Search results

Did somebody suggest that EV's canot be repaired?They will be subject to the same value analysis that all assessors perform and inevitably a few will be deemed to be beyond economic repair.At which point the salvageable parts will enter the market and this may well include the battery pack. It...

I've cut acrylics,polypropylene,polycarbonate and UHMW with success.I used a fine blade and if you have a triple chip it would be the best option.I wouldn't expect plastic to shatter if the table insert is reasonably close to the blade,but your extraction may become choked with the bird's nest...

Do you suppose it took as long to build Rome as the time we have remaining before internal combustion engines sales are prohibited?That really is the absolute deadline we need to meet for both generating capacity and distribution of power.Interchangeable battery packs are a great idea,but will...

A local council has done quite a lot to bring this about,it makes driving into it's area difficult and it has limited,quite expensive car parking when you get there.The out of town retail park that took years to become fully occupied now has lots of tenants and a nearly full car park most of the...

I do wonder about some of that,I would expect that batteries could be replaced,but at a considerable cost.Which might perhaps be brought down a touch by dismantling those EV's that have been written off due to bodywork damage.It has to be considered that the weight of an EV requires more energy...

I have only been in a branch four or five times and they do attract customers,just not enough of them to support the current business.The probability of this turn of events was flagged up several months ago and it has slowly unfolded.A slimmed down version might be able to continue in some form...

Interesting to see the comments about mixed planting of new forests.I'm wondering if the Forestry Commission have overhauled the Department of Transport as the biggest planter of hardwoods.Most newish roads have had vast numbers of trees planted alongside them for decades,but sadly the deer...

I live few miles from a large forest that was planted with a view to providing pit props.We don't actually have much need for such things at present.Which makes me wonder if we might be doing more with researching ways to make the most of the energy sources we have or if we ought to just...

I occasionally take a look at the Model Engineer forum and since there are some overlapping areas of interest,I don't suppose I'm the only one from this forum who does.This little gem appeared yesterday : What!! | Model Engineer . I tried not to laugh.

I do actually undertake a fair bit of digging around.These links might be interesting and none involve the Daily Mail. Scroll down this one to see what they have to say about old furniture and pallets: Burn better: Making changes for cleaner air - Defra, UK The chart near the top of...

You posted that a couple of days ago and I read it.Did you see that it applies to new builds and refurbished properties?The older woodburners,that pre-date the new standards are still out there in their thousands,or even millions.Have you read this? Wood burning at home now biggest cause of UK...

How will the resident's lungs tell the difference?Air quality is supposedly the concern and not all sources of the contaminants are being treated equally.In some circles,equality is a very important tenet.

Point noted.It might be extended as to whether any of us could actually justify the outlay on tools and materials when Ikea can provide us with furniture for less cost and less effort.We do these things because we have a need to create.

I would have described ULEZ as a tax on presence rather than emissions.As I have mentioned earlier,there is no equivalent tax on the emissions from old woodburners and in winter they are emitting for longer than a vehicle which is passing through.If emissions are truly the target please help me...

Is buying all that resin cost effective? The man has a vision and the right to decide how to spend his time and money,besides it makes a very welcome break from river tables.

I have found carpet offcuts really useful,if a tool or a nearly finished piece of work should fall off the bench, the damage is minimised.A bit of insulation between your feet and a concrete floor can also make time in the workshop a bit more pleasant in the colder months.I wouldn't cover the...

Silly me! I thought it had a bit to do with demonstrating that a bunch of people had nothing more pressing to do during the working day and had fun causing disruption.Those actually studying to provide solutions would have been inconvenienced too and we might perhaps skip past the deaths caused...

I can't help noticing that flinging orange dye around is a great deal easier than studying engineering and actually producing solutions.

Absolutely true! If we are dealing with a global challenge,we should require all nations to do their part.A few dozen new coal fired power stations in China each year utterly eclipse our efforts to clean things up.Something also needs to be done to persuade Billy-Bob in Alabama that he doesn't...

While you were looking through the Guardian archives did you see this? Wood burners emit more particle pollution than traffic, UK data shows I did read the link about woodburners in London becoming restricted in new builds,but that won't remove the older and even dirtier examples that are...