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If they look at my buying habits over the last 25 Years they might also get the message

Likewise, I wouldn’t want to give up my t4, but I also use my old record bench grinder about as much, mostly on garden tools, and use stones more than either grinder.

if They are sliding sash windows and the lower one tilts in for cleaning, then the upper one would normally tilt in too. Are you sure it doesn’t?

What’s a DPC collector? (Uncle google doesn’t seem to know either).

I always thought tha jigsaws were for rough cutting stuff that you’d finish properly with another tool. Then for one job a few years ago, I thought i’d buy a festool one, and went all in and bought the package with all the gadgets. So I learned the expensive way that they are just for rough...

I keep thinking of doing it (I did my own solar heating about 10 years ago and it is still excellent). I wouldn’t want it on the roof, but do have a lot of ground space where I could lose it. I’d be very interested to know what components you bought from where, and why, and which you’d buy again...

As a boy in Junior school me and mates would sit in the playground and sharpen out penknives on paving slabs. We all had very sharp penknives! imagine that in school today!

The usual approach to loosening animal glue is heat. I have an iron which I use to remove thin stuff, e.g. veneers that have delaminated to the point of being easier to remove and then re glue. I’ve had success ungluing chair legs using steam from a wallpaper stripper with a pointy attachment on...

I’ve had that Pink Floyd tune playing in the background of my head for the last half hour. Looks like it’s going to be there all day, unless I can pass it onto someone else on the dark side of the moon with this post!

Maybe because I started making stuff early… I was given some real woodworking tools when I was seven and allowed/helped to use them. I’m now 68 and still have all my digits, despite having and using lots of dangerous stuff. I’ve never really hit myself in the workshop. But in the kitchen some...

Superb. I look forward to seeing the end result!

Likewise, basics in school woodwork lessons. As a 12 year old in 1966 I wanted to make a coffee table for mum and dad for Christmas. Was allowed to do this in after hours sessions and being helped/let loose to turn 4 rectangular sticks into 4 round ones for legs. HSE? I still have all my fingers...

… and when you’ve thrown away the supplied screws, if you have any low quality doors, and the screws don’t grip, consider buying ’bolt through’ handles. With a little care you can make these work fine with ordinary furniture. One end of the fixing has an ordinary countersink, and the other end...

We’ve got a couple of acres. It’s quite narrow but long with lots of trees and a lot of grass which we cut with a tractor. Joining in with “no mo May” we were astonished and delighted with the result. Apart from the wild flowers, I’ve never seen as many bees and butterflies. At the end of May...

I’ve done it, and continue to do it from time to time, but I haven’t mixed it yet. The good thing about lime mortar is that it is reversible, unlike cement.. About 12 years ago I paid a builder who almost exclusively works on listed buildings to do some repointing on our (not listed) house. He...

My first action would be to visit the place with a moisture meter to read relative humidity. i used to fret about the rust on my cast iron beds. Then I built my own workshop and no longer have to worry about protecting tools any more. About a decade ago when we moved, almost everything we owned...

+1 for the electrolysis bath. If you have a car battery charger, then you just need some washing soda from any big supermarket at about a £1 a bag to do it. Other things like bit of old iron and a washing up bowl or plastic bucket you probably all ready have.

I have a twin motor wall mounted canvas, made just before record bought them. I have a dust deputy on the floor directly underneath it. With the separator there is no issue in collapsing bags or mess.... providing I empty it frequently when using the P/T. I have it in a room adjacent to my...

My Aunt, Isobel Moffat born in the 1920s had the job title “computer” at the local council.

If you need one, then get one. They are not large and because you would install it it using three taps in order to provide a bypass in case of need to service it you can easily take it with you if you move house. We bought one 25 years ago and have taken it with us. Works as well today as new. I...