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Good for you ! A relaxed environment is nice. Noise sneaks up on you so as an when you can, look at those 3m peltor ear protectors that have a microphone and bluetooth or a radio built in. They'll take care of your hearing and still leave you aware of what's going on around you. They aren't...

Direct On Line starters as built into many machines can be adapted as Fitz has done above. They are a bit annoying once you have incorporated a VFD as you need nothing but the simple momentary contacts, the relay is entitely redundant. For cheapness, the DOL starter is usually built without...

Mick Hanbury seems to get away with one good bowl gouge for almost everything. Less is more ! Become expert with a handfull of good tools ?

That looks a solid piece of kit, with good power and plenty of spindle height. Hope it serves you well and let us see what you do with it 👍

Hey. They ain't that bad. You are getting penetration. Just practice steady movement of the rod. Clean your metal well first. It can help. Read about the ideal angle to hold your rod to the work. Not vertical, not too shallow. One of the biggest factors for beginners is a user friendly rod...

Flashing LEDs at many thousands of times a second were used for optical data transmission before we started using solid state lasers for that. For the past 20 years TOSlink optical connections on hifi, cd and md players have had LEDs (not lasers) flashing at 100's of thousands of times a second.

You have to be careful. A lot of (the dark green) Metabo tools these days are manufactured in China. I do think the models from the original German factories are better and these tend to be the more expensive and higher performance models in core product ranges like the grinders. There are a few...

Some advertising copy about the cv20 includes : " HEPA Exhaust Muffler: The integrated HEPA exhaust muffler ensures clean air expulsion, contributing to a healthier indoor environment. Commercial Duty European Motors: Designed for durability and powerful suction, the unit's motors deliver...

I'd love to think that i'll be able to plaster it properly ! I have a bad back, neck, and both shoulders are a mess. I may have little choice but to go for taped joints on the ceiling after putting up new plasterboard. My mate made the smart suggestion that I get some practice by plastering...

If you can get a bit of high pressure laminate - trespa or something like that - maybe 2' x 18" and around 16mm thick, you have the essence of a router table for the job. You can use the router itself to thin the trespa down to maybe 8mm just where the router baseplate would go. This reduces the...

For the next few weeks, Festool are doing a £100 cashback offer on their range of Planex "giraffe" sanders. Think 10" random orbit sander on the end of a stick and designed for fine finishing of plastered walls and ceilings. I've never even seen one in the flesh, let alone used one, but with...

I haven't found that. When first introduced, they seemed to take a couple of days to pass the money along. Speaking only for myself, this doesn't seem to be an issue any more and the money clears through usually within hours. If they held it, I would simply not ship and call the concierge service.

@ChaiLatte An old MD once told me "I'm paying for your opinion. So give it clearly and confidently." or words to that effect. You are perfectly right that it may not fry the drive the first time or couple of times you do it, so yes, I'm guilty of dramatic license, but it's bad practice and...

Ebay is my first port of call for most purchases. I'll even go to online seller's ebay stores often over their own stores because ebay is another avenue of appeal in case you get an argumentative seller who mis-describes and doesn't want to refund. But after they cut paypal out so they can make...

One of my nephews sent me a birthday card the other week. Good kid, recently graduated university with a 2.1 His handwriting looked like a 6 year old had written the card ! My dad used to have the most beautiful handwriting. Mines unreadable to anyone but me, dint of taking copious handwritten...

Think about method. If you ripped your 18mm board into strips, then used a router table with a roundover bit to round the long edges. Then a sliding mitre saw or chop saw to turn the sticks into fish fingers, and finally two passes each end again on the router table using a jig or mitre gauge to...

It is essential that your motor is wired directly to the VFD with no switching in between. If you try to start stop the motor by disconnecting it from the VFD you'll fry the drive. The existing NVR switch is now irrelevant. The VFD prrforms all the control. If you want to retain push buttons in...

Guessing a bit because I put in a few blades at a time along with friends, but maybe £15 max for a 60T blade. Shipping would be extra if you don't have a local place. A good blade, well sharpened is better than a string of cheap new ones.

There are a few air tools that I'd like but sadly just don't have room for a big enough air compressor or tolerance for the noise. I have to make do with a very small low noise compressor for touch up spraying and blow gun.

Yes. Importantly, if used as a variable speed drive the box has to be dedicated to and programmed to match one single motor. It is acting as a VFD which also performs a step up of the voltage from 240v single phase in upto 415V three phase out. You can't connect multiple motors when you are...