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I'm just going to put aside the vitriol about art history (although, I would note it's not that far removed from the history of furniture or interior joinery, which I think a few people on the forum have more than a passing interest in) and assume you're unlikely to be convinced of the value of...

Honestly two weeks ago I would never have thought about the stuff, but by happy accident... I'm in the middle of insulating my workshop, and was let down by my glazier before Christmas (replacing metal doors with wooden ones I made with DG windows in) so when we had the cold snap my energy use...

From experience it's all about maintaining the workshop and machine temperature a just a little higher than the outside, to ensure that the internal environment can never reach 100% relative humidity compared to the outside (effectively warm air holds more water than cold air, so warming it up...

I find the Huntington dressers to be the only effective way to dress offhand grinding wheels. I have a diamond for dressing surface and tool grinders, but the back pressure when doing that with a single point tool is well beyond what's controllable without a fixture.

Off the top of my head... Low Productivity resulting from amongst other things: Decades of underinvestment in infrastructure An even greater willingness to tolerate our biggest blue-chip companies being gutted by corporate raiders and sold off piecemeal to make a one-off fast buck (should that...

I've repeatedly found the styling of (apologies in advance) IKEA's "LILLÅSEN" desk caught my eye for being simple and modern, although it's probably not quite as modern as you're after, and also far too small to be practical. Buuuuut... Drawing some inspiration from the design of the...

My expectations around a "prosumer" drill would be less than 0.3 mm play with the quill fully extended, and substantially less with it fully retracted. For a brand new "professional" quality drill, I'd expect quill play to be more conveniently expressed in single digit thousands of an inch (or...

That was more of a general commentary than aimed at yourself. It's nuts that the UK can get acute care for physical ailments to a standard about as good as any other western country (I don't hold with glorifying the NHS, whilst it's well above average worldwide, it only really leads the world...

That's a nifty trick I would not have thought of. How well did the adhesive on the tape hold up over time?

One of the big issues with effectively treating depression is that some people don't respond at all to certain types of talking therapy, and some are wholly unresponsive to all talking therapies. CBT is widely available at least, but it's a postcode lottery in the UK as to whether you'll get...

This is a fair point, brass has much better sliding properties! I have to admit that I had my tight yorkshireman hat on when I was thinking of beer cans... as if the play is as bad as 3mm then worst case there could be 0.65-1mm [25-40 thou] (depending on quill length) to shim out which is a...

The NICE guidance on treatment of depressive illnesses is entirely in agreement with that sentiment: "1.4.4.1 - Do not use antidepressants routinely to treat persistent subthreshold depressive symptoms or mild depression because the risk–benefit ratio is poor" The evidence seems to suggest...

3mm is genuinely excessive, I would return that as defective if you bought it as new. The amount of play which is acceptable is going to come down to the work that you're doing; but even if you're doing nothing particularly accurate 3mm of play would be enough to grossly exacerbate the risk of...

Looking at it, I think the "Major - Milling/Drilling Machine" in Warco's current line-up is the same as your mill. They don't have the full manual online, but might be willing to email you a PDF copy if you ask nicely.

240v Non Latching Relay, 2 Pole, SP-NO/NC - £31.85 from RS Components That said, it's probably more expensive to buy that relay, than the total cost to buy the appropriate pair of single pole relays one NO and one NC, wire them together and stick them on a little off-cut of DIN rail in a cheap...

The best thing about eating courgettes, is that at least you're not eating an even larger quantity of marrows! I find edible linseed oil (often sold as flax seed oil) works best for seasoning pans, you can get a good film thickness, which will allow the coating to self heal, and if badly...

Mills from the same manufacturer were definitely also rebadged as "Alpine" if that helps widen your searches. The lathes.co.uk store seems to suggest some models from warco, sealey and draper may also be identical (and is a source if you can't turn one up online).

I made an imperfect attempt at highlighting the nuance of the situation here. You could reasonably write a generic risk assessment to the effect: "Big Bob and Massive Mike have demonstrated the physical capability to safely lift [X] kg from the floor, and [y] kg from a standing position...

Thanks everyone! Unfortunately circumstances have intervened over the weekend and I'm now in need of a new car; which takes this purchase from "not being the best idea right now" to "a catastrophically silly idea". I have made a note of the recommendations however, as I will need them in the...

Lidsters manufacture drill bits in the UK of the very finest quality, but I would assume they don't really offer much for woodworking given they specialise in tools for the aerospace and injection moulding industry. Fundimentally, UK manufacturing tends to be focused on high value, high...