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As I am fresh out of knee replacement surgery I can't access my barn. I have several old ELU routers (still in use) and would need to compare. The small ELUs would not have that "shock" on starting, so it is a "big-un", possibly 177 or 31, these both take up to a half inch collet, though my...

I have a "Cow-horn" strimmer with the 52cc engine which is 40:1 mix but my wheeled 52cc strimmer is 25:1 mix, take your pick!

Sorry doesn't work gardenmachineryshop.co.uk/products/wheeled-petrol-52-cc-strimmer

The link has been cut! it was Wheeled petrol 52 cc strimmer

I found a link to The Hornet wheeled strimmer on Youtube. My machine is a bit heavier with twin handles. Good to here you have it running. If this link works, they say sold out but it is a UK distributor might have a bit more info. Wheeled petrol 52 cc strimmer

John Brown, Can't lay my hand on user manual for my wheeled strimmer and off to hospital for an operation shortly-sorry. I checked my machine and it is a Fox Lawn Ranger Mk.2. I had a look at the carb/manifold and it seemed to be the metal carb sandwiched between two plastis...

I have one of these wheeled strimmers which uses 25:1 mix, bought new, really a strimmer with a short shaft, clamped to a golf cart!. I will try and find the manual as that might help. I too have a Kawasaki strimmer that is old and it (touch wood) always starts and I don't maintain it properly...

Working at a headmaster's house his housekeeper regaled me with tales of her grandchild "Throwing a Tandem"!

Geoff_S, Yes to us a crazy price. I was looking to see if they mentioned thread sizes on their tables and was surprised to see metric and imperials sizes in their parts lists. One other way of getting over your problem would be to make a frame with your castors that the legs would...

J-G, thank you for your sarky comment. As most are aware the United States might have retained imperial measurements they do not always accord to UK sizes (US Gallon versus UK Gallon?). I was pointing out that the US (and often Canada) will use a variety of thread sizes (UNC, UNF including pipe...

Curiosity got the better of me! Looked on Jessem's website and various tables have locking caster sets available. Strangely they seem to have both metric and US sizes mixed within the package.

If I understand correctly the original foot has a male thread, which is most likely a US thread. Just take the foot and find which nut fits its thread. (start with 3/8 UNC as suggested.

Richard_C, Virtually all posts end up way off beam. I don't know why criticising planning officers should disturb you so much. Ministers might set rules but they are turned into planning frameworks by Civil Servants. This accounts for the massive variations between councils on the application...

In one house I built twenty years ago I installed a pair of pockethole doors between rooms. I bought all the fittings from Hafele and they still list all the variations. Best thing with Hafele is that proper engineering drawings etc. are available. and their prices are usually reasonable. The...

On the electrical front as an apprentice in the RN. Working on radar, we had large conversion machinery (rather like a very large generator), which stepped up frequency and voltage. I was to carryout planned maintenance. I removed the large bakerlte fuses, one for each phase. The "Fuses" were...

For clamping on shelves I have used ratchet cramps. They put pressure right around the curves. I have several plain old lever straps plus a couple that used to be made by Stanley for woodworking. Same principle but a spanner is used to tighten.

I have a large coil of thick (3mm x 30mm?) of oak edge banding that I use for edging. This is not glued just plain. I can't remember where I bought it, possibly Hafele. I am sure one thickness would suffice but no doubt you could double it up.

Clogs,I am afraid it was always thus! When I left school in 1962 my father a carpenter/joiner causioned me against woodworking as a career. He worked very long hours and as he didn't drive carried his tools all over London by public transport. I joined the navy for a five year electronic...

Apologies to John Brown on visiting the US! I have family in Canada and they think nothing about trips that would be impossible withot a recharge. I am forced by planning rules to put two charging points in the house currently building and no one here has electric vehicles. Not a poblem in...

Seems like we have gone from the "Mars bar index" to the "bog roll index".