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10 years ago and went on a Yandles "learn the basics" 2 day course. They used a 6" Record grinder with a Sorby jig for sharpening. Purely hobby which has expanded into more general woody stuff. I bought the Yandles method. It works for them, it worked for me on the course. It...

I found the response of both Post Office and Fujitsu bosses was evasive - intended to create the illusion being supportive of the truth and the the sub-postmaster case, but seeking to avoid saying anything which could give rise to future liability. In the public sector, management effort...

From a fairly swift search it seems that both the original DH Mosquito aircraft and the Eames chair both of which used curved plywood were made in moulds by gluing individual plies rather than plywood with its alternating grain direction. In that it probably owes more to a technology that...

Banning that which a danger to the public generally, or can be used inappropriately, makes sense - firearms, agricultural products etc. Others are sold under license - industrial chemicals, medicines etc. These items can sometimes be procured illegally but generally the public accept and...

I thought a bolt was only partially threaded so that in principle it can be inserted in a clearance hole and restrict lateral movement between items being joined, the bolt providing a clamping force only. A screw by contrast provides a clamping pressure and by friction between the surfaces...

For millennia a pole lathe with RPM measured in 10s was the norm. Most now have lathes which can manage RPM in the 1000s. Probably needs a different level of steel (HSS etc), profile, precision. A bit like fitting a wooden wheel with an iron rim to a supercar - the handling would be...

Folk are astoundingly stupid at times. Hill dwellers and those doing ESSENTIAL jobs aside, snow makes things more difficult between 1 or 2 days every 5 or 10 years (namby pamby southerners) to 1 or 2 days a year north of Watford Gap. Driving on such days increases your chances of a very cold...

Two options - properly enforce its illegality or legalise. Current policing and judicial systems are largely ineffectual. Even with far more resources and assuming the police could arrest all involved, the courts would be incapable of dealing with the volume of offences and punishment would be...

There are two groups who suffer through drug addition: those addicted who fund a habit sometimes or often through crime. Ultimately a number get on the ladder towards the ever more powerful and eventually suffer/die badly the rest of society are the victims of crime to fund drug habits, pay...

I do use extension sockets where I can be sure the cable does not represent a trip/safety hazard - eg: behind furniture for TV and table light. Encouraging the fitment to worktops and desks puts them in an entirely different league - connect your PC, printer and phone charger and later wonder...

I have to confess to never having even dabbled beyond alcohol and tobacco -having always intended to try everything in my final decade when any adverse impacts have limited consequences. However fully support legalisation of drugs with the more damaging subject to prescription so that quality...

None of us really know what our neighbours are up to unless they choose to tell you. How the police may have become aware of the buildings illegal use: the warehouse was simply occupied, no rental agreement, owner on inspection found something to alert them excessive electricity consumption...

I agree with you comments re overheads - yet it was advertised as a local company. The "head office" may even have been his wife/partner - a wheeze designed to ensure I could not put the gentleman with ladder standing in front of me under any pressure, but talk to someone who could have been...

To custom make any furniture or fittings is likely to be significantly more expensive than any that can be bought retail - whether it is Ikea, M&S. Oak Furnitureland or John Lewis. If customers are not prepared to understand and pay for quality, price become the dominant issue. Design is...

I've used these - albeit fitted to the opening top of a piano stool...

In the US EV sales account for ~7.5% of sales vs 16.5% in the UK. Their EV "fleet" is 2.5 times the size of the UK for a population 5 times the size. Distances are inevitably much longer in the US - yet the range of EVs is (I assume) similar to those sold in the UK. It is no surprise they...

Perverting the course of justice may be a catch all charge for all those in the Post Office or Fujitsu aware of the failings of the Horizon system. I assume the scale of the offence depends on whether: those who knew or had a reasonable suspicion, but were unconnected to the prosecutions...

I can only assume Jacob would be happier if driving a car without the benefit of ABS, crumple zones, disc brakes, seat belts, safety windscreens, collapsible steering column, side impact protection etc. This is how cars used to be - reliant upon the skill and competence of the driver to pilot...

Maglev raises the "vehicle" above the ground - has the benefit of reducing friction but needs "guide rail(s) to keep it on track. Future magnetic systems need only propel the "vehicle" forward on wheels which would be needed off the "magnetic" track - this eliminates the need for "guide...

Personal experience - came home from a winter break to find ariel hanging by the coaxial cable from the chimney. Looked on-line for someone local to come and sort it out. Convincing advert appeared and they came round. £400 mate. That seems a bit much for 30 minutes work and £25 of new...