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Please don't use rockwool, or other fibre products, as if you get any penetration of the weatherboarding, the insulation will hold water and not dry out. This is worse than no insulation. We actually have this problem in our house built 1986 - rockwool in the cavity is wet caused by shoddy...

In the US it's generally thought that the Stanley scrub (and of course the copies of this) was designed as an alternative to hand ripping a small adjustment to the width of a board. It's narrow, and much quicker than a hand saw. The fore plane was used for the flat surface of the stuff, with an...

Ali Express in China is now adding UK VAT to low cost orders. Orders over ~£135 are VAT free and the buyer will face a charge from the carrier or post office for VAT, handling, and any duty. Order from a foreign business that is ignorant of our wonderful scheme, and a consignment of any value...

I have Mafell, some Festool, including the 12v drill - the Lidl 12v is similarly handy, and lighter weight - very handy, (but doubtless of limited life). Funtionally good - cabinet, not carpentry tho. Bought 2 last year in sale @£14 with charger and battery. The 20v drill does need the side...

In or out, we can see and hear that we are ruled by folk who live in another world, with their distorted emotionally driven view more strongly held than ours, I fear. That simple Simon er..Duncan Smith, says he is deeply religious-how the hell can that sit with his view of trading domination...

Once there was one nation toryism. Then the 2 main parties more or less agreed on the goal, but differed in how best to attain it. It faded away after the 1970's. Legislation that helped make the country a kinder palce to live has always been unpopular with the right wing - remember Maastricht...

I first saw a mafell demo with the earlier plunge-on rods-like-a-router track saw, where the scoring cut was done backwards (climb cut) about 2mm deep followed by a normal cut at full depth. A very convincing result! I Later upgraded to the latest pivot plunge model because the scoring function...

Some years ago I posted on this site details of a modified cap iron to enable thick blades to be fitted to a standard plane. The "design" such as it was, is therefore in the public domain. That didn't stop boutique copying and a US patent - the Rob Cosman cap iron. Identical except I used...

Things certianly have been going up in price. We have rellies in the US and brought home a lot of goodies in the mid '70's when £1 bought you $2.30,and airlines still gave you 35Kg allowance. I guess it's always been that way, as my father referred to 5 bob as a dollar - there were once 4 $ to a...

As a regular radial arm saw user, I question the Warwick college RAS demo. The stuff to the right of the blade was "trapped" between the blade and the stop, whilst the "loose" part to the left of the blade was held against the fence. I believe the correct method for a RH operator, is to have the...

According to Tesco info given to shareholders ,transport from china adds a few pence to the cost af a pair of jeans, and about £2 to a large flat screen tv.

Stihl suggest the chain should be tensioned tight, but still possible to move it round the bar by hand with a firm pull (using a rag...) It's hard to imagine a new chain stretching so quickly from a few small cuts, let alone enough to come off the bar. Unless all was old, badly worn, loose, and...

Bandsaw blades seldom cut where you might expect when first fitted. Imagine you have backed off all the guides, and are turning the wheels by hand to track the blade. If the wheels are crowned with a bulge in the centre of the tyre, the angle of the vertical part of the blade will change as the...

For heavier duty we've used Tente castors (google the name). You can see what you are getting. Don't forget that on a rough surface the total weight (say 100Kg) may end up on 2 castors (ie. 50Kg each) and because of the uneven "drive" instantaneous loads will be be considerably more than this...

Been driving Series diesel LR since 1969, beginning with a 2A; diesel was cheaper than petrol then, just as well as ~27 mpg in general use. Just parted with last diesel series 3, made in 1984. The whole series design is from the 1930's rehashed after the war to make an ali vehicle as steel in...

It's "The resourceful Woodworker" by Robert Wearing, Amazon have 2nd hand copy. He also covers glue film. I realise now the dilution is 1 glue to 5 water to size the surfaces. Veneer will have to be all taped up, probably edges too, proper gummed paper tape. You denib the size coat then paint on...

Bob Wearing mentions using white PVA in one of his books. (Must be white glue) I seem to recall he recommends diluting, maybe 5:1 ? for at least the 1st coat - something to do with avoiding pimples of glue that might telegraph through, or getting an even coat. Was promoted in the 1960's by a PVA...

If you want an invisible glue line on thin edging, edge clamps need backing up to spread the pressure. Best solution found so far is to make up a jig* from cheap ply and softwood, a bit larger than the item to be edged, and press the good board and glued edging down (by screw or wedge) on to...

From the look of the arm, it's an early version of the DW728. In about 1990 it was called the 1600S 1 or 3* according to the supply. This could be younger as it has the emergncy stop button on top. It should be able to crosscut somewhat more than 600mm x 25mm. The guard accepts blades up to...

We recently bought an older 350mm dewalt radial, all complete, including a traverse control. I've no experience with this hydraulic controller, apart from a "how to remove air if motion jerky" instruction in an old RAS manual, and the spec of the hydraulic oil to use. Does anyone have any info...