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Yep. I've had various forms of insomnia since I was a teenager. It's why I work for myself: I struggle to fit into a standard 9-5 as I can reliably get up early. Some days I don't get up until 3 in the afternoon and end up working throughout the night.

Might be of some use to you guys, but I recently bought a used SCM S45 from Norfolk and booked a pallet company to pick it up and deliver. That came to around £120. I paid an extra £30 for higher insurance and earlier delivery so you could probably get it sorted for under £100. @mock - With...

Hah, I hear you on the lycra. I don't even like wearing it, letting alone inflicting that on others. Let me know how you get on with those if you do go for the plunge. Back on topic again... I put the bearings on without any hassle at all. Straight out of the freezer, the two longer shafts took...

It's subjective, though. I prefer that to unbearable-to-me heat. But then I'm a balding ginger and the sun poses a very real combustion threat...

Do you have these on the inside our outside of the window? If on the inside, you have to be careful because the heat reflected back into the window can potentially cause the glass to crack. But if it's on the outside, then it's a perfectly decent idea. I simply keep all windows, doors, and...

But back on topic, the new bearings arrived. They seem very good despite not being a top brand. I'm not going to bother to install them today; it's far too hot in the garage and I have no energy after very little sleep. I'll get to it tomorrow, along with installing the 16amp socket and firing...

I appreciate the suggestion, but unfortunately hey don't have anything that fits. I've been down this road many times before. The cycling garment industry essentially ignores obese people, which feels like a particularly cruel situation given cycling is one of a few things that suits overweight...

Thanks chaps!

Finding shorts/bibs to fit has proven to be a mission impossible for me so I've had to make do with the few items I could find. Hopefully as I lose some timber, that'll become less of an issue. That said, the SQLabs saddles I have aren't that much wider than some of the more 'sportier' saddles I...

I went through about half a dozen types before settling on those. It doesn't help that I'm quite overweight, so there's quite a bit of 'force' on the ol' sitbones :)

This might be an ignorant question, but I've never owned a grinder or polisher: can a grinder take a polishing wheel, so that all I'd need is one machine with a coarse grinding wheel on one side, and the appropriate stitched mop on the other?

For me it's a mental health and physical health thing. Also, without getting too dark about it, life is ultimately meaningless and we need something to focus our mind on until we die, otherwise we would most likely go mad, or worse. For some, it's racing bikes or cars, for others, its sport...

Hah! Saying that, I did recently replace both saddles on my MTB and gravel bike with SQLabs offerings and the pedals to DMRs, so I’m not totally against the shiny new thing syndrome :)

The jaws certainly aren’t wide enough for the two lower (longer) shafts but should be okay for the shorter top shafts. I currently only have those awful aluminium bar clamps, but I’m not opposed to getting a decent clamp or two as they’ll obviously be used a great deal for woodworking projects...

That sounds like a good idea. For both this job and maintaining my bikes. Since I’ve owned them, I’ve not used them enough to get them dirty, let alone require any replacements. But I need to shift some weight and get fit so after my move, getting back into cycling is a top priority. Might be a...

Great thread. Thanks for sharing your progress photos and thoughts. I'll likely come back to this in the future when I tackle an acoustic.

I made a few guitars using the big plunge Triton router in a table with a phenolic router plate in a homemade cabinet. (Plate like this, though mine was Trend: UJK 10mm Phenolic Router Table Insert Plate) I never felt like I needed a fixed base unit. The router was incredibly stable and easy to...

So... Great success! The shaft I soaked overnight was easy to do using my old method (hole in the worktop), but for the others, I used my new vice and some cheap parallel pins. They came off without too much bother. As an experiment, I used the small bearing puller on one of them. It did...

Absolutely; that's been the general consensus and has thankfully worked well. I misread your first post as trying to hit the bearing rather than the shaft... anywhoo, it's all sorted now :)

Edit: ignore this, I misread.