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I realise this is a bit of a side issue - sorry - but seems to be being discussed. I've just this last couple of weeks drawn up my will and LPA. The LPA has two 'executors' plus a standby incase either of the others pass before me. Hopefully they will have my better interests in mind. Two...

I hope not. Present plan will only be about 36 hours as I want to get the job complete.

They look like a pair of crimping pliers though they would normally have a number of different sizes whereas two of those look the same.

I've ripped a piece of oak (115 x 75mm) into four. Each piece is just over a metre in length and about 35 x 55mm. The original piece has been in a dry garage for about four years. It's all now sitting in my dry unheated, other than the solar gain, workshop. How long should I leave it to twist...

Apparently passwords are old hat now: passkeys are the in thing though I've still to get my head around them and their supposed advantages. I'm still a password user and to make things easier to remember have used an old address, e.g. the one I grew up in just with the spaces removed and maybe...

He mentioned the S word. They couldn't send him back quickly enough. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I remember years ago when I was still a teenager I annealed 1/8" aluminium sheet on my mother's gas hob prior to using it to reduce the compression on my first motorcycle. (DOT - Devoid of Trouble! My big fat arras- with a Villiers 9E). Smear the 'top' surface with soap and heat gently until...

Good morning @Stigmorgan . I trust you and yours are keeping well. I must admit that I haven't followed this thread avidly but I do wish you and Veda all the best. A couple of comments if I may. Storage: I found when I removed stuff that I had put into storage for a couple of years that I...

I thought you probably had done so but the info may be useful for LBlondon114 or someone else.

If you haven't already replaced them (I realise this thread is fairly old) try an electronics supplier such as Rapid, CPC/Farnell, RS. It looks pretty standard. Some knobs come with a removable skirt. Martin.

Can't work out whether you are a Japlander or Ireanise. 🥴🤔

I've just started using Proton VPN. Comes free if you subscribe to their email along with other benefits. Good to get away from the all encompassing Big G! No! Not Rankin's Big G Mccafferty, the other Big G! 🤣

But the relationship is still basically the same. That is good old Mr. Ohms Law still applies though with pure resistance replaced with inductive (or capacitive) impedance -- I = V / Xl where I is current, V is voltage and Xl is inductive impedance = 2 × pi x f (frequency) x L (inductance)...

If you end up drilling stainless steel then go slow with a sharp drill and use plenty of cutting compound otherwise the SS will work harden. I didn't the first time and suffered for my ignorance. The next time it drilled as easily as cheese. Martin

Admittedly I don't know all the pros and cons but what about using a privacy based browser, something like Duckduckgo? I still tend to go through and reject as many cookies as I possibly can. I'm sure someone here will give better advice soon. Martin

Looks good. What adhesive did you use to glue the two halves together? Martin

My first car was a Ford 100E Anglia. I doubled up the front anti-roll bar that improved the handling and fitted a sand-racers additional overdrive gearbox. This doubled the number of gears. Added to the top speed a little. Plus the look on people's faces when you changed gear while reversing...

How do you get your wood home? 🙂

The Bosch looks pretty dangerous to me. I think I'd give it a miss. I bought a secondhand Elektra Bekum KGT500 flip saw which is IMHO safer and works well in a small shop. It's made out of an alloy (aluminium?) rather than steel but works well for me. In table saw mode it has a reasonably...

An interesting aside to this issue has happened to me. I have had an old Elektra Bekum planer thicknesser for several years which is connected with a 13A plug. Before I moved house it would break the 13A fuse on start up. Not the one in the plug but the inline one in the isolation switch as the...