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Well there we go then - over-engineered yet again !! And probably under-engineered somewhere else. OW

Mike - I'm interested that you reckon the OSB and ply are adequate moisture barriers - would have save me putting in a membrane. How do they differ from plaster board with paint on it ? Or is that the household situation is so much warmer and potentially damper that a membrane is necessary...

When I was young ( early 1960's!), my father and I converted an ex army 15cwt pickup into van for me. The van section was built off the chassis and was plywood sandwich panels, possibly 1/4" ply on a 3/4" pine frame. This if course is a box section and each panel was light but very stiff. We...

Can I throw in a wobble ball here please - and it may well be that good building principles do not apply to workshops. One the things to bear in mind with insulation is that (A) it reduces air flow (intentionally of course to act as an insulant, but bear with me) and (B) it has a temperature...

It's not going to need earthing if the pipework is all plastic - and the wire element in the plastic hoses is not going to come in contact with any metalwork that *could* become live. But there is the concern on static - I notice that using the vacuum hose around the lathe has to be done with a...

Yep, guys, you're right. And the logic is not only the hose size, but also the larger accumulator and the better dust extraction. The problem will be where to put it in my ever increasingly small workshop !! Mike and Grafter - sorry if I was a bit heavy handed with my comment. Can you tell...

Whatever you buy do try to get a look at it first - or a similar machine that someone else has. I've been on the metal roundside since childhood and was all too pleased to find that the wood lathe I got recently (without looking at it!!) was as easy to use as the metal one. You do need to...

Been there, done that -- and only just too glad to be retired! OW

I've just had a look through your earlier posting, Grafter, at the seemingly identical models that your links all show, and will raise the warning that these all use vacuum cleaner size hoses which may well be adequate for dust from sanders, small routers, and small chips from buzz saws and the...

Thanks Grafter - I'll go and visit the Edinburgh's Machinemart and a couple of good dealers in vacuum spares. If needs be there may have to be a modification plan to drain pipes. Cheers OW

You're thinking about it just a bit too deeply, DeepBlue !!

Having been following through the various threads on dust extractors, I wonder if someone could point me in the right direction for the sources of larger diameter flexible hoses and possibly a matching threaded coupler. I've a wet n'dry I got out of Aldis/Lidls some time back. It's much the...

Yep DB - we've gone OT enough. Your graph however will be appreciated by one and all. OW

...your initial age, enthusiasm and life expectancy... Ahh now that's three variables that are very difficult to compute. You see the four of us locally - all novices - are all relatively recently retired. This means that the spouses are all too happy to see us out in our playpens. Nor are...

DB - that's excellent. No scales I notice but that's probably just as well - and I do worry that I'm not meeting your projected early Ability improvement. I would also have thought that the Money levelled out to quite a high base level as one sought to solve the lack of Ability by buying...

Ahh! It's the slippery slope of spending money ! Presumably the uphill learning curve must meet the downhill spending curve at some point ?? OW

Ok, I get the vibes, but many thanks for the design - absolutely perfect for this newbie to contribute something to the Xmas decoration pile. I can see you've all been there in past years but it's ideas like this that keep us novices coming back. Oh and by the way why is DeepBlue at the TOP of...

Thanks a lot, guys - guess what has just gone onto my Xmas wish list !! Rob

Neil Very nice, an interesting challenge and a good use of materials! Can you help by identifying what the accessorie is that creates the percussive carving action - I can't immediately locate it. Thanks for the ideas. OW

I'm not sure if this is OT or not but it will involve woodwork ! My brother's a cabinet maker and built our kitchen for us. He admitted at the time he wasn't too impressed with the 2 carousels he fitted. It's taken me 15 years to get round to doing something about them. My brother is no...