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Hello there, have been doing quite a bit of tree felling at work recently and was considering sawing a few limbs up to make coasters and chopping boards and the like for my friends. I've tried before a while back but after I had cut the pieces and left them to dry out they all cracked. Is there...

Hello I've recently came across some great spanners, an old pick axe head and a wee sythe that some fool was throwing out. Only thing is they have a fine coating of rust on them. Was wondering if anyone had some tasty methods for removing the rust. I've heard somewhere that soaking it in coke...

Anyone had any experience of this hip flash style iPod/iPhone charger? http://www.time2.co/review/product/list/id/223/category/32/ It's going cheap in some site at the moment but scared it might not be worth buying. Blurb says it can give up to 50hours of charge time which would very handy at...

Just got myself some swimming pool cover material as they were chucking it out at work. Has anyone used it before to make anything? was thinking maybe a good shelter material, should be waterproof and maybe insulating too as it helped keep the pool warm. Got a good few rolls of it if anyone...

Got this oil drum lying around at work and was thinking about maybe starting a wee project with it. Was wondering if anyone's got any suggestions of what to make with it, bearing in mind that I have little skill or experience with this sort of thing before. Was thinking a simple hinged BBQ sort...

Hello hope this post is in the right place. Off to Oktoberfest in Germany on Saturday for a week and camping for all of it. Had trouble in the past with moisture building up in my tent, especially under roll mats and whatnot, usually on my 2 day camping trips I can live with it but think it...

Hello there think this be the place for a random question/cry for help. My sisters birthday is fast approaching at the start of August and need tasty ideas for a present. I was thinking something useful for her work, she takes people canyoning, canoeing and rafting and whatnot. Got here a real...

Hello everybody was told by a fiendish dreadhead that I should write an introduction to say hello to the site. Blooming amazing site loving the DIY guides, going to have to get stuck in about those, just ordered some wood carving tools this morning so hopefully get cracking on that soon. For...