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Often that happens if you try to go to, for example, a post that has been deleted (for any reason). It's the error message that is at fault in that case, not you. I don't know the specifics, nor do I know the board software, so can't comment further, except to echo the post above that basically...

There are probably 100 threads on this by now, similar to the ones on the right end to open an egg. After a bit of faffing about I have given up on the standardized ones (such as Porter Cable), and I have a Stots-type which I am keeping. It lets you make templates from it, as well as doing...

OK, so that protected the neighbours and the rest of the town, but what did the operator wear? ;-)

We have lime mortar here and lime plaster, mostly. I bought a Titan one around 15 years ago. I threw, er, gave it away. It worked as described, but after I tried it I was threatened with divorce if I tried it again. Actually we were in (rare) agreement. I am sure originally they were...

Tom Johnson ("Thomas Johnson Restoration" on YT) often uses a hot-air paint-stripper (carefully!) to soften old glue. To my surprise, this seems to work for PVA-based glues as well as old-style hide glue. It takes a while though, and a lot of patience. I heartily recommend his channel, not...

Really nice. A while back I attempted an octagonal tray, with finger joints. I succeeded (sort-of) with a jig for the router table, but it was a huge headache getting it to work properly, and the result was nothing like as nice as I'd hoped. Those butterfly splines ('keys'?) are pretty...

I wouldn't give up the power tools too quickly, John. You need your knees for hand tool work like planing and sanding, and sawing to a lesser extent, and there will be quite a lot of standing if you go the 'normal' route. So things that minimise stress on the knees are probably worth keeping...

I no longer own a morticer, so can't go look at it, but... ... mine was the Axminster "little" one with the two-axis sliding table, and very handy it was too. I think the Rutlands one is very similar. The size you quoted is the socket to accept the top of the square chisels into the head of...

For what it's worth, when I did our bathroom, I faked the grain using graining tools. This was partly because I wanted a more weathered appearance (it was supposed to be beach-hut-like), and partly because the cheap deal used (I didn't select it) didn't actually have very nice grain. The...

IIRC, and frustratingly, there are _two_ sets of codes in UK terminology: CLI = Calling Line identifier CLIP = Calling line ID Presented CLIP can be anything and it's what shows up on a DECT or mobile screen. CLI is supposed to be non-spoofable, but isn't presented. It's used for routing and...

Love and hate for them here: We have one in what was once the scullery of the house. It's original, it's discoloured, cracked and hugely handy, presently for washing paintbrushes, etc. It was a right PITA to fit the waste though. I had to take the thing off its legs/brackets a while ago -...

Biggest single take-home is that it's an industrial process, suited to high volume production. Tooling and setup are expensive unless you do high volume runs. It's not suitable for prototyping. Also, moulds have a limited life, determined by many factors, including the material you are using...

What's actually wrong with it, and which brand is it (please don't say "Neff" - it has the wrong vowel!)? Does it have a 13A plug or is it wired into a cooker outlet? Did it blow a fuse when it died (or trip an MCB), or just stop heating? Did it blow an RCD ("Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker"...

For anything important, try to avoid "adaptors," converters or whatever. If the camera takes SD cards, only use SD cards (not micro ones), ditto for Compact Flash. Having recently repaired a rather expensive card reader, which failed mechanically, it's alarming to see how crude some of the...

The advice on RCD is very good. Use a good piece of wire between Dishwasher casing and sink to try to trip it (and wear gloves just in case). I would also run an extension cable from another part of the house, and use the EARTH on that to measure the dishwasher against (in case there is...

Planers and thicknessers take no prisoners though: Do NOT attempt to investigate with the machine running -- always physically disconnect the machine from the mains (and make sure you can see the pulled-out plug to prove it). When I was a child, my grandfather came up from the mill to their...

Off topic but I hate cage nuts, too, except... ... I had loads of cage nuts left over from when I used to do audio installations. Once the nuts are liberated from their cages*... they are really handy for a lot of small T-track slots, for example in the extrusion I use as my router table fence...

The BBC made a too-short series on woodworking designers, of whom Gibbons was one. I think Esterly featured in that programme.

Creosote worked on me when I was a kid... ;-)

Whose brand of blade is it? I bought a neg-rake one recently for my own mitre saw (250mm dia.), only to find it rang like a belll, and actually got louder on spin-down (my saw has no blade brake presently). That was a nasty surprise. The noise is oscillation and affects accuracy (never mind...