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Do you have a workmate or big tools in toolboxes ? I'd be slotting my workmate in against the RHS wall, bulky cases like the portable bandsaw and mag drill likewise and to the left. Systainers maybe in the middle, two deep isn't a problem for tools that you don't use every single day. On a...

I'll guess (again) two reasons. Bottom of your pan (probably) has a bigger diameter and quite a lot more surface area to transfer the heat than the heated area (base or element) of your kettle. Potentially double. If that's true, a tall narrow milk pan ought to be slow compared to a wide...

No, but even turned to minimum the one in the photo is too big for our smaller pans. And turned down, you really have no idea what the rating / gas consumption might be.

A bit like for rice but quicker :)

The only way to find the answer to this would be to do the experiment using your pan and gas hob, with a means of measuring the gas useage far more accurately than any home gas meter. So I doubt the average youtuber will be able to answer. I'm going to totally guess that it makes little...

Sorry Morag, Sammy wins this one but thank you for your interest. ~S~

Just funny to me that tendo are asking more for the 2.2kW single phase version than they are for the 400V 3 version with a 4kW motor in it. A 10" tablesaw with a 4kW motor in it is seriously powered up :) And what's going on at Axminster ? A few years back, Harvey dumped Woodford Tooling as...

And worth knowing that the DEFT tablesaws from the Netherlands that sometimes make it to the UK are also made by Harvey in Nanjing.

Excellent ! Fine photos, thanks. Did you know that you can buy big beetles like that in the supermarket pet shops in Korea. Kids do seem to love 'em.

Wax oil is more durable than wax alone. Osmo or treatex for example are used on floors and those get cleaned with a damp cloth. But making coasters is a mini project to use up some scrap....

Cheers Sammy. They're yours. A man who's going to slave two extractors to his mitre saw ? Nice :)

I have two lightly used "master slave" switch modules I no longer need. These are a decent brand. Fully potted, and ideal for turning on vacuum cleaner / shop vac automatically in sync with a power tool. They are much more substantial than the ones sold for slaving computer peripherals that...

My sister and husband gifted my dad an Estwing one birthday. Funky modern thing with glass fibre and strange modern design of head. I believe it's a framing nailer design. I had a few swings with it and that one didn't work for me either. Likewise I find steel hafted hammers feel off. I much...

What Roy says. Absolutely. I have a face mount 4kW motor sitting in my hall (don't ask) and thinking about the leverage that monster would exert on any plate unless is was mounted vertically is quite intimidating. Your motor won't be as heavy but rigidity will still be the issue. I would be...

It got my daughter through her access course to uni when the covid shortage of microchips was making a mess of the choice / price of new machines. We were eventually able to get something better and far lighter without paying the earth for it.

The hultafors generally sell for low £30s. Not at all the cheapest disposables. Replacement blades are available. Blade is a bit thicker / stiffer and the coating is better than the cheaper Bahco. I think the reasons that I like it are a good grip, stiffness and the higher tpi. Bought to be...

I screwed the OSB3 down when reroofing a single garage. Whoever has to lift the boards will surely curse me for that, but it makes a stong roof and didn't take long. Spax wirox and a 18v drill driver .... Torx heads so you just dial in the drill and let it work. The slow bit is just setting out...

Two I've used have been good. One is the Hultafors black coated one. I bought this in 11tpi and it is much easier to use for cross cuts, so I assume a 7tpi is likewise best for rip cuts. The other was a borrowed Axminster own brand (predator ?) that was teflon coated and smooth because of it. I...

I would ask for a photo with a tape measure in it to show the width of the jaws, and one to show the condition of the screw, and ideally nut. But if it isn't a Record 1A, then the seller has shot themselves in the foot because you would have a "significantly not as described" complaint against...

I was able to get another years life out of a very old windows laptop by putting mandrake linux on it. Sadly, trying the same to eke a little more life out on my old macpro laptop was a total fail. Old apple gear is frankly skip fodder. Someone bought the perspex enclosure of my old mac cube...