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I have half a dozen or so DeWalt Lithium Ion 18V drills together with associated batteries and chargers. They are rugged enough and I have had zero battery failures. I also very seldom dig out a corded drill because there is plenty enough torque for most jobs.

The only spanner in the works is that Dura-ace and Ultegra can be set up with electric Di2 shift while 105 and below cannot. For many, Di2 is of no interest. For me, and it's just my choice, it's a must have and I wouldn't now buy a road bike without an electric shift. Otherwise, I agree -...

Beyond a certain point the price you pay for a bike is down to demand and what a consumer is prepared to pay in order to be different. Off road bikes price hike, as you have stated based upon ruggedness of components - no sense single track riding and snapping forks every twenty minutes. Road...

I have photo voltaic panels to which I built and added a surplus power diverter to power the immersion heater. I don't have a stratification pump in the hot water cylinder so so cannot heat the whole tank with this system but it does save a little on the gas bill and has more than paid for the...

So many of these are problematic - and it's even worse with cycle tyres as the presta valves are more delicate. Ignore the negative feedback as the advert is misleading as it refers to a compressor and not the stuff in the picture, but I have these as part of an Aria Compressor kit and it...

When we ran our own business we were encouraged to use a variety of advertising methods and so adopted, among many, printed newspaper, Yellow pages, Digital Advertising, A5 magazines and Facebook. I tracked lead source for every quote that I did and so was able to build up a picture of which...

I saw a bloke at the public urinal yesterday having a pee while simultaneously texting on his mobile phone. Impressive multi tasking capability but is sending a text really that time important?

I would seriously consider using a printed medium such as a local A5 magazine so as to establish the business. For very little money she could take out a quarter page advert (perhaps she could create it or pay somebody to do it for her) and run this for a few months so as to establish a...

I cant vouch for prices at this very moment but, in the past (under a year ago), I've purchased nearly new examples from dealerships at quite reasonable prices. Our last four cars were previously owned and leased to head office employees of each of the brands that we bought. I don't care if the...

I've used these on my mitre saw and various other sleds - so far, they have been fine. There are braked and non braked versons: GBL - Castor Wheels 50mm + Screws | 4 Moving Caster Wheels Heavy Duty 200KG Swivel Wheels for Furniture - Trolley Wheels with PU Rubber | Heavy Duty Castors for...

I accidentally nibbled a bit off the end of mine on first use (lack of instructions). What I do now when I set it up is to put an engineers square flush against the cutting strip of my Festool rail, run a ruler underneath the rail, just touching the square and aligned to the side of the fence...

Hi Mike, The bench is actually from a suite of videos and plans created by the WoodGrafter. I've posted a link to a summary of the bench I built this bench for less than £200!!! - YouTube . While it is possible to build it for this amount, I chose rather nicer wood and better MFT tops and...

This has kept me busy for the past couple of months

Lead can be used but, to gain a water tight seal and still provide water escapes if the seal breaches, takes a lot of effort. Lead also becomes pretty heavy unless a skinny profile is used and a skinny profile sometimes results in insufficient fall and this defeats the object. I have repaired a...

my wife and I both retired at 57. We had planned to do this. I had an occupational scheme which funded some of it , my wife the same. The rest was funded by pumping Maximal amounts into pension schemes while running my own business. When possible, we also invested money into ISA investment...

It's impossible for anybody to know everything about a mobile phone and the platform upon which it's firmware and applications sit. The craving for ever more applications, features and integration means they will never sit still. For as long as people have the money to fund the contracts and...

Thank you, everyone, for your input. I've decided that I will split the high volume low pressure and low volume high pressure systems and, in this regard, I have made a start today by moving some of the machines around in my workshop. I've been able to reduce the 100mm pipe run lengths...

I'm looking to rationalise the dust extraction in my workshop. I'll continue to use my ADE 1200 for the planer thicknesser and a few other other similar machines but need to do something about the smaller power tools. I have an Numatic NV750 which I want to use with my Kapex, TS55, Domino and a...

I had a fitter working for me who did a good job workwise but the rear of his van looked like the aftermath of a hurricane. No end of gentle as well as hard persuasion made any difference. The back of your van, Doug, is beautiful - I wish his van was half as good. I no longer have fitters...

Thank you, everyone, for your replies. I had several more pokes around on the web yesterday and found a couple of suppliers who claimed to have stock. I called one of them this morning and was told that they have three. They are a Festool reseller and their price is competitive. I've ordered...