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The whole saga was just badly managed and resulted in the Berlin wall. This point just after VE day would have been an ideal time to put war behind you and start building bridges not walls but it seems they could not let go of being in war mode. Without Russia it was more than likely...

It is a nice machine but just to large for my use.

The reason why the UK is in such a mess is that we are now just afraid of talking about so many issues with many just swept under the carpet and so the problems just fester. There is nothing wrong in talking about anything because that is the basis of free speech and people can only make...

You would be better off looking for a proper timber yard, not a DIY or builders merchant.

I think that is the issue because you don't expect to spend a grand and then have to make or buy jigs and compromise. The elephant in the room is skill, with the dowel jig anyone can drill the 24 holes but a mortice and tennon requires a different skill set which if I was a lot younger I...

Yes that legislation on vacuum power is another bit of daft big brother dictatorship regarding only what can be sold and not what can be used. That is something I have discovered, Henry 620 watts or Charles at 1000 watts but as you say bigger and noisier. I will do a bit more searching...

Lets widen the choice, are new Henries as good as the original or is there something else people are using with a decent sized motor ? I really did not think it would be that hard to find something to just extract from my mitre saw but there seems to be a lot of nothing on offer. Best idea...

I would say that the 500 is more manageable and with a lot less plunge depth then easier to use.

That is the £1000 question, it is fast and makes great oblong dowel holes but for me and others the location has caused issues. If it was 100% bang on then why are there aftermarket products such as the Domi plates started by Senaca woodworking, the Domino alignment jig (DAJ) from FC tools...

As the title says, my old Nilfisk is getting a tad past it's best with the bags becoming more expensive and harder to source so looking at something from Numatic, this will only be for my mitre saw and other smaller tools. Is anyone using something from there product range which includes the...

That is why some people get themselves into trouble and there are electrical thermal events because they know no different and have no concept of electricity except that it is not cheap. Without any electrical background people do some incredable work because they just do not realise the...

Ok this has not gone to plan and it has strayed all over the show, I did say that it needs to be kept on track and the topic was the impact of the budget on us and not from every other possible angle and nothing political, people have brought certain parties into the topic which are political...

People like Biden still believe that the USA is the planets police force and are there to oversee everyone else whilst not accepting that China is about to knock them off there perch. Biden in a confrontation has shown that he is the person to shout retreat first as demonstrated in Afghan and...

The obvious choice and one that will also relieve stress is to just move but I dare say selling up would not be easy. Next option is to buy an old barge and use that as a shed.

It seems the money today is in selling goods made in China, it is a shame we don't seem to design and manufacture here in the UK anymore but there are some good exceptions like Benchdogs who buck the trend. Marketing has become all to powerful, they seem to tell people what to buy rather...

FFX made sense for a company in Folkstone but cannot see why an existing company like ITS in east London feels they need the FFX name.

Not everyone, only those who have not packed up shop and left for some other country like Portugal. If you hit a business with higher cost then how can anyone expect them not to pass on some of those cost to the customer, if taking on staff is more expensive then you don't recruit, if your...

You have probably highlighted the problem, it is run as a service with very little thought on being efficient or cost effective. This was an issue for many nationlised industries back in the day where they consumed vast amounts of money to deliver because people just thought the cash was...

Yes more money is being thrown at the NHS, a good businessman will tell you that no amount of money can fix a failed business. The NHS needs reforming from ground up so that the majority of the staff are medical and not paper pushers. The one thing that would help and will require funding...

But if you have nothing then you can claim rent for a property and benefits as well as things like pension credits. Some people have worked very little in life, no pension but just lived for the day but in older age can claim a lot and get a free place in a care home, the rest of us have to pay.