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I have a similar problem with my little Bosch POF 500/600 routers They do seem to get through collets fast, and their collets are expensive! The design isn't as good as the ones for my T10/11* - the clamping only really happens at the end and relies on a narrow ring at the other end (deeper...

Can't add anything to the comments above, except my thanks that you've taken the trouble to share, including the video, too. Encouraging and inspirational at the same time! E.

I have three digital callipers, only one of which I trust. And I've misplaced that one - grrr! So I do relative readings mostly (and have a good one on the shopping list).

Quick update: It was personally delivered yesterday, bang on time, from Trafalgar Cleaning, who seem excellent and helpful (and very keen on price). It's much bigger than the old one, but looks excellent quality. Haven't been able to play yet, but probably will over the next few days. Only...

Thanks chaps. I've bought the model I was looking at, but for a much better price* than Karcher's UK web site. I also bought the adapter to let me use my existing hoses, etc. This is very handy as I have things like drain-jetting kit and extension high-pressure hoses that would be very...

That's all very well, but to what are you fixing your door? There probably isn't any part of any wall in my house that would be strong enough to take those forces (as stated).

"furriner" == "foreigner" - Brummy for little private jobs in the machine shop. Or at least, 'twas 40 years ago :-) E.

My 20-year old Karcher 620C has decided to fill its electric motor with water. It isn't supposed to. Amazingly it even runs like that, for about 10 secs, then it trips the ELCB. I haven't diagnosed it. The simple thoughts, like the perished gaskets around the electrics box on top weren't the...

Probably won't make you feel any better, but the 439 I have is very similar indeed, including the plastic bits. I suspect mine has lasted longer probably only because it can't do the wider stock that yours can. It may well be exactly the same drive components. Word to the wise: getting the...

What age/type of property is this? Chimneys in both rooms sharing a common stack can be a nuisance, as often there are holes between the flues and these are impossible to block and transmit noise very well. If you have that sort of thing, it merits further discussion. Otherwise, see below. The...

For completeness... :-)

The white cylinder is a keeper - has three holes matching the three prong sets that it came with. You can see the nuts to hold the sets in. There's a special ultra-slippery lubricant called "Hellerine" that goes with the system, so you can slide the rubber sleeves off the prongs when they're...

It's a set of prongs for a Hellermann sleeve tool. In other words Pete is right, as usual! Hellermann sleeves were around before heatshrink, and for many applications they're still better. For example I have some at each end of the charger cable for my tablet and the wife's iPad. They are...

I watched it and was rather disappointed. The telly balance leaned far too heavily on the fiddles. The BBC Symphony's performance seemed to be good, balance definitely wasn't. But then I'm going deaf (although not in the lower octaves, where it was lacking!). I didn't spot a binaural setup...

Do a sanity check before you start: will the countersink still clear the middle of the hinge (where the pin is), when it's opened up the hole a bit? I have attacked a fairly manky old countersink with a grinder (no lathe, sadly), so it's narrower. It was for one specific project, but comes in...

And the protagonists have clearly thought about what they are doing -- just not very hard or for very long (so not unconnected with voting for Trump I guess!). Some of those accidents did look extremely nasty: there's one where the end of the trunk whips up (predictably) as it separates...

I have some excellent long-series Bosch drill bits (jobbers). But they are expensive, and not generally available (I get them from the local Bosch pro dealer). To calibrate "expensive", six of the M5 ones were more than 15 quid recently. The 8mm ones come in paper envelope packs of five. They're...

I like my Makita (corded), but not so much that I'd replace it like-for-like without thinking. My Bosch kit (10.8V tools, mostly), has been pretty good, and the idea of Mafell at Bosch price is _very_ attractive.

What features are important to you? By this I mean the quality of cut, using your existing batteries, the amount of money you spend, etc. I believe the new battery version uses a thinner kerf blade that the standard for mains powered saws (Festool/Makita mains are 2.2mm). IF this is correct...

My airless kit should arrive this morning - it got from Holland to Birmingham in <12h then sat there for three days (thanks DPD). One reason for not going HVLP is overspray, and the reason for not buying Graco is simply insufficient pressure for smooth masonry paint - it was marginal. Previous...