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Try stepping on a slug whilst you're wearing socks. Every washing reconstitutes it like new. Ugh.

I've built quite a few guitars with my trend T5. Most operations in solid body guitar making can be done with a 1/4" router, but for hogging out large cavities and cutting the outline of the body a 1/2" router would be helpful. I have only had limited experience with routing guitars on the...

I think she was Russian. And we all know rushin' a project leads to past mistakes...

I actually though'd this was going to be about a wooden leg, as an uber obscure reference to Tony's cleaner with the wooden leg in The Sopranos. I was very wrong.

As well as end grains ability to absorb blunt impart, it is also a self healing surface when cut. If you cut into side grain, you're chopping through the fibres. When you cut end grain, you simply push the fibres apart, and they almost instantly squish back together, making the cut marks...

I stashed a decent load of green ash a few years back, under a tarp on the patio, and it ended up with the bark totally riddled with beetles. They made no impression on the timber, and I've since succesfully dried it without any sign of life since (a couple of years). I'm told ash should be...

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. George Bernard Shaw.

I'd have been tempted to turnup a set of 'tyres' for the rollers.

Do you have the locks too? Those handles appear to be specific to the lock used, and it's virtually certain they won't be compatible with anything now in production. Just checking beofre you bust your hump finding handles...

If you're looking to save a few quid, rather than using Dremel's proprietary router base, you can easily make your own out of scraps and some boltsand wing nuts. IMO, dremel stuff is aggresively overpriced, and often of quite mediocre quality.

My best is a Makita LS1040 compound mitre saw, for free. I pitched up to fit a new door for a guesthouse in Cricklewood, and the lady running the place offered to me before she'd even put the kettle on! It was abandoned in a room by a guest, and she was chuffed to be rid of it. My most used...

Makes sense to me. The practice of fitting locks in line with the centre rail must stem from somewhere, and this is as good a reason as any. It's still incredibly common to mortice locks fitted this way, which is very bad practice - it removes almost all of the tenon holding the joint...

Also, gravity and dirt are against you in that orientation, and you'll constantly be digging crap out of the holes which will stop the locks closing fully.

If you fit a garage defender, also make sure you're fitting into solid concrete, nice and thick. Otherwise it's easy lift out a broken section of thin concrete, or blockwork. The link Schultzy provided is the same product at mine, but at a much better price!

http://www.saundersonsecurity.co.uk/aca ... Locks.html We tend to fit these, rather than garage defenders. They're easy to use, can be opened from both sides, and don't scream 'look at me - I'm full of swag!' to anyone scoping out a bunch of garages. Whatever you fit is really just a...

I have neither the tools nor experience to pick a 3G110 - but I'd be equally stuck picking any BS:3621 mortice lock. I can open them, but it's a tedious business, and not anything a burglar would consider doing - it takes too long, and makes too much noise. The tools to pick open BS:3621...

Exactly what Moose said - it's common sense, not high security that's called for. IMO biometrics, Iris, Fprint etc are an unknown quantity, and too new for me to put any faith in. I've heard of both being spoofed with printed images of eyes or fingerprints, and am not anware of any which is...

How much do you want to spend? Ignore the videos of people picking mortice locks - these are either lock sport enthusiasts who have invested shed loads of time in refining their skills to do this (no thief is going to have the dedication or intellect to do the same) or people who have...

Are you sure a fishtank in front of a window is a good idea? IIRC sun shining through the window can cause problems with regulating water temp, and the light can cause out of control algee growth, so your glass ends up covered in green gunk. I'm not certain about this, but I'm pretty sure it...

I build them, and play them (badly) but I don't know much about buying and selling, I'm afraid. I'd try searching recent eBay auctions to see if anything comes up to give you an idea, and try asking around on bass forums to see if anyone knows what they typically go for.