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I have used Firefox since version 2,in fact I also used Netscape 2 and remain unconvinced by the increasingly common and frequent updates.I may be cynical in these matters and you are free to disagree but I find it strange that the updates seem to cripple the add ons that stand between the user...

Does the compressor have a regulator?If not,you could always buy one and be sure the line pressure is within the tool's limits.

The patented types are OK for rapid assembly.If you ever find yourself repairing an item that has had a few years of painting and the philips/pozi/torx head is full of paint,you will have a fight on your hands.An old fashioned slot head and a screwdriver bit in a brace are great things to have...

I share your disdain for the aggregation of information.It seems to me that Mozilla may have sold out these days as almost every Firefox update seems intended to block the add ons that frustrate g*****e.com.If these organisations wish to profit from my information without sharing the...

All of which seems to point to the situation where the fellow who can do the 3D modelling is the key to the process.A lot more challenging and interesting than being the bloke who can only press the "print" button.

If any of you are Camra members,you will have seen the articles in the otherwise turgid newsletter ridiculing the current recommended maximum alcohol intake levels and drawing attention to the close links between on of the temperance campaigns and the committee that altered the limits.I have...

Two of the original suggestions won't work with stopped flutes,so the remaining option has to be the way to go.I must admit that I would use a router and then a gouge to finish the stopped ends as the perfectly machined ends produced by a router look too obviously the result of machining.

The last time I needed a new drill I just went to Screwfix and saw what they could offer with a lithium battery.No way I would buy NiCads any more and they had an 18 volt Hitachi on offer-so I bought it.Good drill-so so chuck and still going after three years of daily use.

I live about a hundred and fifty yards from a river,in a valley and consequently there is a lot of humidity and potential rust in the workshop.Tools left on the bench for a week or two tend to get a light surface coating of rust and yet any tools kept in the drawers beneath the lathe bench...

It should be fine;I changed the blades on a Morso guillotine a few years ago and the new ones had a single bevel.To be realistic,a sharp blade with sub-optimal geometry will still be an improvement over a blunt one.

The level of vacuum displayed may differ according to whether the gauge is reading the level of pressure remaining in the bag or whether it is displaying the level of pressure reduction within the bag.I have yet to have a job fail if more then 0.5 bar is applied to the job within,but it may well...

I don't recognise the model number,but if its the aluminium and yellow/black painted type,the advice given above concerning the on/off switch is correct.The switch needs to be lifted a millimetre or two away from the base and pulled away from the body.If an ape has had a serious go at the...

Well I've ploughed through the vitriol and prejudice and remain convinced that the gadget at the heart of this thread is extremely limited.To begin with it only runs a 1/4" collet router it may also struggle if the path runs across a cut from earlier in the programme.It will be limited to panel...

I'm very sceptical.I'm also experienced with both 3 axis and 5 axis cnc routers.I seriously doubt that these gadgets will do accurate work.

My Eclipse saw set gives far too much set if I follow the markings.Andy T describes what you need to do.

A few years ago I picked up a set of three 8X2 diamond plates for a fiver in our local diy bargain shop.Not great but no complaints about the value.My more particular sharpening is done with other stones,but when I needed to remove the hollowing from the sole of my block plane I had the ideal...

American car prices seem also to be much lower than their European equivalents.No doubt a part of it is the grim working conditions and benefits that are normal over there.

Might be greenheart.

I have four drawers under one of my benches and they are overflowing.I have no particular desire to adhere to tradition and I used 6mm ply for the bottoms,rather than solid timber,as the lack of movement is a bonus.Given the nature of drawers it does pay dividends to be very careful with the...

I'm glad I don't have a porch like that to deal with-too many small glazing bars to deal with.Mine was,I think,added to my victorian house in the days when improvement grants encouraged additions and updates and the cowboys had a field day.I have removed a lot of rotten wood and replaced the...