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Sad, 50 miles from me but my nearest. I’ve not only bought loads from them over the years, but bought stuff online from them rather than elsewhere to support a place with a store. That includes a fleet of Festool kit, and several machines. There is no reason for me to keep that loyalty now, and...

I agree with above, but an additional consideration is to consider the likelihood of needing to change/remove the shower tray for any reason. No one thinks that’s likely without a whole new bathroom job but it can and does happen. If you have tiled down onto the tray then replacement is much...

Better check the bandsaw setup tomorrow then!

As it’s trivially easy to unhook the water bath and lower it so the wheel is out of the water, I don’t really understand the problem. And the water is usually full of stuff that rusts you’d want to change it anyway.

I would also suggest that once you think you have emptied the radiator, ther will still be probably horrid water still in there. If you haven’t got any blanks to keep the nasty stuff in there til it’s outdoors, carefully turn it upside down whilst keeping it as level as you can (having first...

Sometimes auto correct comes up with a gem. Can’t tell what “aromatic bypass” did to my imagination!

I’ve never had one fail, either functionally or leaking. I’ve only ever bought Honeywell ones. I put 15 of them in our current house 16 years ago, and similar in the house before that. Stuart

I don’t worry about being able to tie my shoelaces. I just don’t understand why anyone anyone still buys footwear that you have to tie to your feet with string in 2023!

My Dad was in the navy for the last couple of years of ww2, and on a destroyer he was on they were using steel wire to tie up the ships in dock. One of those steel cables gave way, and the flailing cable took off the legs of a couple of deckhands. The story was you got no audible warning of...

If possible, I’d recommend using RCBOs (as opposed to the cheaper option of a bunch of MCBs clustered through one or two RCDs. The RCBOs cover both functions, and the price is reasonable these days and they can also be as compact as an MCB (e.g. from Hager). A big benefit in a workshop is that...

Hi Giles, if you get your head underneath and look up (easiest to lie on your back and have a torch!) you will be able to seem much of the chain which turns the threaded rods on each corner to raise and lower the bed. The chain does pass through a chain tensioner which is not easy to see as...

Wow. Given the gearing that’s involved the drive train must have been made really well with negligible friction. Mine has always required significant input to turn even when new over a decade ago. Presumably the handle doesn’t fall to the bottom from both east and west positions as suggested in...

I don’t know how many times I’ve seen Yojevol and thought what’s that all about. and I like doing cryptic crosswords too. I kicked myself when I clocked it! Stuart

Sorry, should have said Yogevol, not Lovejoy!

are you sure the depth of cut is diminishing as the handle lowers? Every year or so the grub screw for the handle gets a bit loose and the handle doesn’t actually engage properly with the rise and fall mechanism, producing eventually enough looseness to flop to the bottom without changing the...

I reckon that tells half the members on this forum that it can’t be depended on!

Try asking it about sharpening!

Of course though, anyone on this site who has bought a Festool, and their like doesn’t buy on price alone! I suspect most of us are conflicted?

Hi Graham, As promised. The dimensions I was given for this Ashes box was so that it would fit into a slot in the stonework where it will be buried. It's internal dimensions are 6 3/4" X 4" X 9.25". In mm thats 170 X 100 X 235 which works out at a shade under 4 Litres. Based on my Mum and...

Hmm. I buried my Mum and my Dad’s ashes at the same time last year. My Mum’s were very much lighter than his. But coincidentally I was asked to make a box for ashes and was given the required dimensions. It’s in progress and when I go back to the workshop I’ll collect the dimensions and let you...