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Don't knock Black and Wrecker! My circa 1975 hammer drill is still working! 😀

Wonder how they do that? 1meter on one side and grow to 3meters when you turn them over! Wow! So versatile. 🤣🤣

Another from Spike Milligan My Mum says licorice gives you a good run for your money. I used to quote it to my children who thought I was talking about their grandmother.

Also try Materials Market | Builders Merchant, Building Supplies & Materials Store Found them to be a good price and reasonable delivery. Just last week bought 6 off 25mm and 6 off 120mm Celotex. Martin

Er! Can one have lines that are too parallel? How does one achieve them? Am I just being pedantic ------- or just plain stoopid? Have fun Martin 🤣

Wow! How on earth do you fashion those? And how do you know where to place the finger holes? Martin

I assume you've tried Wenban Smith in Lewes and Horsham. I got a tulip offcut from them a few years ago but don't know if they stock it now. Have fun Martin

I think my best was to a colleague who would occasionally say "Well! I'll be b¥$$ered" to which I replied "It's a very kind of you but please excuse me if I don't accept your offer: I have a headache at the moment".

A bit off topic but Sugru mouldable silicone glue is better for this task. This is a great thread with loads of inventive ideas. Given me ideas for better ways of doing some of the things I do. Have fun Martin PS sorry didn't realise how old that post was. I hadn't noticed the thread before so...

I want to put a 25mm layer of Celotex insulation into the floor of my workshop. Currently the floor comprises a concrete base, an engineered laminate flooring plank (resin impregnated?) ('cos I have loads) topped with a damp prrof membrane. On top of that are the wooden floor bearers with the...

Doesn't that make it Margot Asqui? :unsure:

Welcome to the madhouse. Cor! This brings back memories of being an emmet going down to visit my mother and stepfather who lived for 20 years or so on the crossroads at Egloskerry. Step brother still lives just down the road in Tregeare. Enjoy the forum. Martin

I've used 3D Jake a couple of times for formuntura (?) Titan X ABS and been pleased with their service. Reasonable price and quick delivery. Martin

I can think of no reason to expend effort getting the last marmite out of the jar, in fact why even waste time opening, or even shopping for, one in the first place. Yuk, yuk, yuk!

My one comment/complaint with the EVO is the (sort of) F style clamps used to hold the track steady. I feel they're a bit flimsy. I don't often over tighten things but these are so easily over tightened and bend. They don't need to be too tight as the rubber strips under the track really do stop...

Ditto. Would add that the dust extraction is much that one expects for a circular saw. I've been using the supplied multi purpose blade but normally only in need of a straight glue ready edge. Particularly bought it for cutting 8x4 foot sheets of 18mm MDF.

Just had a look at the packaging on a LED ball lamp. It has tick boxes for 220V, 110V, 24V and 12V. 220V being ticked. This implies that the voltage range is not similar to lots of today's switched mode PSUs. I remember when early SMPSUs were 190V to 240V and not full range 96V to 240V; maybe...

Most of the elbows only have one pipe connected so I guess that's where the unconnected pipes go. I have the same doubts about fixing the flooring back down. Maybe take up a couple more floorboards and put a large sheet of MDF flooring over the whole lot.

Flanajb was selling an "Axminster BM78S 1hp morticer, plus box of mortice chisels" a couple of months ago on this forum. I did consider it myself but found an equivalent locally. Possibly worth a look. Martin

I made my bench top from deal - as in it's wood of unknown species though whatever is used for pallets. Collected enough to stack each piece on edge and glue laminated them together, staggering the pieces lengthwise so there's no weak point across the middle. It's about 4 x 28 x 60inches and...