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The local sheet goods supplier I use here will take a cutting list (they have an online tool). OK, there is a charge for it, but I've got to the decrepit stage where even a full sheet of 3/8" ply is a workout. Also, the impregnated, melamine faced stuff used for flightcases and temporary...

In your example, 3 horsepower is roughly 2.2kW, so that motor will tolerate a higher feed rate than the smaller one all other things being equal. Or in woodworking terms, either would make a given bandsaw function, but when cutting identical stock, the one with the more powerful motor would do...

All other things being equal, Jacob is quite right. Bob, I think you are somewhat muddled, or at least your post seems to be: Each blade tooth is a tiny chisel. Imagine they are sharp; taking a bigger cut needs more force (= power) than a smaller one. The depth of cut is determined by your...

What's the issue? I ask, because years ago, I had superb results using bleach to clean a Carrera marble overmantle* that had blue fountain pen ink spilled on it (someone knocked the bottle over on top!). The ink sank into the marble. It is 30+ years ago, but IIRC, I made a pond using...

Does anybody else remember the service the AA used to offer in the 1960s and 1970s: you could tell them your destination, and they would send you a route in the form of a pad of directions, stapled together at the top so you could flip it over as you went along. We used it for family holidays...

Obviously you rinse well between them, otherwise one neutralizes the other, never mind the toxic gases. Don't pee in a recently cleaned toilet, for the same reason :-)

That's so that when it was turned over in a fight, the arrowheads wouldn't stick out at the back. I've got me coat... E.

Bleach, with formic acid or lemon juice to get limescale off (either before or after). The light brown is algae/mould. In quantity it's black and not terribly good for you. Bleach should kill it and clean the surface but may not prevent its return.

The tunnels were built by the Swiss (EU grants). Not sure about the bridges. The dual carriageway system above Funchal is somewhat terrifying, at least my better half found it so. If you have time, and you like underground things, there is a "volcanology centre" on the north side of the island...

Yup, surgical spirit on anything optical is a disaster, because of the oil in it. It's made that way because otherwise it would dry skin out too much. I wouldn't suggest IPA is completely safe with optics (there's bound to be something it will damage), but it seems to be the least agressive...

Thanks everyone. I don't need huge quantities - only really for cleaning optics and electronics of various types. The advantage of IPA is that it doesn't attack other organics as readily as say ethanol (i.e. Meths). So I can safely do lenses in binoculars without upsetting the "rubber" skin...

I've just used the last of my hoarded IPA (isopropyl alcohol) to clean the eyepieces of my wife's binoculars. She doesn't deserve it as she _never_ puts the caps on, nor uses the pouch they came with. They are nice bins, expensive and carefully chosen and it's infuriating to see them...

Roger, your description, together with the original picture, makes it clear: you were trying to drive the cutter into the end grain, at a fairly severe angle. The effect you got was exactly what I would have got if I'd used a spokeshave wrongly - it dug in and ripped-up grain, just as a spade in...

We had a similar experience with Green Pan as Whiskywill above -- couldn't wait to get rid of ours as it became a complete nuisance once it stopped being non-stick, AND because I used baking soda and vinegar to clean it (this initially worked well), it got extremely pitted once the coating had...

That's really interesting. I'll ask our local dealer - a huge proportion of their business is Festool. If they (Festool) are going downmarket, I hope they have a very, very, very good plan, as otherwise it will kill them.

IIRC, the Domino patents expire in 2022. It's possible Festool anticipate a lot of competition and drop in profit margin, and are getting their retailiation* in first, so-to-speak. But no consumables? Weird. And they don't seem to sell extractors, either. Given it's taken me an age to work...

Nope, not chocolate. Toolstation have gone "upmarket" it seems, even selling both sizes of Domino machines. However, unless I am mistaken--and I have tried a few different search terms on their, ehem, "delightful" web site--they sell no Domino consumables separately, neither cutters nor the...

Quite possibly. The grams desks were made in house, I think, and a cellulose spray system would have been the default in the 1960s and 1970s. The mixing desk pic is a GP Mk 1 or Mk 2, made by Calrec (Hebden Bridge, IIRC) to a tight BBC specification (I think four manufacturers were contracted by...

I don't know for certain. Something shellac at a guess. It might be fine. But in my day people used to smoke in studios, so there was a lot of tarry smoke about too. That might have caused it, but the older desks did get a bit greasy and sticky, as did things like grams desks (there was a wooden...

How much wear are you expecting? For professional kit, it was usual for the surfaces to be thick melamine and any decorative wood strip that might fall under a hand to be finished in polyurethane, at a guess two-pack. Using finishes such as lacquer means they go sticky after a while, as the...