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I certainly agree that we need to be careful of what we wish for. As for train drivers, they are subject to the same limitations as other drivers. They get tired, distracted, annoyed, sick etc etc. They can ignore speed limits and jump red lights with arguably bigger consequences. My sister...

I can agree to a certain extent. To be honest I'm amazed at how well our roads work considering we can be passing at 60mph with only a white line to separate us. But I don't believe self driving cars are as good as most humans and won't be for a long time, if at all. Our 'processing' power is...

but if you dropped 100's kgs by having a 'normal' car with the same interior space as a big suv, you'd use even less fuel?! My neighbour drives a Audi Q7. She has 3 kids. But does she need a car that weighs a min of 2195kg to drive them around? She isn't hauling a caravan or building materials...

... and how many people it will kill before it is safe. Teslas 'self driving' has separately killed 2 motorcyclists so far as there seems to be a problem with it seeing twin rear lights on certain bikes close together and thinking it is a car in the distance. Mostly because tesla doesn't want...

You missed the point. I wasn't suggesting we should drive allegro's or go back to carbs. The point was that the allegro estate carried pretty much the same amount of people and cargo and weighed 700kg less. Even with all the things you mentioned there is no reason all that should weigh so...

The physical length of the vehicle will drastically reduce the length of queues. They will be more responsive at traffic lights. More free space on the road will allow cars to pass much easier. I would also guess there will be less accidents as more room to avoid collisions and smaller cars...

For example (and believe me I'm not suggesting we bring these back) a 1970's austin allegro estate kerb weight was ~870kg A current Ford Kuga kerb weight is 1594kg That's ~724kg extra!! Sure the Kuga will have significantly more safety equipment but not pretty much an entire extra cars...

That's because people are being sold the 'wrong' type of EV. The future isn't having a great big SUV that is exactly the same as the ICE version. Small 1 or 2 seater EVs is where people should be heading for commuter cars. They aren't quite right yet but the Citreon Ami and the Renault Twizy...

That's really useful, thanks. That is basically the same construction as the spitfire doors. This was one route I was considering. My thinking with using a solid core door blank is basically the same but starting with a solid door and then cutting out sections to add in the insulation. I guess...

My thinking on this is that I don't think I can build a door that will be perfectly flat and square. Using a door blank would give me a perfect stable base to build off. Looking at spitfire doors they make a composite door...

This was part of my wondering. Is there a different type of Cedar that they use for doors etc I'm looking at things like this https://www.newwoodworks.com/exterior-doors?itemId=wfjsb7jso84a980w1ri97dv1vncim7

Could you be slightly more specific? I'm assuming you aren't against me changing my door and frame.

Hi, I'm looking to replace my worn out front door and door frame. It's a door and a sidelight to one side. I want a natural looking door so I've been looking at different woods that are available to me and I'm wondering about using Cedar. My plan is to use 3x4" cedar for the frame (pretty much...

You could still mortice it in, but you'd just have the side of the brass hinge showing. I don't think that would look wrong, especially if you polished it a bit.

I built an electric guitar and sprayed it with clear cellulose lacquer direct onto the mahogany body. If you have any end grain though you may want to look at pore filling. I used CA glue as it dries very clear and prevents the lacquer dimpling into the pores. I can't quite remember what i did...

Cotton fabric can ignite from a chemical reaction with CA glue. https://firesafeliving.com/is-super-glue-flammable/ It can also ignite from oils, as many will already be aware. It's worth thinking about how you store or dispose of old rags. Having a metal bucket would certainly help if it did...

I have a rage 3 mitre saw which I think is 1500w. The weird thing happens that if I run it on my 16a ringmain, it will run fine for the first cut but as soon as I pull the trigger for the second cut it will trip the circuit breaker (not the rcd). I can reset and again do 1 cut and second one...

I've got a table saw, bandsaw, mitre/chop saw, jigsaw, router, multi-tool and circular saw, and would suspect most of us here have the same or more. I get the allure of hand sawing a piece of lumber with a quality wood handled saw and crafting it into something, but these handsaws were from a...

If it is easy to file then the metal isn't very hard. This is part of the problem. To sharpen a tool you need something that is harder than the tool you are sharpening. In this case if you are using a metal file to sharpen metal saw teeth it begs the question how hard is the metal the teeth are...

Playing devils advocate - other than the allure of having painstakingly restored and sharpened an old tool I can't in most cases see the point of sharpening old saws. Unless you are making artisan high quality pieces that you want to be able to saw you used old tools, is it actually going to...