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I just let my son see what i was doing and if he wanted to 'help' I'd let him have a go. Obviously not for really dangerous things like table saws but if it was nailing in a nail on some skirting or something I'd help him with the hammer etc even if it slowed down the job. I didn't push it...

If it's just a dust mask type then I often use micropore or masking tape (for both I stick to my clothes first to reduce the tack a bit) and then use it to seal around my nose. I often find the dust masks allow air to blow up past otherwise, which steams up my safety glasses making it more...

Everything is a hammer, unless its a screwdriver... then its a chisel :) (as the saying goes)

My son was exposed to diy from day one really and I'd explain what i was doing and why. He wasn't really able to do much until about 4 if I remember correctly. I bought him a junior hacksaw and he has a hand drill and a few other things of his own as he kept nicking mine! Trouble is he was...

all good until you forget to turn the alarm off and need a new pair of pants! :oops:

There is a system on the market at the moment that fills the room with a non-toxic smoke. I think it's mostly for corner shops etc. Only takes like 30secs and you can't see anything. If you can't see it, you can't steal it :) I had wondered about this in the past, setting up a smoke grenade and...

Never understand why they don't put it on for a more believable price. I see loads of E-bikes for £89 for some reason. A similar one at the proper price would be ~£890 or more, so why not go for £250 or so. Unless with it being under £100 does that change the creditcard refund or something? So...

I tend to use the thicknesser part of my machine rather than the planer for this reason. It gets it flat enough for my needs generally and I don't have to worry about cutting my fingers off. My planer came with something similar to this Push Blocks | Next Day Delivery These actually say they...

Finished a spinning top today. Probably not the most challenging thing in the world for a lot of people but still takes me a fair bit of time. It's from a piece of indian hardwood that came as a runner on a wooden crate for stone paving slabs. I've got an office secret santa coming up soon max...

will agree to disagree. I personally don't think push sticks will work correctly in this instance especially with wide boards as you are only on the one edge, rather than the centre like a push block. I also don't think that you have maximum control as the length of a pushstick designed for a...

I may be wrong but my understanding is that planers require push blocks not sticks. you want to keep the workpiece flat and level. I don't think pushsticks would work as well in terms of the workpiece. My planer came with push blocks so I assume they are correct for the machine.

yeah that was the part where my brain had to do a check and work out whether I was missing something, after the withdrawal. I have had my finger pulled into my table router when I was doing a test cut on a scrap piece of wood. It caught the end and pulled my hand around before I could even...

yep. I would get one if they were a more reasonable price. It's similar to arguing that you don't need an RCD on an electric circuit as long as you take care whenever you are working on the electrics. Having an RCD doesn't make me less careful when I work on electrics, it just means I don't get...

Yep, I was very lucky when cutting some log slices, back when I didn't know better. It was only a short piece of wood and I shouldn't have been holding it. The saw kicked back and jumped. My instant reaction was to withdraw my hands and fingers and then my brain had to think ok have I been cut...

now what would be really clever is a contra-flow system where the flue gas temp is monitored and allows or restricts air flow past the inner skin removing heat from the flue in a controlled manner.

I might be mis-understanding Jacobs but I thought he was talking about opening the front of an exisiting chimney, which I would think would get around this problem. Although finding someone to sign it off might be difficult. Basically if you ran your flue pipe surrounded by brick on 3 sides you...

I watch a lot of the american shows about alaska etc and from what I've seen the flue is normally non-insulated in the cabins. Whether it's a good idea or not I can't say but they do it and it doesn't seem to cause them a problem. It's the same with the way the pipes are put together. From my...

Whilst this isn't image storage I currently can't see anything that I 'save' on facebook. If I go to the 'saved' page it just tries to load and returns a blank page. Doing the same for my dad on his account. To be fair I haven't asked FB to look into it yet (mostly as I don't care as i barely...

You are not wrong there. Its the same in the house when using the vacuum. Most of the work it's doing turns to heat (and sound) so it's effectively a 1kw fan heater. Most electrical devices in winter become pretty much 100% efficient if you also require heat.

After doing a bit of turning just now, in an unheated garage the thing I would have liked the most is to have warm tools! I was perfectly fine in my body temp but holding a metal tool that is 5degrees is the bit that causes the problem. It is hard to plan ahead but I think keeping your toolbox...