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I had a CAME system in a previous house worked pretty well. I would advise against an underground actuating system particularly if there is any chance of it being water logged / flooded. I have seen systems that work halfway up the gate. Also I agree with @Sandyn where he suggests Have fun...

We have had woodwork in the mill at Nutley, East Sussex. Unheated of course so follows the outside ambient temperature so I'm not sure that putting your furniture outside in the UK will help. Others have given their opinions of what to do so I'll not comment further. A tip given us though from...

Thanks chaps. Your comments are always useful. One point of note is that whenever I have used plain brass in oak I have always "pre-drilled" it with a steel screw of the same size. Then there is less tendency to wring the brass heads off. Martin

A simple question but one to which I don't have an answer. When screwing into oak a steel screw is really a no-no unless you're not worried about the staining. Brass screws, having no steel don't stain the oak but what about steel screws that have been brassed? Or should I be using stainless...

I have always used a hacksaw on teh push stroke and the fretsaw on the pull. The coping saw however normally on the pull but sometimes I switch it around to the push stroke. It depends upon what I am doing, which side the face is and how well the material is supported. Now that's good advice...

So many differing opinions. +1 for Libre Office. A free MS Word and Excel look alike. I personally found the swap from MS's products very easy and you can always Google any feature you can't see. Why pay out your hard earned cash to wealthy Microsoft when you can have a programme designed to...

Absolutely beautiful. Stunningly so. Just wish I could get somewhere near the level of accuracy needed.

Is there a mill nearby, either wind or water? I've volunteered at a local windmill here in East Sussex since retiring and find it very rewarding. The (wood) work is often at a scale (large to enormous) that I don't encounter anywhere else. There's often a bunch of blokes so enjoy the...

I bought a CEL Robox about 5 years ago. It was designed (in the UK) to be easily used by beginners. No bed levelling required, automatic sensing of filament thus setting of temperature and other parameters. Once over the initial hurdles and up the learning curve it has worked well. As far as...

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Thank you for your replies with suggestions. As always you're a knowledgeable bunch and I'm grateful that you will share that knowledge. Martin

My daughter-out-law has asked - since I do woodwork and must know everything about woodworking in general - how to restore this old writing slope. I've not done any restoration work so thought I would ask those of you who are generous with your advice. She wants to use it at the LARP ( live...

Or you can always try the Salvage Hunters / Drew Pritchard method which seems to be paint it with blackboard paint and then apply French polish. Not I'm recommending that. Bet that opens a whole can of worms. 😳 Martin

Good advice Aidan.

@RichHox Two further points. You say you test your mains lights within your capabilities: I hope that means a PAT test. You also say heatshrink will diffuse the heat. Hmmm! Maybe but mainly it will act as a thermal insulator and raise the temperature of those components under said HS. If the...

@RichHox Just a few comments. A Varistor is completely the wrong component for what you are trying to do: it is a surge protection device and totally unsuitable. A resistor will drop voltage so your LEDs run at lower power. The math is quite simple. You need to know the voltage and current at...

Yes seen collars at that price many times and seen the cutters going for much more that the cost of a Veritas replacement from Axi. I don't understand the need to collect woodworking tools. The are tools made to be used not stored away. Are they going to be the next Rembrants in fifty years...

Oh so you are the so-and-so who keeps out bidding me for a '71'. 😰. No but have given up on getting a 71 for a reasonable price. Saw one recently locally on Marketplace @£30 but not quick enough. Considering making my own. Ebay in general is a real mixture of bargains and overpriced stuff. Must...

LibreCAD is another good free offering. Not too steep a learning curve coming from AutoCAD. I've produced several engineering drawings with it. Martin

We had a new stove fitted a year ago. The top is a 6mm plate sitting on a few pegs to hold it up with little thermal connection to the main body presumably so it doesn't get too hot and therefore to be safe. Guess what! We have two fans on top: one hardly ever works while the other does when...