to use one. I wish I had done that at the start!
WouldBe
Dislicksick
Keep your fingers away from the blade.Need to buy a power saw for making stuff like new polytunnel door frames and a chicken house. I probably want a mitre saw, right?
Any other advice gratefully received, I know nothing about power tools due to mostly avoiding them on account of being a clumsy cackhanded twat
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Keep your fingers away from the blade.
That doesn't really work that well, during the eclipse in... 2000? I went out repeating the mantra don't look up, don't look up, don't look up - that didn't stop me getting 2 little dead crescents of cells burned on my retinas though
It only takes one "oh shit" moment.
(It only bothers me when I close my eyes cos I can see it then).
In a way I think it makes me safer? If you count all the tiny minor cuts and scrapes I probably injure myself a few times a week, and I can imagine how much worse those would be with power tools involved, so I'm REALLY fucking careful with them. It was partly a (lack of) confidence thing but I have that now.
Yeah I was looking at the sliding ones. I've worked with other people doing the actual cutting on one before so get the general idea but I do actually RTFM before using stuff too anyway.The stands are quite handy. You can get by without them, but you need to have the saw screwed down to something or it'll try to jump about. An old black and decker workbench would do.
The 'sliding' mitre saws can cut wider pieces of wood. A compound saw would probably do for what you're doing, but there's a high possibility that one day you'll go to cut a wider piece of wood and wish you'd bought a sliding saw instead
I'd recommend you watch a YouTube tutorial or two on how to use one. I wish I had done that at the start!
Anyone have any opinions about Einhell tools? My other stuff is DeWalt but those are £££ and I figure it doesn't matter if it's corded and not battery..
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
I bought mine secondhand on Marketplace. I wore the guy down asking lots of technical questions and he lowered the price to shut me up. It's a bog standard Evolution one from Screwfix but it's been fine.
Unfortunately I'm not on Facebook and I kind of need one now, not at some point in the future if someone happens to offer one. I need to talk to a tool hire place about something else though, might look into that as an option if I can get all the wood for a couple of projects together and marked up ready to cut in one go (like I'll ever be that organised
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danski
"vibey"
Gumtree?Unfortunately I'm not on Facebook and I kind of need one now, not at some point in the future if someone happens to offer one. I need to talk to a tool hire place about something else though, might look into that as an option if I can get all the wood for a couple of projects together and marked up ready to cut in one go (like I'll ever be that organised
That and freecycle etc don't really seem to be a thing up here, people just use merkitplace or FB more generally for everything.
I can afford to buy a basic one anyway, just no way I can justify a shiny whizzbang singinganddancing £700 new toy for a few odd jobs
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