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Arc eye, burning like fire. Arc eye, when I close there's pain How can my eyes that sting so badly ever see again? Arc eye. (to the tune of Bright eyes) G

Winky-blinky hats are fine, but I used a handscreen for most of my work for at least 40 years before I bought one, and still use it for tacking up. A standard welding helmet is also fine, you'll soon learn the welders nod. Gareth

About a dozen trees down that I have heard of, a derelict building has been severely damaged, power has been out for some, and I had slight damage to my workshop roof - now fixed. There was nothing to report on the steam railway where I was finishing the decorations for the "Witches and...

They are now reporting two dead from fallen trees, for some it couldn't be worse!

Half a sheet of roofing felt has curled off my workshop on the roof I was going to replace next year, so got away with that one. Hope you all get off as lightly. G

Always check that a cheap helmet takes a standard size protective lens, some of them take a lens size exclusive to that production batch with no replacement lenses available. So you run the risk of should you unfortunatly scratch a lens withn a few days of ownership you find you have to...

That looks like the horrible type of gut-buster that was around when I was an apprentice. I have seen one of the bigger ones throw three blokes off when drilling deck holes. We swapped over to windy drills, much safer. G

Wouldn't of thought so, as the purpose of the tool is to present the drill at a set angle to the grinder and allow it then resurface the cutting edge. I have sharpened 1 3/4" drills by hand but its so much easier in a proper tool like that one. I suspect it has parted company from a designated...

Interesting - some Eskilstuna mortice chisels came up on Ebay about 12 months ago, and as I recall went for quite a high price. Not knowing anything about the firm, what is it about their tools that commands such respect? I only found out after I bought a 20mm one for 10p, it was covered...

As a Student nurse I was wiping those bed cabinets over 25 yars ago, and they weren't new then, so they may not be as new as you think. G

Their chisels are said to be some of the best made, so their plane blades should be of equal quality.

=D> =D> =D> Great!!

Can you still get wood wool packing? I haven't seen that for years. G

two ways of doing the job. The first wire. cup brush on an angle grinder as suggested work small areas and put on a good quality red-oxide primer immediately you have worked over an area to seal out damp. Red oxide is porus so it will only buy you a short time before you must apply a gloss...

Their all we have got over here on the Island, probably see one a month. G

I always buy old solder sticks and rolls if I see them at boot fairs, 'ugger the EU! The most detrimental thing to any environment is a green!

the employers of masses of innumerate, illiterates no longer exist, nor will they ever again. Can't agree with that, because down here that is exactly the type of job that still exists. It was the high skill, manufacturing jobs that have gone. I have been made redundant five time from both...

We had a tragedy over here on the IOW, one lady died and another was very ill from eating the wrong mushrooms. Gareth

Deep embarrassment, I totally forgot I had posted this, so I have neglected to thank those who were kind enough to reply. A re-design is being considered to use hardwood edging Thanks all - sorry for the delay. Gareth

My better half wants me to make a small breakfast bar/ trolley for the kitchen. I am quite happy making the base, but the worktop is where I loose confidence. We have an offcut of the worktop to match the rest of the kitchen, but wifes design of the proposed bar requires one end of the top to...