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I too fell fowl of Salamander's "must inspect the installation" clause in a flat I rent out. They didn't like it so I paid for both the inspection and a new pump. I suspected the motor capacitor but never got around to testing it. The pump was just over a year old. The identical replacement has...

Brilliant. Happy Christmas too. Look a bit phallic to me though. 😁😁

Built myself a workshop over the summer months from a Lillevilla kit. Six metres by three: nice and roomy. I've already started filling it with sawdust.

@opener Whereabouts in the country are you located?

Perhaps we should have a thread entitled "Post a photo of the last mistake you made". 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Titebond 3 is quite yellow so may add colour to your vase and leaves. Would a clear setting PVA be a less obvious choice?

@Skeety I've used computers since the early 80s and CAD since the early 90s so I consider myself computer literate but I found Fusion 360 very confusing when I tried it even utilising YouTube videos. Probably just me as plenty of people here like and recommend it. I reverted back to...

I use Designspark Mechanical too. It's available in three versions only one of which is free but I find that sufficient for all my needs.

When I bought my Robox 3D printer back in 2014/15 a couple of friends said they thought I'd wasted my money (£1500 back then) and didn't know what I could use it for. Since then I've printed woodworking jigs, dust extractor adaptors, a flexible hose arm for dust extraction on my pillar drill...

How serious is hydrogen embrittlement?

Me too. I guess that's the difference between being an electronic engineer and being a mechanical engineer - using engineer in the truest sense.

@ChaiLatte Thank you thats brilliant information. Since the spacing is 0.577 (Airy) or 0.559 (Bessel) or 0.554 (miniumum sag) it's always slightly more than the 'quarter' points. The average is 0.563 so that's what I will go for as I'm just improving the mounting rather than going for any...

I probably should have mentioned that there are no studs as it's a brick/block wall. As far as the load, quite light. Maybe a book or two but not a whole shelf and then some oddments, pictures and the like.

I'm about to put up a shelf on to metal brackets - yes I know they should be wooden but it's quick and dirty for my study. Do I place the brackets at 1/3 and 2/3 across so the shelf length between the brackets is equal to the length outside them. Or should I put them at the 1/4 and 3/4 points so...

^^^^^^ should be chop saw. A cuppa saw sounds an interesting device. My attempt at DX for the chop saw is below. The first picture shows the drop-on back wall in place. The 4" DX hose is placed into the back. A rubber sheet is attched to the top and is, in this picture, folded back so you...

I painted one of my flats with Valspar emulsion which can be mixed to a wide variety of colours. Still going strong after seven years.

Yes it allows the blade to tilt to about 30°. Does depend upon how the shute is built around the blade cover. I will also post my attempt at DX when using it as a cuppa saw in a couple of days.

Note this is all a bit Heath-Robinson as many prototypes are. First job is to close the bottom of the saw body. Just a ply or mdf board with short sides to close the sides. It can be glimpsed in photo #2. Then close the front as below. The hole is to attach my DX. Through it you can just make...

The fault you have is probably deep in the windings and a real problem to find and rectify. I'm sure someone here recommended a rewind company in Edinburgh. I can't find my note of the company name so perhaps someone else can forward the information.

Since atm is a Swiss company perhaps they can supply a circuit, well at least a connection diagram. It's worth a try. Martin