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I used to live in Wycombe and remember spending many hours browsing Isaac Lords when it was located on the Desborough Rd and their trade counter up the hill a bit. There was also a really good old school timber merchants near the London Rd who in the days before 'elf and safety would allow you...

Hi Martin - only comment I'd make with respect your setup is that having such a large portion of the workpiece unsupported you will find that the workpiece will likely deflect by more than the likely depth of cut you should be attempting to take off. You could get around this by adding a scrap...

Hi Martin as others have said, it is hard work, however it looks like you have the right tools, so likely any difficulties are down to plane set-up and technique! I'd say that plane setup is the trickiest to master, followed by whatever technique works for you wrt sharpening and I think that...

Surprisingly it didn't hurt much - I suspect because as I later discovered it had damaged the nerve endings, however it did bleed profusely which perversely worked in my favour... -when I arrived at casualty courtesy of a lift from a neighbour, the swathes of kitchen towel I'd liberally wrapped...

Hi Colin, Looks like you were lucky, and not wishing to repeat previous posters helpful replies, but looking at the picture of your set-up it looks to me from the shadow cast on the bit that you are taking off more than a skim cut, more like 1/2 or more of the dia of the bit, and doing this...

Forgot to add - achieving that 500 lux light level consumes around 80W, which may sound excessive, however I rarely use it at that level since it is almost uncomfortably bright for 'normal' use!

I did a lot of research before building my own lighting replacement system since there are so many factors involved and it gets quite complicated when you start to consider the required lighting levels you want and say compare those with published levels required for say detailed work like...

I'm in the same boat as Richard wrt the brick finish but would echo his sentiments that this is down to personal taste. However the crispness of the execution and the overall affect you have created looks fabulous and in fact the exposed brickwork create an extension of the black-white pattern...

I think one can see how 'nanny state' thinking shapes this kind of legislation, I personally use a lot of scalpel blades - I do electronics as well as woodwork, and these once ordered are a signed-for-only delivery, and for sure could kill a person quite easily if you know anatomy well, but lets...

I have a very old and well used 5 inch bone handled pen-knife that my father used whilst pruning and tying-up plants in his beloved garden, it was one of a pair, the other being maybe 3inches and were originally owned by his father who served in the navy during the period steam was overtaking...

If you search youtube for 'cutting edge engineering' you'll find a guy who does a lot of large heavy work on Caterpillar earth grading machines and the like, and he frequently repairs hydraulic pistons, cylinders etc and one video he did was turning up a custom rotating earth terminal that he...

Or closer to home Lotus - lots of trouble, usually serious

I'd have thought a better solution to what you have designed is to use a lead screw/nut similar to those used on metalwork lathes to allow the saddle holding the toolpost to traverse the length of the beds. There are lots of companies who sell these quite cheaply since depending on the accuracy...

Doh! - Ignore my reply, mis-read its intended use! ..on the other hand I think that using this type of adaptor to provide portable power to augment/charge mobile devices is a bit of overkill - why use batteries to convert up to mains, only to then use that to plug in e.g. a USB wall-wart to...

I'd be wary of their ability to withstand the very high currents some e.g. impact drivers consume. I measured it when the batteries died on my old-style Makita non-brushless era impact driver and it took in excess of 30Amp, and I have no reason to believe that the replacement brushless one I...

There are loads of suitable products for wooden floors, Bona traffic and some of its variants are designed to be applied, left overnight and take full traffic the following morning- think commercial premise lobbies etc. Plenty of other manufacturers too

I feel for you, tbh the only safe way to get access to that is with scaffolding and boards laid to spread the roof load and protect the tiles, any other route is likely to be sketchy or down-right dangerous. I recently had a similar problem where a short section of a roof valley seems to trap...

I'd agree that looks to me to be in very good condition and with that level of tooling/accessories should command a far higher price - as a guide as others have mentioned, e-bay or this outfit -Home and Workshop Machinery | Home and Workshop Machinery

Unfortunately very true - I volunteer with a county-wide charity and offered loads of advice when they approached me wrt setting up a mans shed. They are so bureaucratic it would take them years to agree to anything, sign it off and actually get anything practical done. I've almost given up...

Forgot to mention, assuming you successfully achieve a sound soldered joint, I'd coat the loose wires with a small amount of epoxy glue so that it is mechanically affixed to the cone itself. That way you minimise the strain on the joint in pretty much the same way the original manufacturer did -...