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Sorry Jim - it was the 'wink' that triggered the 'emotion' slightly. I think we are coming from the same point - and like you I'm not absolutely up to scratch with both the current regulations and local legislation. I do know what is safe and I do also know that a lot of OTT requirements get...

Well he doesn't need to do the Part P thing at least, but as we are talking about consumer units and the likes, he would be well advised to get someone in who knows the current legal ins and outs wrt Building Control. I've a degree in electrics (and hence is/was classifiable as 'competent')...

That's a bit cynical. We're being asked by someone who indicates he has little knowledge to assist him setting up a workshop. The advise given by you included talking to an electrician about Part P certification - it doesn't do this forum's advise any good, nor the OP's confidence if the...

Electrical Regulations Part P do NOT apply in Scotland. The OP lives in Glasgow. He only needs an electrical installer who can prove competence. OW

Hi Divman and welcome Everyone and their dog will give you their pennyworth on this question !! I have a problem with up and over doors, and if you can find some way round it I would get rid of it. My Dad died because on one - something went on fire in his workshop (a similarly converted...

I'm relatively new to turning and fancy a go at segmented wood some time. That's clearly glued - does it have the same problem or are the glues used in plywoods the problem ? OW

Hi Simon Interesting your comment about lack of decent suppliers in Scotland. I'm pretty new to turning so haven't as yet run into a supply chain problem. I take it that Jean Burhouse in Dunkeld doesn't come up to scratch either then, and I think you are nearer them than I in Edinburgh. Rob

I wanted that look for skirting, door stops, facings, etc. to match old stripped bar and batten doors - the soft set honey colour is how I describe it. I found that a quick rub over the pine with dilute red mahogany stain followed by several coats of Light Oak gave the tone I was looking for...

The only counter to your comment about the A9, etc, Slim, is that Endsleigh Insurance have just put up statistics which indicate that Scotland is one of the safest parts of the UK for driving - or making the least claims, which I suppose is the same thing. It just makes one worry, if using the...

I appreciate I'm going off topic slightly, but there will be people reading this thread thinking about concrete floor comfort. I'll put in a plug for the interlocking square rubbery flooring you get from Costco - at least that's where I get it from and it must be available elsewhere...

"I'd also say it's generally bad form to make a negative comment about an item for sale." If you go back and re-read my seemingly offensive posting, you will see that it is in fact a musing - I've made a mistake, but look others have done it too However I am now quite happy to say that from...

But it's not up to you to say that; if Blister had said that in the first place instead of challenging my capability, then I would have accepted that I had partially high jacked his thread and no more would have been said. I take it that the point you are trying to make is that I have devalued...

Has anyone investigated quite why the old style of lathe with the motor at the foot of a pedestal and a long belt to the headstock are so noisy and what can be done to reduce it ? Now it may well be that the two old lathes I have contact with - a Graduate and a Wadkins BZL - are bad examples...

Good thinking - I can see why you drool !! :D

Without knowing the lathe in question, I would back up Chas's figure and warnings of difficulty. It is not only the question of a 3 phase motor and an electronic box, but understanding the box, programming and wiring it up to some sort of control box. A friend of mine got a Graduate for £50...

"To be fair, you started it by posting negative comments about a lathe in a for sale thread". That is equally not fair as I raised the subject not as a criticism of the product but as a comment on my own design failure and to raise awareness of a design hazard - and then, what exactly has a...

I passed a comment on Blisters 'Lathe for Sale' thread about the layout of the Control Box, and am introducing the subject here to get feedback from other users. I've a Wadkins BZL - and I also did a similar upgrade on a Graduate. On both panels I used lighting pushbutton switches with the...

Sounds like you should be more careful , Lathe are dangerous if used by clumsy users Hey, that's a bit heavy - I'm not sure that accusing someone of not being careful and being clumsy is good forum manners. I was just passing a perfectly valid comment based on personnel experience - certainly...

Useful discussion - thanks guys. I have a similar problem but possibly not so user friendly in that a much bigger beech tree came down in a neighbouring farmer's field and he is quite happy for me to take anything off it I want - which I have been doing, some for turning, some for logs, but...

Interesting - I see the control panel has made the same design mistake that I have in mine - putting the Reverse switch next to the Start Stop switch. I'm going to rebuild mine as just all too often I hit the reverse switch by mistake. Reverse is sufficiently rarely used that it should be on...