I've got to replace the skirting boards in my kitchen. I've done the job before in my bathroom with a hand mitre saw and it was a complete nightmare as the thing was so damn rickety & the lengths so long that it was impossible to keep them perfectly horizontal as I was cutting. I wasted a lot of wood and tore out a lot of hair as a result. Is there a better way to do this? I don't want to spend loads on a powertool but not sure if those cheapo electric mitre saws you get in Homebase & B&Q are any good for this.
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Bought a McAllister Red Eye from B&Q. Electric mitre saw and laser guide. £80. Built all my handrail, banister, spindles using it. Well worth the £80 and now my favourite tool. I would sleep with it if could. (In the teddy bear sense)Originally posted by wurzel View Post
If you trot it out once a year for 3 years it's paid for itself. Mine has paid for itself already as the chippies quote as £1500 and I did it meeself for £270 (including tool)
You're off the bench aren't you? Celebrate with a McAllister Red Eye.
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I find cheapo tools are fine for the amount of DIY use they're going to get, I bought cheap brand hammer drill that's still going strong after about 10 years.
Little point in buying a DeWalt if you're only going to drill 150 holes in a decade.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Have you thought about doing a slot on 'bid up TV'?Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
You're off the bench aren't you? Celebrate with a McAllister Red Eye.
Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Would say also: McAllister Red Eye from B&Q. Electric mitre saw and laser guide like the other guy sais. Works for me.
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I use my McCallister Router for doing slots.Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostHave you thought about doing a slot on 'bid up TV'?
HAB is banned from making a smutty remark in a perfectly innocent DIY thread.Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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A double act?Originally posted by pzz76077 View Post
Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Busted. He is my sockie and not a convincing one. I'll hand him in now. Mods take him away.Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostA double act?
Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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depends on the size of skirting - if its 7" torus then these B&Q ones don't do it.
I've a compound mitre saw in the shed and I used it for living room and its fantasticComment
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