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Maybe they worked out,or were told,that without the methanol and dye it wasn't so different to vodka.

I use Freecad because it lives up to it's name.It will do 2D drafting if that is all you need.More usefully,it is a 3D parametric modeller with built in CAM workbench,so I can generate code for my CNC router.There are many other things it can do and add on workbenches to do them with at zero...

More or less the same but it does have sodium stearate added to limit it's propensity to gum up abrasive paper.

I have seldom seen a simple job drag out for such a long time and at such expense.Is this a necessary aspect of hobby woodworking?Does complication and delay,not to mention the acquisition of more gadgets lead to greater satisfaction?Put another way,if a customer walked into your workshop and...

That may appear to be so.There is just the fairly large problem of storing and transporting the hydrogen,not to mention the energy density.In addition to the explosion potential and the embrittlement that were mentioned earlier,there is the challenge of successfully preventing the smallest of...

Who says it's not being pursued? MissionH24 : l'hydrogène au Mans en 2026 I Le futur du sport automobile It is widely known that BMW are examining the possibilities and the link shows that a hydrogen powered car has lapped the circuit at Le Mans,with a view to a hydrogen class being introduced...

Bevel down for the smoother and bevel up for the block plane.

Hardly! Given the price volatility in the electricity market I can understand the desire to ensure a steady supply and be independent.It isn't an option for everybody since we don't all live in properties that would allow us to install generating capacity.Additionally,not too many people have...

I hope Jacob has many years ahead of him.For one thing,it will take a huge amount of time to build some generating capacity to match the energy we currently get from fossil fuels.For another,who else will keep up the crusade against trinkets of dubious merit being marketed to hobbyist woodworkers?

If it was close enough to fall within the definition of "prior art" for patenting purposes,you might be figuring on the Christmas card lists of several major car makers-if you let them know. On the topic of hydrogen,it isn't just transporting the stuff.The parts of the vehicle it comes into...

Ford have a different slant Ford wants to be able to shut down your air conditioner and radio if you miss a car payment—and the car could even drive away on its own .If anybody can be bothered to follow the link,it explains that Ford have patented a technology to remotely disable some features...

Almost true,they actually want to get you signed up to their finance "package".

We must have travelled on the same trains in the old days.In one two year spell I took the train to London five times and on four of the trips,the train broke down.We recently had some new trains for our regional services and I believe its the first time in my lifetime that we haven't been...

Thank you for demonstrating my point so well.Large conurbations are connected.Should you happen to live in Snowdonia,for example,it would take how many forms of transport to get to a station that connected directly with Paris? Quite why anybody would want to visit Pyongyang I can't imagine and I...

Last week's coverage of the covid enquiry amply illustrated that point.As for Jacob's reference to ULEZ improving air quality,I wonder if he has seen this?Significant majority of Londoners support ban on wood burners, poll shows .It would be even easier to identify the location of the polluting...

From time to time I am the recipient of a sermon about the wonders of trams and trolley-buses from one of their advocates.I have no difficulty believing that they emit no pollution in the streets where they operate.I do struggle to believe they would be in service for long stretches because of...

Well Richard,you won't be the last to cut to the wrong line.Does that make you fell better?The positive from the experience is that you will always be paying attention to the right line in future and you get to undergo a course of error disguising too. One way of measuring progress in...

The adjuster on my Norris A5 works well enough.The original enquiry said the intended recipient liked a No 3 and since he will be the one using it,why shouldn't he have a No 3?We have had a shopping list of the planes that suit other people's preferences and experiences.There is nothing wrong...

Not strictly Chat GPT but I heard Elon Musk pontificating that in future nobody will need to work because AI will make it unnecessary.I would love to be a fly on the wall when he finds he needs that he needs an emergency plumber and nobody is working.How would Chat GPT describe such a forecast?

I can appreciate the desire to keep a fine saw operating at the peak of it's potential performance.I'm a bit surprised that anybody capable of sharpening a saw doesn't recognise that he is already operating on a level way above most hobby woodworkers.I would offer encouragement to visit a car...