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Thank you. It is nice to know what I am working with. Will oak hold carved detail nicely, or is the texture too rough? I have thirteen shelves, but three are comprimised because some pins snapped when I tried to pull them out (one pin on each of the three shelves why not all three pins on...

I am not sure how to assess 'open grained', so I atttached an image. . Does that help?

I was becoming worried that my stock of reclaimed timber was running out. Then I was gifted a six foot high CD rack made from solid hardwood (I am pretty sure its a hardwood- weighs enough). I think the timber is oak, but I am not sure. Could anyone confirm this? (Or make an alternate...

Forgot rule number one: get someone else to light it........

I would recommend you give Linux Mint a look. If you download a disc image and burn it to DVD, then you can try it out (albeit running slowly) from the dvd without installing anything. For anything other than silverlight it seems a very competent alternative built by a large army of people. I...

It hurts, doesn't it? I feel it too. It would be nice to believe that part of the pain could be removed by the government reducing the fuel duty to keep prices stable but...... The fuel companies would keep increasing their prices to match the governments decreased tax take. They all know...

In this case I sincerely hope so. One of the previous jobs started January 25 2004 and was scheduled for 90 days: it is still not finished. A superb achievement.

No, not my kitchen rebuild, but NASAs latest enterprise. A marvellous technical achievement, but I bet the martians are laughing at the slow pace that their neighbours work.

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I know almost nothing, but I would suggest that aa lot depends upon the weight of logs that you wish to transport at any one time. I can imagine that a trailer too small would be inefficient - requiring two journies where a larger trailer may have needed only one - but I can also imagine it...

On another forum that I frequent, the sales and wants exist in a forum where the rule is 'no replies'. Any replies would be deleted by the Mods. That way if someone responds to a WTB then it HAS to be by PM. No-one else sees the response and the gentlemans rules are enforced. (A desirable...

I found some of james clavell (Shogun in particular) a fascinating insight into oriental history and it's collision with the west. For a thoroughly fascinating and breathtaking (easy read but non-fiction) history of the broad sweep of human history I would recommend 'Guns, Germs and Steel' by...

Go for Linux. A little tinkering, sure, but far less software bloat means your PC will run faster. Cheaper than an Apple........

But try to save your data first. Whatever you do first cannot be worse than formatting your drive - so salvage what you can. I found that the reformat/reinstall routine was like a spring-clean of the system anyway. Oh, be careful when 'reformatting' as your pc manufacturer may have recovery...

It sounds as if you got it bad....... . At this point in things I would be seriously considering booting from a cd (if possible) and recovering as much data as I could. I think it unlikey (though I am no expert) that your BIOS has been compromised. It is possible that your boot loader that has...

The main problems are: - The lids have a bulge: when you drain something using the lid, stuff gets stuck in the bulge. You can lose a good handfull of peas that way, and it is a bugger to clean the inside of the lid. When you wash the lid, you have to place it level to drain, or you get a...

As an aside (and risking the credibility of the entire forum): Are the pans worth the price? I liked the look of them, but SWMBO baulked at the price and got some circulon ones. A poor choice (aethetically and practically), plus they have that non-stick stuff in them that I wanted to avoid...

Having read through the rocket-stove stuff, I am still a little puzzled. Many seem to feed the fuel in downwards. I guess it is not neccessary but it seems like a neat trick. However: - Does this make it difficult to remove the ash? Or does the ash get drawn through the system and out? - If...

"You said that without moving your lips" Bold mine.

Too many helpful forum members wanting to give advice.......