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I'm just popping this in here as a reminder to myself to come back to this in the morning.

This will probably make you cry, believe me I take no pleasure in it, but here in the UK I'd be glad if you got £200 for it. These things are variable of course, ultimately it depends what someone is willing to pay for it. As is it's a larger than average bench for a home user with a Transit or...

Yup. Uninsulated bootlace ferrules. Used on cable ends to bind the strands together. Tinning with solder is the other alternative but soldered ends are a no-no with screw terminals since the solder can flow under pressure over time.

British Oxygen, or BOC Gases as they call themselves these days. Still have a reasonable national network. There is a welding forum at Welding - The DIY Guide at which you might find a better resdership, this site is primarily woodworking.

Surprisingly difficult for an engineer with all the toys. My suggestion would be two or more trestles, always come in handy for sheet or longer stock. Although making them is a nice basic woodworking exercise by itself...

I have to say my inclination is the same as clogs above. Yes I'm sure you can find plenty of edge cases where that would be a better option but you often don't realise one of the more subtle benefits of a pillar drill until you're back to hand drilling... You don't have to repeatedly lift, move...

Personally I don't like the "multi drawer" style solutions in that any organised filing system that means each part has a predetermined spot. If you finish a particular part the drawer is still there, similarly you have nowhere convenient for a new size that belongs in the middle of the existing...

Looks like a fairly typical scroll saw to me. The vast majority use what are described as 5" blades although from memory that is the distance between pins (if there are pins), the overall length is actually perhaps 1/4" longer. There are odd exceptions but that saw doesn't look like one. A...

I would echo the above comments about lighting, along with the the other ergonomic stuff, i.e. you are comfortably seated, working at a natural angle and on a stable, stufficently large and clear surface. Lighting does not need be elaborate. For small stuff I find cheap desk lamps such as that...

Sadly that is an inescapable law of physics. Magnification is the ratio of the focal lengths on either side of the lens. Since one length is fixed (that between the magnifier and your eye) the other one has to vary. This applies even to more complex eyepieces in microscopes and telescopes -...

As I understand it a coarse file is even more aggressive than a barsteward, so much so it's essentially ignored as impractical. That makes the barsteward an illegitimate half-breed. As an aside, yes the bowdlerizer here does trip on the term, if you see a random reference to a turnip that's...

The dust. There are two common materials that it has been speculated may turn into the modern day asbestos: MDF dust and laser printer toner. Both have a particle size similar to asbestos dust and can be inhaled and trapped in the lung just as well as asbestos. MDF often contains formaldehyde...

I have heard of people using tile saws for this kind of role. I have also heard of people advising against it, generally based on either using the diamond blade (don't) or that the speed is too fast for typical wood blades. Just went to the Amazon for a quick overview of what's available...

I did spend a couple of years in a medical records - the relevant body had just been privatised and intially gone slightly awry (Capita had the contract). Not a clinical role but going through the notes sometimes you would be shocked (e.g. "Born 1996 and on the Pill! Disgusting!", Until you work...

I think of a Moxon vice as being clamped to the bench rather than built in (one of the key points is to raise working height) but nevertheless... Sounds like a reasonable deal for the hardware. Yes you could improvise for less using standard studding and so on but it won't be Acme threaded and...

Even before we consider the material itself, how many couriers do you think will take an 8x4 sheet? You pay for delivery and simple hassle of what may be outsize goods. Stuff like this you're always better off buying locally even if you want it delivered. If I want sheets or long lengths I...

Between the two there's not a lot to choose, so yes go OSB as it's cheaper. When I did ours it was with tongue and groove MDF, my head wants to say 15mm but may have been 18mm. Tongue and groove obviously means the boards support each other to some extent. As Jameshow hints, I'd be mindful of...

I remember one of those things came up when I was in home insurance, only it was a petrol powered model. Discussing it with the claimant, he was "Well, I bought it second hand to redo the floor in my kitchen, I've loaned it out a couple of times since, as far as I'm concerned it's paid for...

Had this one a few days now so figured I'd post a first impressions review of it. Had a couple of gas irons before now but to be honest they've been cut price impulse buys and while they've been useful they were also essentially disposable in that spares are not available. Looked around at...

I've often thought that myself, a variation on what to buy when you first leave your parents. Buy cheap stuff since you need a lot of stuff in short order for initial capability. As stuff breaks get better quality replacements- it's less of an outlay in one lump sum. After a while the stuff...