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There's an addictive little game called Alchemy. Very simple - you start with 4 elements and have to combine them to make new elements eg fire + water = steam. There are 300 to get in total and its kinda fun seeing what you can come up with. I have 157 at the moment - some are logical and some...

Agreed - 'all show, no go' as they say. Chrome and the UK climate do not go well together! Steve

I thought it had more to do with crash safety than anything else. An optimal design for sasfety is what they all strive to achieve. Given this now incorporates a rating for damage to pedestrians the 'rounded edge, no distinctive lines' shape of most cars is perhaps more understandable. Coupled...

6 pages long and now I find it! I teach in higher education so have a slightly different perspective to most. To educate a student costs quite alot of money. In the days of the state paying for education and handing out maintenance grants the entire cost of education was paid for by the state...

Yup - have a look at this thread: https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/adding-images-to-postings-t14776.html Its a sticky in the off topic forum Steve

I may be missing something here, but if you are going to do the oak 'cover' pieces, why go to the hassle of doing blind dovetails? Why not cut the rebate for the slip first and then do through dovetails? Apart from that, very nice! Edit - just looked again and realised they are through...

Saw the ad last night and paid careful attention, but not really my cup of tea to be honest. Now if it was the BT adverts then thats a different matter ;) Steve

Yup, I should be in - work depending on the final agreed date. Steve

Nah, its not an advert for public schools, its a lesson in politics. Labour know that cuts are necessary, they know the scale of the cuts are necessary, but politics dictates they cannot agree with the other side. So wheel out Alan Johnson to respond. Where is Ed Milliband in all of this - very...

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For timber of 1" and greater then go for a bandsaw everytime Steve

Big Rebus fan, and totally agree that John Hannah was not the Rebus I pictured. Trouble is, Ken Stott is also not it - bit too old, hagared and abrasive for my interpretation of Rebus. Supposed to be ex-SAS, bit of a ladies man (in a rought diamond kind of way) and a borderline alcoholic...

I can appreciate the skill in the cutting Carter, but have to say the picture is not really my 'cup of tea' I am afraid. Steve

Starting at £80 plus vat for a switch plate :shock: SWMBO would then want all the other switches to match this one. Think I will stick with the grid switches for now, thanks all the same! Steve

Hi Bob, yup, grid switches is the way I have gone for now - 3 into a 2 gang plate and one blanking cover but it doesn't look pretty (according to SWMBO) and she would prefer a standard 2 gang 4 switch plate if possible (4th switch doing nothing). Roger - tried all the usual suspects with no...

Spot on Roger - that diagram is the one I used to do my two way wiring. Problem with mine was I have 3 switches top, bottom and middle (3 floors) so any floor can be done from any floor. No trouble with the wiring but can I find a 2 gang 3 or 4 switch intermediate front plate - can I bug*er. Had...

Thanks Guys. Have to admit to feeling a bit of a donkey now - didn't even think of putting a plug on the fan, just had it hardwired into my brain that you don't do that with fans but of course it's not going into a bathroom so there is no reason at all why not :oops: :oops: No need for...

I am looking to install a bathroom type fan to circulate air round my cellar and do not want it to run off the lighting circuit in the traditional manner (mainly because I am not down there often enough to switch the light on to make such a traditional operation method useful). As such I was...

Okay, so that about £260 for a decent fence. I guess for the price of the TS plus £260 you cannot get a much better table saw so looks like you have a neat solution.Well done! Steve

Nicely done Sir! So where did the fence come from, did the £100 include the rails and did the £100 include the shipping cost and taxes as well or were they all on top? I have one of these saws now and would be interested in such a modification if it was all in for £100, but that seems a bit...