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[sorry: digression!] I had to organise a wooden box for six Calrec CB21s years ago (similar but detachable capsules and a lot noisier!). Was careful to put an air vent holes in it to prevent a pressure wave on the diaphragms if some dropped the lid sharpish. But it was in a studio environment...

Having spent months recently in a project attempting to replace a proper web site with something made in Wordpress, I won't be partaking voluntarily in future. WP is an adequate tool for making a blog. It's an ongoing security headache, and would be a struggle if you've never had experience...

@The Tyreman: Out of curiosity, was the KM84 box on your site a commission?

In years past, if you wanted a 5V supply, to do it nicely you'd need seven components: 1. A transformer, ratio 240:3.6 approx, giving you 3.6V AC from the mains 2. Four diodes in bridge rectifier configuration, giving you full-wave rectified DC 3. A reservoir capacitor - pick a value - that...

FWIW, my Makita 3m track is +/- 0.5mm over its length. I have tried to measure it more accurately than that and couldn't easily. If it is off, it's an extremely gentle curve. I have tried the obvious ideas to measure it: laser (waste of time), fishing line, latter offset by blocks (better)...

Ditto for HP 4000 and 5000 series. You can still get actual spares for most of them, and with ingenuity refill the cartridges too. I have a 5000 with a network card, which does double-sided A3 (very handy for woodwork templates, etc.), and keeps the study warm-ish too. I usually buy bottles of...

Thanks. The floorboard is for insulation and doubles as an anchor. I'll keep an eye out for a plolystyrene tray (awkwardlyhad the recycling taken only this morning). I know making it deeper would help, but that also makes it less safe for the smaller birds and harder to fix down so it can't be...

Following on from the earlier thread, I was wondering: I've been putting out a small plastic tray of water (from food packaging), fixed to a slab of floorboard so the ground beneath doesn't freeze it. But that didn't work yesterday afternoon: it froze twice in 90 mins or so, even though I start...

Glad you've decided. Actually, I found that my own Makita is the older model (3901), which might explain why I have never had any issues with the auxiliary fence. I found one review that mentioned it, but honestly it hasn't been a nuisance. But then I do mostly reference off the benchtop, I...

I've not seen Porter Cable sold on this side of the Atlantic. Are theysold here, and in 220-240 versions? If so, they also make nice routers by all accounts.

I've got one. I like it a lot. It feels like a quality tool. It plunges nicely and the DX is good, and I find it easy to use. There's a rubber/plastic strip around the blade slot that holds it fairly still against the workpiece, and which you can remove if you want to slide it along for...

Don't forget that between the switches you probably need three cores + earth, not the normal twin + earth. This is probably adequate: https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p77892 It's embarrassing if one forgets one core. DAMHIKT. Hope it goes well, E.

The thing the Notts fire officer omitted to say was that if said restaurants wash up properly, their dishcloths shouldn't get so greasy in the first place. Next step: salmonella. Round here we rinse properly after the washing up water before drying up - everything stays cleaner, sink & drainer...

I have both the POF500 and POF600 and am rather fond of them. Miles Tools in Yeovil used to keep replacement collets - but they're not especially cheap (the collets, I mean). If the collet looks at all worn it might be sensible... I think the design is a bit prone to jamming, actually - mine do...

That would work well. You want the most matt white paint you can find - any reflections will reduce the detail you can see, and make the image look dull. Stay away from "beaded" paints, of the type used for reflective clothing and other similar things. The beads use total internal reflection...

Even Chippendale got it wrong quite a bit. Some of his chair designs evolved over quite a few versions. My grandfather used to make them, from Elm mostly I think, but the "V" was basically just the two curves of a Gothic arch. The Custard design should stay cleaner (relatively speaking). The...

My little Kity 419 also has those lips. The only time I've had significant skewing has been either when I've put badly prepped stock through, or I've let the knives go blunt, so it pulls as well as cuts. And the odd occasions when something has skewed (by itself) have usually been on light...

Unfortunately for me, it's just been discovered to be on iPlayer, to which the telly has access. I like the little green lizard, and the occasional establishing shots of the island's scenery, and the Defender 110, but the puzzle is easily solved, as it's always the least likely person who did...

This is probably one of the more important threads of the last few years. It's a horrifying concept that we will run out of trees, as well as everything else. But it is not impossible at all. One has an image of Trump's White House standing alone in a nuclear-raized landscape with a banner down...

:oops: Oops! I've been treating it very reverentially though!