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Rural places are prone to voltage drop from inrush current. After installing a PV system with a beefy battery system the vdrop was greatly reduced.

For woodworking, basically any digital caliper will do. For metalwork, the mitutoyo digimatic is the mainstay. Watch out for fakes, though the fakes are quite adequate for woodwork.

The "why" for the video existing is there's money in making videos about unique types of joinery. The "why" for the joint is it's easily machined and is strong enough for small items.

Capsaicin is soluble in milk/fat. Retro-active milk drinking doesn't do much however. Drinking milk -before- eating spicy food is much more effective!

An inevitability with fame. You think you can get away from it, but it's hard-wired. Noone escapes it.

Sounds like the DW745 is probably your best bet here. I can recommend looking for a good condition one on the used market, see them go for £200 now and then. Only real issue with a jobsite saw is the blade to fence capacity, but can resolve that with a custom fence if you're making a stand for...

Have a look at this apple grinder design from Wandel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlkQly2T-Wc - haven't build it myself but definitely want to...!

We're going from a separate planer and thicknesser to a combo machine. After installing a Byrd Tool spiral cutterhead in our DW733, I'm now looking for a combo machine with a spiral cutterhead. The iTech 310S looks like the best option right now. Similar cost after shipping compared to the...

Literally anything ridgid, with the goal of spreading the load, wood, steel, an old plastic chopping board cut into squares? Anythink.

I'd like to echo this. Quite a few of my fellow woodworkers don't really pay much attention to their blade choice and it seems to me to be fairly critical to getting good results

I can recommend keeping an eye out for used, good quality combi squares on ebay, cheap combination squares are hit or miss but you can't go wrong with a good brand like Mitutoyo. I got a Mitutoyo combi set not that long ago for a silly price on ebay so I can recommend that avenue. I've had a...

All of the ~£500 bandsaws are basically the same. The Charnwood models (I've a B350) seem to be the best value for money overall (though they recently went up about £100) but there's not much in it. Benefit of going for the Axminster bandsaws is they seem to have a set of upgrades, but the stock...

Can be guaranteed to not be a good blade. You could get away with probably anything from Screwfix/the big shops, or if you want to be guaranteed good quality, anything from the usual suspects, Bosch/Makita/Dewalt.

That is absolutely lovely. Proof that complex form is not required for beauty.

Definitely, I perhaps begrudge it as I haven't a place for it to live yet, so it gets lumped around whenever it's needed hah. Err, somewhat related is the fact a company called Byrd Tool do custom spiral cutterheads that fit the DW733, which is a unique plus. We've got one on ours and, while it...

Got a pair of these too. They're lighter duty than they look but, being light they're easy to maneuvre. Can't seem to get much clamping force with them so not great for glue-ups really.

Can recommend the new Makita mitre saws, they can all do 60-60 mitres.

The DW733 is a really well made machine. Bloomin heavy though.

If you've the cash, the Famag bits are the best you can get. The others I would say are roughly at the same quality level. I've found Fisch ones are slightly undersized, which may even be preferable if you're using a drill press with moderate runout (most have a fair amount). Small sample size...

They're fine enough. You can use them sideways to spread the clamping force along an edge if you need. I'd say that's not a bad deal. The clamping force isn't particularly parallel but they'll do for light clamping tasks.