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yes. I appreciate that, but it would need to be one hell of an inefficient 100hp motor to use more than the 1000hp. :giggle: that's getting in the combustion engine range!!

I have vibration with my bandsaw, which is caused by a slightly uneven floor. Are all the feet in good contact with the ground? if not, it can cause resonance of the machine and amplify vibrations. If you have your hand in contact with the foot and ground, you should be able to feel if there is...

Amazing skill and very interesting to see how you have solved problems along the way. It is beautiful!

Today's bargain!!! My backpack leaf blower is on it's last legs. Still starts well, but doesn't get up to full revs and the plastic hose is broken, generally seen better days, but still starts very reliably. 11 pulls since I removed the primer pump. Time to get a new one. Choices were down to...

All very interesting. I'm going to try it tomorrow, but with a less skeptical mind, if possible The Randi challenge stopped in 2015. Randi retired and his foundation now hands out grants to people wanting to find drains in their drive.

I know a few people that can find food anywhere without divining rods!!! a dormant sense perhaps! I believe you can do it, but still skeptical in a way, which seems stupid, but perhaps It's that I would like proper testing done to prove it works repeatably. I have tried it, but it didn't work...

Years ago, when I was suffering from huge amounts of water flowing off the road on to my drive, I made a flood defence by closing the gate and throwing a big polythene sheet over the gate. It was self sealing and pretty instantly cured my problem. The road flooded, was closed by the police who...

Yes, I understand and agree, my point was more that we are focusing too much on getting vehicles electric without putting any limit of the power they consume. Who really needs a 1000hp heavy Hummer apart from the army? Electric vehicles have a comparatively long charge time, so a lot of people...

I think my drain is different to yours. It''s At the bottom of a down pipe against the wall. so no traffic running over it. I designed it to allow some leaves to go down the drain, but if the lower part blocked and the water rose, then more leaves could go down the drain. At times, all the...

I find it fascinating, How does it work? I always look to see what James Randi says about things like this. Dowsing was a permitted example. Why did no one claim the prize?

Getting well above that now with Samsung apparently 220 lumens per watt!!

But, if you have a room upstairs, the ceiling lights act as underfloor heating ;). I always considered heat from lighting units to go into the fabric of the house, so not a bad thing, but generally, it's better if you don't have energy pollution, where one system interferes with another such...

I've had all the same problems at the house I am in. It has been a long running 'conversation' with the local council. When part of my drive at the back of the house was flooded with sewer water, They did respond and find the problem caused by a tree root partially blocking a main sewer at the...

apparently, about 2 lumens/W for a gas mantle lamp and 1 lumen/W for an open flame gas lamp. A candle is about 12.5 lumens.

I still have the original gas pipe work for some of the gas lighting in my house, but I'm not going back to gas lighting ;)

I am of the same opinion. It just seemed like common sense to me that incandescent lamps are just heaters which give off some light, 10% light and 90% heat, so if you change to LED, 60% light 40% heat (that's overall efficiency) you are reducing the amount of heat produced. If the house...

I don't mind working with MDF. I'll find a use for it somewhere, possibly a bookshelf for my grandson. At that price, I wasn't going to leave it in the store, but I did leave two sheets for someone else to find a bargain.

Of course!! I had forgotten. I have watched a few episodes. Was good.

Welcome to the forum Mike. That's a great idea to motivate yourself, I'm sure you will be able to complete your task in time, but Amazon have a great selection if you get stuck!! :giggle: The main thing is to enjoy your new hobby.

I watched the first episode, but won't be watching any more. Same old formula. Just another entertainment program which happens to be woodwork based this time. There's been baking, sewing, painting, gardening and pottery programs. What next music? bricklaying? Has there been a metalwork one...