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The ah number is a measure of capacity, not power. Think of it as a car with a small petrol tank - you have to fill it more often but it has the same power as one with the same engine and a bigger tank. Some bigger capacity batteries will deliver current more quickly but not all. I think...

Yes, we all have 'oh bother' days. I spent a happy hour working on a 8x8x1.5 (inch, not mm :)) piece of Elm I 'won' in a club raffle. Aiming at a square topped winged bowl, going really really well, tools cutting like a dream, really nice grain ...but as I got near the top edge - bother...

That's nice, beyond the skills of many (including me). Back to the original questions. When I started to work from home 25 years ago I needed a similar L shaped workplace. I hade a very tight budget and it didn't need to be moved so I didn't build a frame. Softwood batterns on the wall...

That looks very good value, extra jaws are typically £30 and up, each, if not in a package. I think Turners Retreat had some decent package deals recently if you want some comparisons.

My Bandsaw has ceramic guides and if I remember correctly Axminster sell an upgrade kit to roller guides. Sounds like you might be going the other way and I wonder if that will help you much. Depends on what you are doing, but if you get the tracking and tension right the guides barely do any...

It's called basswood in the USA and often appears under that name on databases. Poor thermal output, burns fast. I have used some from branches of a tree nearby. Good for starting a fire and OK in a mix with other logs. Carvers like it because it's stable and easy to cut, pyrography is good and...

To continue a very odd year. Here in Cambridgeshire we had over 5 inches of rain in October, not a lot by westcountry standards but very unusual in our flatlands. Neighbour who keeps records reckons it's 12 years since we had 4 inches in 4 weeks. So far we have only had 2 ground frosts, and...

Looks like the last post before yours was 14 years ago, my current coffee machine is 12 years old, things have changed. What are your needs?

Paying £350 is probably trivial in the context of the size of the trust and the number of years it might run for. Context is all - just renewed my house insurance, seems like a big chunk of money but total loss of the house would be a huge life changing amount. Trusts can be used for all...

2 off the wall ideas. Are there any engineered wood flooring "planks" that would do it as the cover? Typically 8 or 9mm thick. If they are wide enough you can mitre the edges and discard the clicky-fitty bits. OR - get really good at graining (also known as faux bois). It was quite common...

Not sure about that. The cone and wingnut underneath suggests it tightens to a twin bar lathe bed, but looking at the recesses in each side the bars must be pretty small. Seems odd though, you would expect a lever not a wingnut and there is no way to vary the 'in-out' position. I wonder if it...

Maybe get some of these - search for jingle bells, they work out at less than 10p each - instead of your wooden ball. Might boost sales and save time.

I think it's subjective, when mine looks bad I unclip the outer and inner filter, take them down the garden and give it a good brush/bash out over the compost heap. Has it 3 years, similar use to yours, and have just bought a replacement ready for next time.

Is this a one off job or regular use? For regular use, the longer the ramp the easier the slope, but you end up with a long, perhaps too long, heavy ramp to contend with. There are loads of designs for van ramps for things like motorcycles, quad bikes etc., which you could look at for ideas...

Copydex should work, funny stuff though, it allows some 'give' and surplus rubs off the edges easily. Hide glue, leather liners, you won't find many vegans rushing to use your workshop :)

Yes, an excellent place to visit. But if you can't, you can go to their website, vam.ac.uk, from the menu select collections and either scroll or search and start applying filters. As long as you tick "with images" you can while away hours. Hundreds, probably thousands, of furniture images...

I ordered a woodturning scraper from Rutland a few years ago, mid range price, OK quality but wouldn't buy another. Their email promotions were almost daily so I unsubscribed. Today I ordered some drill bits, in sale about 30% off but when you add p&p which you don't see until you are almost...

There's the drill as in drilling machine and drill as in drill bit. If the latter is blunt you could use a supercharged V8 engines and a 16 ton weight on the handle and it would still struggle. The other thing is expectations. I don't expect to drill steel at production line speeds, but with a...

I have some old blue handled Marples bevel edged chisels and they have stood up to serious abuse for 45 years and still take a decent edge. Chisel connoisseurs might turn up their noses, but at that price i would say yes. Big block of wood on a stand in the garden, warm summers day, hours of...

Thanks for various suggestions for Brad point bits. UK drills don't do half mm sizes, Rennie don't seem to do them at all. I had rejected Rutland, £70 ish sets, but I now see a set at £25 so will go there. I've seen one review where the user describes mounting the base with the pillar at the...