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Try hemp. I also went through socks: cotton, because they wore ito holes; polyester, because they smelt. I moved to hemp: a natural...

I recall an old craftsman who said that, when he decided to try out a new tool, he started with the cheapest possible that would do the...

That is why our current system is failing so many, some people are skilled in using their hands whilst others can crunch numbers but...

Long ago, my girlfriend - then a volunteer teacher in the New Hebrides - decided that teaching was "not for her". I suggested nursing...

Happened to me. Was 1 year into my apprenticeship when the firm went bust. All our records were thrown out the window. So I would have...

A friend, an unqualified general builder come oddjob man made a good living and wanted his son to follow in his footsteps, only better...

There was an interesting observation in The Times some years ago. A letter - When O levels were introduced in the '50s they were deemed...

The main point of sending every child to uni seems to be to turn them into a debt-asset, via the exploitative student-grant scam...

"young folk need the very best higher education" ? Yes, but that does NOT mean necessarily academic education. Many young people -...

Would a return to true industry and manufacturing be one necessary condition for mending this situation ...... ? Not since Tony Blair...

My point of view comes from a different direction: helping out at numerous {more than 500 so far] Repair Cafés around the Home Counties...

I had that problem. Solved it by getting the smallest "shop's advertising" tape, without all the fancy clips and button. And keep it...

Try using a long file [serrated face] alongside and covering the HEAD of the screw, and putting them into a vise, so that the nut is not...

The black on the cut indicated burning = blunt cutter

There's carbide and carbide. With the cheapo carbide sometimes it is possible to find the balance between lowered speed/feed rate and it...